Staff in UQ’s School of History, Philosophy, Religion and Classics are using the lure of foreign countries to make the past come alive.

9 November 2012

UQ’s distance education students can have an authentic research experience without leaving their homes, thanks to entomology lecturer Associate Professor David Merritt.

9 November 2012
UQ Professor Glenn King gets up close to spiders for a project exploring the use of spider venom as an environmentally-friendly insecticide.

The University of Queensland’s Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB) has been awarded $4 million in funding from the Australian Research Council (ARC), including $325,000 for a project that will use spider venom and fungi to stop insects from...

9 November 2012

From a coffee club for Singaporean students to a Japanese architecture studio, The University of Queensland has recognised the people who are driving its growing achievements in internationalisation of the University and the curriculum.

9 November 2012
UQ PhD student Kate Hayward from the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences helps a stroke patient use SMART Arm, a device developed by UQ and James Cook University to assist stroke survivors with their rehabilitation.

A non-robotic device that helps stroke survivors regain upper limb movement is expected to be commercially available in Australia within the next 12 months.

9 November 2012

University of Queensland postgraduate student Madeline Farmer is looking to recruit people between the ages of 65 – 80 who may have a phobia to take part in a research study.

9 November 2012

New research, published today in prestigious journal Science, has identified the gene responsible for an insect’s resistance to a major fumigant used by Australia’s grain industry for insect free grain.

9 November 2012

The University of Queensland Gatton Past Students Association Scholarship has been awarded to aspiring veterinarian Jahk Hughes.

9 November 2012
Richard Niu with fellow Glenala SHS Year 12 Young Achiever Michelle Tran

The University of Queensland has recently celebrated the graduation of the second cohort of Year 12 UQ Young Achievers at ceremonies in Ipswich, Toowoomba and a number of regional centres across the state.

9 November 2012
UQ's Dr Amir Popat is a Young Nanoscience Ambassador and will visit schools next year to promote science and research.

Science and research are not just for doctors and professors in white lab coats, if Amir Popat has his way.

8 November 2012
UQ's Master of Development Practice graduate Nguyen Thi Le Huyen is the 2012 winner of the UQ-Vietnam Professional Development Seminar Series Alumni Award.

Master of Development Practice graduate, from The University of Queensland, Nguyen Thi Le Huyen is the 2012 winner of the UQ-Vietnam PDSS Alumni Award.

8 November 2012
The Hon John McVeigh, Ms Eryn Wrigley, Professor Stephen Walker, Ms Hannah Avery and Professor Ray Collins at a black tie dinner for 20th anniversary celebrations of UQ's Agribusiness and Rural Management program.

The University of Queensland’s (UQ) Agribusiness and Rural Management students recently joined industry partners, government representatives and staff at a black tie dinner in the Lockyer Valley Cultural Centre to celebrate the 20- year contribution...

8 November 2012

The University of Queensland’s Dr Nicole George and Dr Andrew Phillips from the School of Political Science and International Studies have received awards in the Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) Scheme.

8 November 2012
Proserpine State High School student James Beckett has swapped the classroom for a cutting-edge research lab at UQ's Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology.

Proserpine State High School student James Beckett has swapped the classroom and books for a cutting-edge research lab and multi-million-dollar microscopes.

7 November 2012

Researchers at The University of Queensland are working with international collaborators to develop a new set of global health goals.

7 November 2012
ACPL Director Professor Ross Grantham confirmed that UQ’s Law School is ideally positioned to become an internationally recognised centre of excellence in the field of private law.

The University of Queensland is set to be the leading provider of private law research and education in the Asia-Pacific region with the establishment of the Australian Centre for Private Law (ACPL) within the TC Beirne School of Law.

7 November 2012

Leading pain research innovator, University of Queensland’s (UQ) Professor Maree Smith, has received a 2012 Life Sciences Queensland Industry Award for Excellence.

7 November 2012

The University of Queensland has led the nation in the latest round of funding from the Australian Research Council that will enable research into areas such as aerial robotics, drug and alcohol services for Indigenous people, and preparing...

6 November 2012
Olympic gymnast Josh Jefferis (Masters of Physiotherapy) was one of the many athletes awarded at the 2012 UQ Blues Awards Dinner.

The annual UQ Blues Awards Dinner took place at Hillstone, St Lucia on 2 November.

5 November 2012

A $50 million Federal Government project that aims to transform the storage of research data has revealed the location of its next node in Victoria.

5 November 2012