Professors Brian Head and Janeen Baxter.

Two University of Queensland professors at the Institute for Social Science Research (ISSR) have been awarded with prestigious appointments to the Australian Research Council College (formerly known as College of Experts) – an acknowledgement that...

21 March 2012

Can a little bird tell us who will win in Ashgrove? Analysis of Twitter streams can provide clues to electoral outcomes, according to University of Queensland Masters research student Frances Manfield.

21 March 2012
Katie Roberts having her head shaved for a good cause

Walk around The University of Queensland Gatton at the moment and you will see a number of shaved heads due to the huge amount of support for the Leukaemia Foundation’s Shave for a Cure.

19 March 2012

A study by University of Queensland and international researchers has found that most of Madagascar’s unique present-day fauna may originally have arrived across long distances by air or sea.

19 March 2012

This year The University of Queensland’s Gatton Campus is hosting three Walkway Markets to be held on Thursday 22 March, 17 May and 18 October.

19 March 2012
World leaders in deep brain stimulation, Prof Peter Silburn, Dr Terry Coyne and his team.

A new multi-million dollar Asia-Pacific Centre for Neuromodulation (APCN) in Brisbane is poised to become a world leader in research to revolutionise the diagnosis and treatment of neurological disease.

18 March 2012

UQ Vice-Chancellor Professor Deborah Terry hosted an event at Customs House, Brisbane, on Thursday, March 15, on the theme: Sustaining Prosperity: Partnerships for a Knowledge-Based Future.

16 March 2012

To celebrate Brain Awareness Week, the Australian Brain Bee Challenge (ABBC) has opened the first round of its competition across the country this week.

16 March 2012

Several University of Queensland organisations, schools and faculties recently celebrated International Women’s Day on March 8, 2012.

15 March 2012

Three University of Queensland graduates are among 25 Fulbrights and one Anne Wexler Scholarship winner announced today by the Australian-American Fulbright Commission.

15 March 2012

The University of Queensland has further improved its position among the world’s top 100 universities in the Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings.

15 March 2012

Journalism students from The University of Queensland are ramping up their political reporting skills as they cover the Queensland State Election for a weekly half-hour webcast – Y Vote.

15 March 2012

Two leading Australian research organisations, QIMR and The University of Queensland, today announced a joint research partnership to tackle global problems in infectious diseases research.

15 March 2012

Australians have a high level of internet use but are wary of websites that collect too much information about their visitors, a large-scale University of Queensland survey has revealed.*

14 March 2012
Ben Endicott-Davies in West Africa meeting with Ghana’s Queen Mother

International travel, working with African farmers, learning from leading scientists is all part of the job for University of Queensland Agricultural Science student Ben Endicott-Davies.

14 March 2012

UniQuest’s Consulting and Research Division has facilitated a contract for researchers from The University of Queensland and University of Technology Sydney to collaborate on a significant climate change project.

14 March 2012

UQ students and members of the wider community are currently being recruited for a unique archaeological fieldwork experience taking place in Africa in July.

13 March 2012
Professor Matt Brown (Director of the UQ Diamantina Institute) talks with Professor Ian Frazer (CEO of the TRI) and Premier Anna Bligh about UQDI’s state-of-the-art genomics facilities

The vision of a specialised centre to better understand and treat head and neck cancers will come to fruition — thanks to $15 million funding from Atlantic Philanthropies, the Queensland Government and the Princess Alexandra Hospital.

9 March 2012

The University of Queensland (UQ) graduates Mark Cracknell and Nathan Hoad have the World Wide Web at their feet after creating their own social networking site.

7 March 2012

Researchers from The University of Queensland (UQ) and Korea have combined their expertise in polymer patterning and materials science in a bid to develop new-generation solar cells.

7 March 2012