University of Queensland researchers have discovered an important step in how proteins glue cells together to form healthy tissues, a process that is often disturbed in diseases such as cancer and inflammation.

17 July 2012

University of Queensland researchers have discovered an important step in how proteins glue cells together to form healthy tissues, a process that is often disturbed in diseases such as cancer and inflammation.

17 July 2012
Helen Stallman and her daughter Monique both graduated from UQ on the same day.

For Dr Helen Stallman, her graduation next Tuesday is about more than receiving her PhD, it is the fulfillment of a special promise she made many years ago with her daughter.

17 July 2012

Researchers at The University of Queensland (UQ) School of Tourism have developed a tool to gauge the “visitor experience” to allow Australia’s tourism industry to improve in quality and profitability.

16 July 2012
From left, Claire Mohr, Steve Ashburn and Tara Malcom dress in red for last year's TIME Red Party.

Medical students from The University of Queensland are throwing two big events to help share a message they feel is extremely important - that HIV/AIDS can affect anyone.

16 July 2012

Queensland is set for an influx of newly skilled graduates next week, as more than 4000 students from The University of Queensland celebrate the completion of their studies.

13 July 2012
Wawiriya Burton(Australia, 1928) Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia
'Ngayuku ngura - My country' 2009, Amata, South Australia
Synthetic polymer paint on linen
152 x 122 cm 
d’Auvergne Boxall Bequest Fund 2009, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
© Wawiriya Burton, Courtesy of Tjala Arts

The Art Gallery of South Australia’s travelling exhibition Desert Country offers an oasis of colour when it opens at The University of Queensland Art Museum on 4 August 2012.

13 July 2012
Professor Ian Frazer with the Gardasil vaccine.

In a world first, Australian schoolboys will be able to receive the Gardasil vaccine, protecting them against developing a range of cancers - a move which will improve the effectiveness of the vaccine in women.

13 July 2012

If you're planning to attend university in 2013, you can meet with expert advisers from The University of Queensland (UQ) at Australia’s largest tertiary studies expo next weekend.

13 July 2012

A University of Queensland academic has assisted in a prestigious journal’s publication of a special issue about the impact humans are having on the world’s animal species.

11 July 2012
FEAST participant Tamara Noble analyses a water sample with a partner at the Seqwater ‘Health check on a waterway” workshop.

Eighty high school students gained insight into career pathways in agriculture, science and technology last week at The University of Queensland’s (UQ) Gatton Campus.

11 July 2012
The SCRAMSPACE team and scramjet (half-scale rapid prototype)

It’s all systems go for the experimental SCRAMSPACE scramjet flight, which passed its Critical Design Review in Brisbane recently.

11 July 2012

Wikipedia is playing a growing role in academia at The University of Queensland, with students researching and writing high-quality articles for the online encyclopedia.

11 July 2012

Coral reefs in the Indo-Pacific region, including the Great Barrier Reef, recover faster from major stresses than their Caribbean counterparts, leading marine scientists said today.

11 July 2012

The Director of The University of Queensland Pro Bono Centre at the TC Beirne School of Law has expressed disappointment and regret at recent State Government funding cuts to the Environmental Defenders Offices in Brisbane and Cairns.

11 July 2012

As part of the Prentice Building redevelopment project at the St Lucia campus, the forecourt between Prentice Building (#42) and Physics Annex (#6) will have restricted access for pedestrians from 18 July 2012 to 30 January 2013.

11 July 2012

The University of Queensland (UQ) and Rio Tinto have signed a multi-million dollar agreement designed to create a sustainable future pipeline of graduates for the mining industry.

10 July 2012

Researchers from UQ’s Queensland Centre for Mothers & Babies are concerned about recent messages that parents should never sleep in the same bed as their babies.

10 July 2012

John Pandolfi keeps his optimism alive despite the grim scientific evidence he confronts daily that the world’s coral reefs are in a lot of trouble – along with 81 nations and 500 million people who depend on them.

10 July 2012

A new website has been launched to foster discussion around the international under-representation of women in architecture.

10 July 2012