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.

UQ graduand Joseph Mullins will encourage graduates this week to remain students, in whatever their careers or stages in life.

21 July 2009

For Natalie Griffin, studying her Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Economics at UQ Business School meant she was following in a strong family tradition.

20 July 2009
Students 'walking on water' during St Lucia Open Day 2008

Potential students to UQ St Lucia’s Open Day (August 2) will not only have the opportunity to plan their future careers but dip their toes into a gravity-defying phenomenon.

20 July 2009

The University of Queensland has been recognised for teaching excellence with six Australian Learning and Teaching Council citations.

20 July 2009

University of Queensland student Monty Summers may be running half way across Queensland with 14 friends, but it is other people’s generosity that has him impressed.

20 July 2009
Writer/Director, Doan Nguyen and Director of Photographer, Geoff Saville on location

Charity fundraising and helping aspiring actors are the twin motivators which have helped a marketing lecturer at The University of Queensland turn a dream into a full-length feature movie.

17 July 2009
Valedictorian and Bachelor of Midwifery graduate Rebecca Taylen

More than 130 graduands, including the first students of the Bachelor of Midwifery, are preparing for The University of Queensland Ipswich Campus Mid-Year Graduation Ceremony, to be held at the Ipswich Civic Hall on Monday, July 20.

17 July 2009

UQ Science has signed a landmark licensing agreement with one of the world’s leading scientific software developers, CLC bio.

17 July 2009

A top Australian General will share his knowledge about war and the military when UQ’s School of Political Science and International Studies hosts the public lecture “What we can learn from Iraq” this month.

17 July 2009

A UQ institute has joined forces with a leading American university to work on research to change the way we live.

16 July 2009

With just over five months until the official December 10 centenary milestone, planning for The University of Queensland’s centenary celebrations is well underway.

16 July 2009