Staying physically active cuts risk of early death by 40 per cent

Adults who stay consistently active throughout their life can lower their risk of early death by up to 40 per cent, a global study led by The University of Queensland has found.

11 July 2025
Four cyclists getting outside for sunrise at the Trapiche in Pelotas, Brazil

Friday essay: ‘An oasis in the desert’

Jackie Huggins reflects on her deep history with Carnarvorn Gorge.

11 July 2025
Landscape pic of a gorge
Scholarship winner, Temika Nooteboom with President of the Past Students Association, Graham McClymont

UQ Gatton student Temika Nooteboom has dreamed of working with animals since she was five years old and, thanks to a recent scholarship win, her dream is set to become a reality.

13 October 2009

Be transported to another world when the Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble presents a free, unique performance of the popular children’s book, Where The Wild Things Are.

13 October 2009

The University of Queensland has maintained its position for having Australia’s best teachers, adding three more national teaching awards to its portfolio.

13 October 2009

An international research team including researchers at UQ's Diamantina Institute and the Queensland Institute of Medical Research has identified a new variant of a gene that helps to regulate iron and haemoglobin levels.

13 October 2009

Three business ideas hoping to score $100,000 at UQ Business School’s Enterprize Pitch Day on Friday could save lives if they can be successfully commercialised.

12 October 2009

One of the world’s leading maritime law experts will investigate how the ratification of the Rotterdam Rules 2009 could affect Australia’s import and export trade.

12 October 2009

International students from across the country have collaborated in Canberra to develop strategies to improve the Australian study experience.

12 October 2009

A group of UQ undergraduates have teamed up with the Inspire Foundation, an organisation that aims to deliver practical online programs to prevent youth suicide.

12 October 2009

UQ students are advised to take steps to avoid being late for exams next month if planning to travel via Coronation Drive to the St Lucia campus.

9 October 2009
Bachelor of Nursing student Arthur Cassin

With a health system under pressure and nurses in continued demand, The University of Queensland will offer the state’s first fast-tracked Master of Nursing Studies for graduates in 2010.

8 October 2009
Image of Australian tectonic boundary (red line). The two area's circled are hypothetical hot-spots which if a earthquake occurred at could cause a tsunami that would threaten the Australian east coast.

The recent earthquakes in the Pacific and Indonesia have one University of Queensland researcher questioning whether the two are related.

8 October 2009