The expansion of mining in Australian resource regions is continuing to place pressure on regional environments and communities.

18 November 2010

A study to identify why prolonged sitting could be fatal is one of 16 prestigious national awards and fellowships granted to health and medical researchers at The University of Queensland (UQ).

18 November 2010
Yang Mei, Chinese Bayberry, or Red Bayberry

Early last century a New Zealand nurseryman planted the first seeds of a Chinese fruiting plant called Yang Tao, or Chinese Gooseberry.

18 November 2010

A new malaria study by UQ scientists challenges World Health Organisation guidelines for using DDT chemical spray to kill mosquitoes.

18 November 2010

A collaborative university program to deliver a world-leading, nationally consistent Mining Engineering curriculum has won a prestigious award at a gala Australian Learning and Teaching Council event.

18 November 2010

Now in its second year, The School of Political Science and International Studies’ Annual International Photography Competition has attracted an outstanding field of entries.

17 November 2010

UQ Executive Dean Professor Tim Brailsford has been appointed to an influential new committee charged with preparing international business education for the future.

17 November 2010
Anne-Laure Michele and Aaron Hall

UQ exchange student Anne-Laure Michele is learning all about the national sport of Australia through a work-experience placement at AFL Queensland.

17 November 2010

UQ’s TC Beirne School of Law is offering a new student exchange option from 2011 with the Faculty of Law at the University of Vienna in Austria.

17 November 2010

The University of Queensland topped the nation in the prestigious Australian Research Council Future Fellowships announced today, being awarded 31 fellowships worth a total of more than $22 million.

17 November 2010

Atmospheric pollution and religious rules on contraception are just some of the topics to be discussed at a World Philosophy Day oration at The University of Queensland (UQ) tomorrow (18 November).

17 November 2010

The next Conference of Parties to the UNFCCC is to be held at the end of this year in Cancun, Mexico.

17 November 2010
UQ students Aaron Simson-Woods (front) and Rob Stewart are heading to the 2011 World Junior Bobsleigh Championships in the United States

Two UQ students are hoping to script their very own Cool Runnings story – working against the odds (and the weather) to represent Australia at the 2011 World Junior Bobsleigh Championships.

16 November 2010
Dr Lexa Grutter

UQ research has found fish have developed their own mosquito nets in order to get a good night’s sleep.

16 November 2010

Watching relatives battling cancer is driving Forest Lake chemical engineer Chunxia Zhao to complete research into better ways to deliver life-saving drugs.

16 November 2010
UQ student Imogen Smith in the Atacama Desert in Chile

University of Queensland students wanting to broaden their horizons need look no further than the UQ Union complex at St Lucia

15 November 2010

UQ’s Master of Development Practice students received a welcome opportunity to speak with industry leaders and to gain valuable internship opportunities at a workshop held on campus recently.

15 November 2010
Joseph Hongoh

Orphaned at the age of seven and one of only 10 at his school to complete year 12, Kenyan-born Joseph Hongoh has achieved some impressive goals, both academically and in the community.

15 November 2010

An international team of physicists, including a scientist based at The University of Queensland, has recently closed an additional "loophole" in a test explaining one of science’s strangest phenomena — quantum entanglement.

15 November 2010

A host of new degrees being offered at The University of Queensland (UQ) in 2011 will give UQ students a competitive edge.

15 November 2010