The University of Queensland was today awarded more than $51 million in National Health and Medical Research Council grants that will fund research projects investigating health issues such as cystic fibrosis, respiratory illness in Indigenous...

19 October 2012

The University of Queensland’s new Vice-Chancellor Professor Peter Høj says that the review of a past investigation involving the dental school shows that the Integrity and Accountability Reform Program is working.

19 October 2012
UQ Symphony Orchestra with conductor, Warwick Potter.

Three of The University of Queensland’s largest music ensembles will take to the stage this weekend at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre’s Concert Hall.

19 October 2012

The University of Queensland has set its sights on becoming the university of choice in Australia for women in engineering, with a major industry partnership announced today.

19 October 2012
Aaron Cornish, Isaac Cornish, Hugh Catterall and Alex Moore are competing at the World Firefighter's Games 2012

A group of University of Queensland students and alumni will join thousands of firefighters and emergency volunteers from around the globe when they head to Sydney today to compete in the World Firefighter’s Games 2012.

19 October 2012

Three members of The University of Queensland Pipe Band at Emmanuel College (UQPBEC) have been awarded full scholarships to attend a summer school for piping and drumming in January 2013 in Melbourne.

18 October 2012
‘Balloons in Vietnam’ by Jerad Ford - UQ Photography Competition.

The University of Queensland’s School of Political Science and International Studies will announce winners of its photography competition at an award ceremony on Wednesday, October 24.

18 October 2012
The $4 million Health Sciences Learning and Discovery Centre opened in Rockhampton and is a joint venture with The University of Queensland Rural Clinical School and the Central Queensland Hospital and Health Service.

A new state-of-the-art medical training Centre in Rockhampton aims to improve the medical workforce shortage in regional and rural areas.

18 October 2012

The University of Queensland’s School of Veterinary Science has received official confirmation of full accreditation from the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) for the next seven years.

18 October 2012
Founder of the Triple P – Positive Parenting Program, Professor Matt Sanders.

Parents and caregivers of children with disabilities experience more stress, worry and depression than parents of typically developing children.

17 October 2012

Two University of Queensland researchers have been awarded a $75,000 Ramaciotti Foundations’ grant at a gala dinner last night in Brisbane

17 October 2012
Students Lauren Isherwood, Audric Co, Jacqueline Sale, Tamara Nganeko, Lucy Simpson, Emily Missenden, Jane Sandstrom, Amy Dunning, Laurelie Wall, Lisa Edwards with clinical educators Teresa Quinlan and Gail Woodyat, and Kirsten, a German disability support teacher working in one of the orphanages.

Ten students from The University of Queensland ‘s Health and Rehabilitation Sciences (SHRS) completed a five-week clinical placement in Hue, Vietnam working with children with disabilities in schools and orphanages.

17 October 2012
Clinical Studies Centre dogs and volunteer dog walkers took part in the Country Campus Challenge

More than 200 people and their pets took part in The University of Queensland Gatton’s Country Campus Challenge recently.

16 October 2012
From left, John Story (Chancellor of UQ), Dr Gregory Harper (Director, External Engagement, CSIRO Animal, Food and Health Sciences), Professor Peter Høj (Vice-Chancellor of UQ), Campbell Newman (Premier of Queensland), John McVeigh (Queensland Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) and David Inall (Chief Executive Officer Cattle Council of Australia).

Scientists from The University of Queensland, the Queensland Government and the CSIRO have joined together to form the Northern Beef Research Alliance (NBRA).

16 October 2012

A group of fourth year chemical and metallurgical engineering students from The University of Queensland recently gained international experience during a field trip to Chile.

15 October 2012

Thousands of University of Queensland students and staff at major Queensland hospitals now have access to a high-speed secure wireless network, following yesterday’s launch of a new service.

15 October 2012
David Lavell: New Associate Director, Investigations at UQ

The University of Queensland has appointed a former government senior manager with a substantial ethics education background to its senior role in investigations.

15 October 2012
Dr Anneline Padayachee with orange carrot juice and other vegetables included in her research.

Fibre not only works as a “bowel scourer”, but may also help to protect the colon from cancer by transporting antioxidants to the large bowel, new Queensland research has found.

14 October 2012

With the world population predicted to hit 9 billion in 2050 and land and water resources in decline, the focus for World Food Day on Tuesday 16 October will be on how to do more with less.

12 October 2012
Tim Paris from the University of Western Sydney has won the 2012 Three Minute Thesis (3MT™) Trans-Tasman competition hosted by UQ yesterday.

Tim Paris from the University of Western Sydney has beaten 42 competitors from Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Fiji to win the 2012 Three Minute Thesis (3MT™) Trans-Tasman competition hosted by UQ yesterday.

12 October 2012