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.
Dr Dong Qiu

University of Queensland metals researchers have scooped the pools at a unique science event held on the Gold Coast recently.

8 July 2009

The University of Queensland Bridge Volunteer Organisation has again provided support to the McIntyre Centre in Pinjarra Hills, which offers pony-riding lessons for disabled children.

8 July 2009
The Chutes

They’ve studied business, law and medicine at UQ and now Brisbane band The Chutes are putting their textbooks aside to showcase their debut EP in Fortitude Valley on Friday night (July 10).

8 July 2009

A new Bachelor of Occupational Health and Safety Science that offers career opportunities in a diverse range of workplaces, from mines to movie sets, will be on show at UQ’s St Lucia Open Day (August 2).

8 July 2009
Professor Wiltshire

Eighty not for profit sector leaders will hear the productivity commissioner speak over lunch at UQ Business School Downtown on Wednesday, July 8, 2009.

8 July 2009

Unwanted cats and kittens who have to be “put down” are the subject of a new study at The University of Queensland’s Centre for Companion Animal Health.

7 July 2009

Scientists based at UQ are working towards one of sustainable energy’s holy grails – harvesting the untapped potential of sugar cane.

6 July 2009
Professor David de Vaus

The University of Queensland has appointed Professor David de Vaus as Executive Dean of its Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (SBS).

6 July 2009

A new Australian native plant developed by The University of Queensland’s Centre for Native Floriculture was recently launched at Manawee Garden Centre, Buderim.

6 July 2009

A UQ physicist is seeking answers to a persistent problem throughout human history: how do I compute things?

6 July 2009

Two UQ Science researchers have proved two famous physical laws that have been widely used for the past 25 years do not always work.

6 July 2009