Order of Australia medals on a purple background

An international leader in audiology and an Indigenous author and poet are among an extensive list of University of Queensland representatives who have been named on the Queen’s Birthday Honours List this year.

13 June 2022
The Amazon rain forest from the air.

The world’s last wilderness areas are rapidly disappearing, with explicit international conservation targets critically needed, according to University of Queensland-led research.

1 November 2018

For their outstanding service in a range of fields, an inspiring and distinguished group of staff, students and alumni from The University of Queensland community have been honoured in the 2013 Australia Day awards and honours list.

26 January 2013
UQ Vice Chancellor Peter Høj congratulates Information Technology Services Network Operations and Incident Response Manager Chris Teakle for his 25-year service at the University.

Staff who began work at UQ 25 years ago - about the same time as email arrived on campus - were honoured for their long service last month.

2 November 2012
Chief Justice of Queensland Paul de Jersey AC presents the Dr MHM Kidwai Memorial Prize to UQ law student Tegan Stockdale.

UQ law students have been awarded for their exceptional academic performance, in areas from environmental law to criminal procedure.

23 May 2012

The UQ Chancellor, Mr John Story, and Vice-Chancellor, Professor Paul Greenfield, have advised the winners of two new awards, the Chancellor’s Award for Individual Excellence and the UQ Leadership Award.

25 February 2010

The participants in the Australia 2020 Summit have been announced and The University of Queensland will be well represented.

2 April 2008

The University of Queensland’s research team last night received a portion of the data packet from telemetry teams 400km down range following Saturday’s HyShot™ III scramjet experiment launch in Woomera, 500km north of Adelaide, Australia.

27 March 2006

The University of Queensland HyShot™ team is bunkered down at Woomera range this week ready for two Defence-managed experimental flights of scramjet technology scheduled for Saturday, March 25 and Tuesday, March 28.

23 March 2006

A scramjet engine developed by British firm QinetiQ will be tested on Saturday, March 25, at the Defence-managed Woomera range at about 12.30pm South Australian local time as part of the HyShot™ experimental flight series.

21 March 2006

University of Queensland scramjet pioneers have congratulated the NASA team which today successfully flew a hypersonic, scramjet-powered aircraft at about 10 times the speed of sound.

17 November 2004

A University of Queensland PhD student aiding the fight against skin cancer has been named the 2004 Young Queenslander of the Year.

9 June 2004

A program involving University of Queensland researchers has dramatically boosted literacy rates in a cohort of almost 700 Queensland high school students.

24 October 2002

University of Queensland researchers today (August 16) claimed success for the world`s first flight test of supersonic combustion, the process used in an air-breathing supersonic ramjet engine, known as a scramjet.

16 August 2002

A University of Queensland team is gearing up for Tuesday`s historic attempt to flight test the supersonic combustion process used in a scramjet for the first time in the world.

27 July 2002

Bullying, homophobia in schools and integration and behaviour management issues will be discussed at an interactive University of Queensland conference in Brisbane next week.

31 May 2002

University of Queensland researchers have found a way to make the business of flight more efficient by significantly reducing drag, work which has implications for vehicles from aeroplanes to space craft.

26 March 2001

Mathematics, statistics and supercomputing are fundamental tools in managing Australia's unpredictable ecology, according to a new UQ professor.

8 March 2000

The University of Queensland will honour a pioneer of Australian space engineering research at a Brisbane graduation ceremony tomorrow, Wednesday December 8.

7 December 1999

University of Queensland researchers have won the highest number and value of the Australian Research Council's Research Infrastructure Equipment and Facilities (RIEF) grants for 2000.

27 October 1999