Indigenous tourism businesses in Western Australia are planning to target new customers in the US and Canada with help from two of the world’s top business schools.

3 August 2012
The LevLight was invented by a UQ student.

A levitating light bulb invented by a 19-year-old student from the University of Queensland has been singled out as an exciting industry innovation by an American lighting firm.

1 August 2012

Queensland research shows that a resurgence of whooping cough in babies has arisen due to the lack of effectiveness of the current vaccine.

1 August 2012
Carved female figure, before 1950, 240 x 30 x 35cm, wood, sago plant fibre, store bought paint
Morobe province, Papua New Guinea

An exhibition exploring the colour 'red' marks the opening of an exciting new gallery space for The University of Queensland’s Anthropology Museum.

1 August 2012

Queensland’s inaugural program for advancing lab technicians will have its final graduation ceremony today for its first cohort of students.

1 August 2012

The University of Queensland will hold a Sustainability Market between 11am and 2pm at the Ipswich Campus, on Challinor Court on August 1.

31 July 2012

With up to a billion hectares of wilderness likely to be cleared to feed the world in the coming half century and an area the size of China devoured by cities, leading environmental scientists are urging caution over the extent to which lost...

31 July 2012

More than 60 charities and not-for-profit organisations will converge in Brisbane next month for The University of Queensland’s (UQ) fourth annual volunteer expo.

31 July 2012
Professor Ranjeny Thomas of the UQ Diamantina Institute has been named a finalist in the GlaxoSmithKline Awards for Research Excellence.

Two researchers from The University of Queensland have been named finalists in one of Australia’s longest running and most prestigious medical research awards: the GlaxoSmithKline Awards for Research Excellence.

31 July 2012
Dr Michelle Hill has been awarded an ARC Future Fellowship.

The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute's Dr Michelle Hill has been announced a winner of a Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellowship to study the total cellular effect of cancer-associated changes in cellular membranes.

31 July 2012

Bond University will lead a national $14 million sports science research project in collaboration with The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute.

31 July 2012

UQ materials scientist Professor Ajayan Vinu is bringing together researchers from around the world in a bid to further work aimed at tackling pollution, new energy sources and healthcare improvements.

30 July 2012

The Australian Research Council has awarded Australian Laureate Fellowships to two of The University of Queensland’s brightest stars – marine biologist Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg and economist Professor John Quiggin.

30 July 2012

The University of Queensland’s new zebra crossing is bringing a smile to the face of staff and students who are using the sustainable transport options at the University.

30 July 2012
From left: Alicia Coutts, Melanie Schlanger, Brittany Elmslie and Cate Campbell pose with their gold medals after winning the women's 4x100m freestyle relay final. Image AAP/EPA

University of Queensland biomedical science graduate Melanie Schlanger has walked away from the London Olympics with a gold and two silver medals.

30 July 2012

Researchers from The University of Queensland’s Institute for Molecular Bioscience have discovered a potential new approach to treating chronic inflammatory diseases such as arthritis.

30 July 2012
UQ Professor Jennifer Corrin in Solomon Islands.

Research from The University of Queensland aimed at promoting institutional reform in neighbouring countries, has received $902,000 in this year’s round of Future Fellowships.

30 July 2012

The University of Queensland (UQ) said today no complaint had been received by any current or former staff member in relation to reprisals from whistleblowing.

27 July 2012

In another top-two result nationally, UQ has maintained its stellar record in the Australian Research Council Future Fellowships scheme.

26 July 2012
Linde Ivimey ‘Thumper (Self portrait)’ 2009. Steel armature, acrylic resin, dyed cotton, natural and acrylic fibre, woven chicken and turkey vertebrae, fish bones. Private collection, Melbourne.
Reproduced courtesy of the artist, Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane and Gould Galleries, Melbourne

A major survey of sculptural works by Sydney-based artist Linde Ivimey will open at The University of Queensland Art Museum on November 3, 2012.

26 July 2012