Oscar Dunens of Oak Carbon

Super-strong carbon nanotubes could snag Oak Carbon $100,000 in the 2009 UQ Business School Enterprize competition.

14 October 2009

The University of Queensland’s Centre for Native Floriculture (CNF) welcomed approximately 50 people to its Open Day, “Opportunities with native flora”, at the Gatton Campus last week.

14 October 2009
Dr Liz Mackinlay (left) and Dr Katelyn Barney

In the spirit of Kevin Rudd’s apology to the Stolen Generations, a team of academics from The University of Queensland is set to evaluate how problem-based learning (PBL) is used in the teaching of Indigenous Australian Studies.

14 October 2009
Scholarship winner, Temika Nooteboom with President of the Past Students Association, Graham McClymont

UQ Gatton student Temika Nooteboom has dreamed of working with animals since she was five years old and, thanks to a recent scholarship win, her dream is set to become a reality.

13 October 2009

Be transported to another world when the Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble presents a free, unique performance of the popular children’s book, Where The Wild Things Are.

13 October 2009

The University of Queensland has maintained its position for having Australia’s best teachers, adding three more national teaching awards to its portfolio.

13 October 2009

An international research team including researchers at UQ's Diamantina Institute and the Queensland Institute of Medical Research has identified a new variant of a gene that helps to regulate iron and haemoglobin levels.

13 October 2009

Three business ideas hoping to score $100,000 at UQ Business School’s Enterprize Pitch Day on Friday could save lives if they can be successfully commercialised.

12 October 2009

One of the world’s leading maritime law experts will investigate how the ratification of the Rotterdam Rules 2009 could affect Australia’s import and export trade.

12 October 2009

International students from across the country have collaborated in Canberra to develop strategies to improve the Australian study experience.

12 October 2009

A group of UQ undergraduates have teamed up with the Inspire Foundation, an organisation that aims to deliver practical online programs to prevent youth suicide.

12 October 2009

UQ students are advised to take steps to avoid being late for exams next month if planning to travel via Coronation Drive to the St Lucia campus.

9 October 2009
Bachelor of Nursing student Arthur Cassin

With a health system under pressure and nurses in continued demand, The University of Queensland will offer the state’s first fast-tracked Master of Nursing Studies for graduates in 2010.

8 October 2009
Image of Australian tectonic boundary (red line). The two area's circled are hypothetical hot-spots which if a earthquake occurred at could cause a tsunami that would threaten the Australian east coast.

The recent earthquakes in the Pacific and Indonesia have one University of Queensland researcher questioning whether the two are related.

8 October 2009

The University of Queensland has advanced two places to be named 41st in the world in the UK's Times Higher Education-QS World University Rankings, released today.*

8 October 2009

A healthcare facility operated by The University of Queensland (UQ) in partnership with Queensland Health has won the Queensland General Practice of the Year Award.

7 October 2009

Limited competition in the grocery sector could be having a serious effect on public health, according to a University of Queensland study published today in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health.

6 October 2009

In a major advance in understanding how our eyesight works, Australian scientists have shown that birds' amazing flight and landing precision relies on their ability to detect edges.

6 October 2009
UQ students (from front left) Lauren Ware, Emily Rowe, Amy Randall, Joshua Adams, Georgina Horsburgh and Isabella Tannock get ready to celebrate local talent at BUGFest

Up and coming UQ playwrights will keep the tradition of BUGFest alive when the annual theatre festival hits the Cement Box theatre from October 21.

6 October 2009

UQ Architecture research is taking a fresh approach to a debate which has been raging for centuries – is architecture art or is it a profession?

6 October 2009