Why we cheer louder for homegrown heroes

Recognising outstanding performance with sports awards is a question of identity, not just ability, UQ researchers have found.

3 July 2025
A gold trophy being help un in a stadium.

Rewriting the rulebook on schizophrenia meds: why it’s time to rethink clozapine protocols

The most effective antipsychotic drug for people with treatment-resistant schizophrenia is clozapine. Yet, across the world, it remains underused – largely due to fears about serious side effects and burdensome monitoring requirements.

3 July 2025
Stethoscope and stylised human head and brain on pink background.

The University of Queensland has again received multiple five star ratings in an independent ranking of Australian universities released tonight.

10 August 2009

Research by UQ’s Human Trafficking Working Group, led by a law academic, has found that after 10 years of brothel licensing in Queensland, most of the state’s prostitution industry remains unregulated or illegal.

10 August 2009
Performers Emily Tomlins and Angus Grant

Of all the productions on show at the 2009 Brisbane Festival, only one suggests that the less you know about it, the better.

10 August 2009

A researcher from The University of Queensland has been awarded the Astronomical Society of Australia‘s 2009 Louise Webster Prize.

10 August 2009

A marketing lecturer at The University of Queensland has made it as a legit filmmaker, with listing on the website IMDb.

7 August 2009

Talking scientists, animals being born and helping us celebrate our 100th birthday are just some of the things being showcased by UQ at this year’s Ekka.

7 August 2009
Professor Bille Brown at the opening ceremony of the VIII World
Shakespeare Congress, hosted by UQ in 2006

When Bille Brown was honoured at the 2009 Helpmann Awards at the Sydney Opera House recently, he was in fine company.

6 August 2009

UQ students are being asked to rate how UQ is supporting students to engage in their learning via a survey.

6 August 2009

An upcoming University of Queensland public lecture will take you back to the drama of the early seventeenth century as it explores cultural geography in William Shakespeare’s and Ben Jonson’s theatres.

6 August 2009
Maarten Rothengatter

After experiencing the taxi-driving industry first-hand, recent PhD graduate Maarten Rothengatter was driven to explore the financial issues facing cabbies.

6 August 2009

Staff, students and visitors travelling by public transport to The University of Queensland UQ at St Lucia will be able to make the trip in record time, thanks to the opening of three new busway sections.

6 August 2009