University of Queensland initiatives to improve rural medical care and to enhance research students’ communication and team skills have won Australia’s highest teaching honours.

28 November 2006

An Honorary Professorship will help forge stronger links between UQ and Chinese scientists.

6 July 2006

The Ipswich Boilerhouse powered the Ipswich Asylum a century ago but now it’s driving social and economic change for the city after a $2.1 million overhaul.

27 March 2006

Papua New Guinea`s first female cabinet minister has received an honorary doctorate from The University of Queensland.

13 December 2005

A former politician who read the complete works of Shakespeare four times during a six-year prison term will be a headline speaker when The University of Queensland hosts the VIII World Shakespeare Congress in 2006.

21 November 2005

The strength and depth of research at The University of Queensland has again been confirmed with the University receiving almost $36 million in Australian Research Council (ARC) funding announced today (November 9).

9 November 2005

The University of Queensland has topped the latest round of grants from the nation’s peak university funding council.

23 June 2005

The University of Queensland`s commitment to excellence in research has been recognised with two of the University`s world-renowned researchers being awarded Federation Fellowships this week.

16 June 2005

The University of Queensland’s technology transfer company, UniQuest, and the University of Wollongong (UOW) will today (November 29) sign a historic commercialisation agreement.

29 November 2004

Groundbreaking University of Queensland research into obesity reduction, computer chip manufacture and the control of crop damaging pests will be significantly advanced through Smart State Fellowships awarded today.

26 November 2004

The University of Queensland team finished third overall in the inaugural Universitas 21 (U21) business plan competition held in Singapore this month.

26 July 2004

Australia will mark today’s (17/12/03) centenary of powered flight with an historic agreement to coordinate and exploit the country’s research in hypersonics and scramjet technology.

17 December 2003

The Australian Universities Quality Agency (AUQA) has praised The University of Queensland for outstanding leadership and excellent quality performance in an audit report released today (October 1, 2003).

1 October 2003

The export trade in Australian native flowers and foliage from Queensland is expected to grow into a $60 million industry in a decade through research and development programs in a new centre at The University of Queensland’s Gatton campus.

30 May 2003

A number of members of The University of Queensland community were honoured with Centenary Medals, announced by Prime Minister John Howard last month.

20 May 2003

A new international research collaboration signed today will have significant implications in the development of therapeutics for human medicine.

9 April 2003

UniQuest, The University of Queensland’s technology commercialisation company will today hand over a $3 million cheque to the University.

20 March 2003

A graduation ceremony bursting with stories of good cheer will usher in Christmas week this year in Ipswich.

13 December 2002

UQ has been presented with a $1 million cheque by Comquest Pty Ltd.

6 December 2002

University of Queensland researchers from two entirely different disciplines — rocket science and zoology — are searching the South Australian desert this week in a bid to locate the payload and second stage rocket from the HyShot scramjet...

25 February 2002