Jessica Von Pein in her video, where she explains her passion for nutrition, physiology and microbiology

University of Queensland Bachelor of Science student Jessica Von Pein’s personal story, dedication to her studies and video-making skills have earned her the top “Student of the Year” prize from an educational company.

27 January 2016
Michael Jennings ... helping students create change, in themselves and in the world.

Two University of Queensland lecturers have won national teaching excellence awards at the 2015 Australian Awards for University Teaching presentation at Parliament House in Canberra last night.

9 December 2015
Dr Christine Dudgeon (left) and Dr Jennifer Ovenden (right).

A University of Queensland scientist has cautioned against culling sharks because the long term ecological impact cannot be predicted.

18 August 2015

The following experts are available to comment to media on issues relating to the Queensland Budget and subsequent developments (expertise areas listed). Journalists can also search for experts on a wide range of topics at UQ Experts.

15 July 2015
San Diego Zoo ambassador Ric Schwartz and UQ’s Dr Bill Ellis with a koala participating in the radio tracking study.  Credit: Ken Bohn – San Diego Zoo.

A team of international scientists has tracked the love lives of koalas, uncovering some curious behaviours and finding that male koalas make their distinct bellows to avoid confrontation with competitors.

9 July 2015
Go on a virtual dinosaur hunt with the School of Biological Sciences Senior Lecturer Dr Steve Salisbury’s twitter feed.  Photo: Josie Fraser

The University of Queensland attracts top academic minds from across the globe, but how does their genius translate to 140 characters or less? To celebrate @UQ_News reaching 13,000 twitter followers, UQ is sharing a list of some of its most engaging...

30 April 2015
Ben Quilty Self Portrait Dead (Over The Hills And Far Away) 2007. Collection of The University of Queensland. Gift of the Margaret Hannah Olley Foundation, 2007. Reproduced courtesy of the artist and Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane.

Five University of Queensland students will debut as curators in a series of exhibitions opening at the UQ Art Museum on Friday, 17 April.

10 April 2015
The 3.275 megawatt array is built on a 10ha former airstrip

Sunshine is being turned into energy and knowledge at The University of Queensland’s Gatton campus, where the state’s largest solar array was switched on today.

27 March 2015
Jennifer Stables shaved her head to raise funds and awareness of a rare autoimmune disease.

University of Queensland student Jennifer Stables has had a hair-raising year after being diagnosed with an auto-immune disease, and has now cut off her ponytail and shaved her head to raise awareness and money for research into the condition.

22 December 2014

A University of Queensland student will cut off her ponytail and shave her head to raise awareness and money for research into autoimmune disease.

16 December 2014
Tamara Davis ... next generation of telescopes will allow astronomers to see almost to the beginning of time

Within a few decades, astronomers will become “know-it-alls”. Literally. In that time frame, it will be possible to see almost everything in the Universe that can be seen, according to astrophysicist Associate Professor Tamara Davis of The...

3 December 2014

It’s now late spring, with summer just around the corner, and many people with hay fever suffer at this time of year in Australia. Although the cause of this suffering is invisible to us, it is actually all around us — plant pollen floating in the...

20 November 2014
The University of Queensland has a range of experts available for media comment on G20 issues.

The University of Queensland has a range of experts available to comment on issues being discussed by worldwide leaders at Brisbane’s upcoming G20 summit.

13 November 2014
Left to right, from top: Dr Jack Clegg, Dr Liang Zhou, Professor Tapan Saha, Dr Stefanie Becker, 2nd row, from left: Dr Enzo Porrello, Dr Irina Vetter, Dr Qiao Liu, Dr Alessandro Fedrizzi, Associate Professor Jennifer Fleming, Dr Simon Perry.

Seven researchers and two research supervisors from across The University of Queensland were honoured at an excellence awards ceremony this evening.

16 September 2014
‘Children in the Ancient World’ is the topic of The University of Queensland’s Ancient History Day on Saturday. Image source: iStock

If you think that smacking a child is bad, then you would have found it confronting to live in ancient times.

27 August 2014

A conference next week will explore the wide-ranging consequences, issues and opportunities arising from society’s dependence on interactive technology.

28 April 2014

A collaborative research project aimed at discovering a drug to treat a highly resistant form of breast cancer is one of two projects given the green light by the Queensland Emory Development (QED) Alliance.

7 November 2013
Jacqui Stockdale‘Selfie’ 2013Duratrans and lightbox100 x 50 x 9 cmCourtesy of the artist and Helen Gorie Galerie, Melbourne

The winner of The University of Queensland’s 2013 National Artists' Self-Portrait Prize will be announced on Friday (18 October).

14 October 2013
UQ PhD candidate and veterinarian Moira Brennan.

A University of Queensland trial of a new injectable treatment for canine cancer has shown early results in slowing down and ultimately reversing the growth of a tumour.

17 September 2013

Healthcare will soon be more accessible for more Australians, thanks to a $2.5 million Federal Government grant to The University of Queensland to advance telehealth research.

19 August 2013