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.

Orangutans provide the “human face” of an environmental battle in a documentary being screened at the Schonell Theatre at The University of Queensland.

31 July 2009

Promoting physical activity among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples was one of the keynote topics discussed at a recent BIPAN Think Tank at UQ.

31 July 2009

A University of Queensland research team has been awarded the second largest grant provided under the National Heart Foundation (NHF) and beyondblue Cardiovascular Disease and Depression Strategic Research Program.

30 July 2009

One of the corals that form the backbone of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) is to become the first complex animal to have its genes fully explored in Australia.

30 July 2009

Better online support services for suicidal people is more important than shutting down websites showing ways to die, a research academic from The University of Queensland says.

30 July 2009

Nearly 100 people have already participated in a UQ clinical research study into tennis elbow, but researchers are still seeking more volunteers.

30 July 2009

Four UQ Business School students recently contributed their expertise to a Chinese development project worth an estimated $15 billion, as part of their postgraduate studies.

29 July 2009

A University of Queensland public seminar in August will focus on a popular science comic strip of the 1960s and 1970s.

29 July 2009

Almost 700 students and their teachers from high schools across south-east Queensland attended the UQ School of Economics Schools Day on Thursday last week.

29 July 2009

Researchers at The University of Queensland have helped identify genes that could hold the key to treating a common and deadly type of breast cancer.

29 July 2009

Teenagers whose mothers have mental health impairments are likely to suffer behavioural problems, UQ research has found.

29 July 2009