The University of Queensland's Schonell Special Education Research Centre will celebrate the 20th anniversary of its Down Syndrome Research Program in September.

27 August 1997

Determining the 'carrying capacity' of popular dive sites is essential to protecting sensitive marine environments, according to a University of Queensland researcher.

27 August 1997

While many researchers hope to see the light at the end of the tunnel, University of Queensland physicists are pioneering techniques to make the light go through it, instead.

26 August 1997

Some new insights into Celtic life will be revealed in a celebration of Celtic culture to be held at Emmanuel College, the University of Queensland, on Saturday September 20 1997.

26 August 1997

The University of Queensland will conduct a workshop for people who are thinking about University, but who have forgotten what it is like to study.

25 August 1997

Volunteers from 41 to 95 years of age with memory problems that may herald Alzheimers disease are still needed for a University of Queensland study.

25 August 1997

The University of Queensland's Chaplaincy Centre will host a free public symposium on euthanasia on August 30.

22 August 1997

The Chancellor of Sydney University, Dame Leonie Kramer, AC, DBE, will discuss Can we believe what we read? at a University of Queensland free public lecture on Thursday, September 11

21 August 1997

The arts and visual culture industry is an area of growth both in Queensland and nationally which is good news for students, according to head of the University's Art History Department, Dr Margaret Maynard.

19 August 1997

Landmarks such as the Sunshine Coast's Big Pineapple and Coffs Harbour's Big Banana were unknown in the days when Arthur Streeton was painting his Australian landscapes.

19 August 1997

The phrase 'doctor can see you now' has taken on new meaning in a joint project co-ordinated by the University of Queensland.

18 August 1997

The University of Queensland's technology transfer company, UniQuest Limited, this month signed a licensing agreement covering intellectual property for a gene controlling formation of bone and cartilage.

18 August 1997

The University of Queensland and Griffith University have received a joint endowment of A$1.9 million from the Nippon Foundation, a Japanese philanthropic organisation which supports education, agricultural and health services internationally.

18 August 1997

An international study is improving knowledge of why five percent of the population has problems with co-ordinating movement.

15 August 1997

The first academic sponsored by local government in the Philippines will graduate from the University of Queensland on Thursday, August 14.

14 August 1997

The University of Queensland will play an important role in an unmanned Japanese flight to an asteroid in 2002 to retrieve the first extra-terrestrial matter since the end of the Apollo program.

14 August 1997

About 750 University of Queensland students will receive degrees at three ceremonies this week at Mayne Hall, St Lucia, on Tuesday, August 12 and Thursday, August 14.

12 August 1997

The University of Queensland will offer a new round of Re-Entry Postdoctoral Research Fellowships for Women, closing on September 12.

11 August 1997

New drilling systems developed by Brisbane mining engineers will improve the safety of underground coal mines, helping prevent disasters such as those at Moura in past years.

11 August 1997

Softball star Natalie Shapiro's hectic international playing schedule means she will not be able to make it up on stage to collect her arts degree from the University of Queensland tonight, Tuesday August 12.

11 August 1997