UQ Gatton is planning an Easter FEAST for Years 11-12 students keen to sample university life.

17 March 2003

Prominent British animal scientist Clive Phillips has been appointed the University of Queensland’s (and Australia’s) first Professor of Animal Welfare.

28 February 2003

Significant upgrading of UQ Gatton’s Centre for Pesticide Application and Safety heralds a major advance in crop science.

27 February 2003

A novel University of Queensland program will address a shortage of food science graduates coming into the jobs market.

27 February 2003

From mountain gorillas in Uganda to Bengal tigers in South Asia, world conservationists are working with The University of Queensland Gatton in a bid to better manage environmental landmarks.

26 February 2003

A new electronic agribusiness subject on offer in first semester 2003 is an Australian first.

14 February 2003

The current round of university offers for study in 2003 shows a surge in demand for food science programs at the University of Queensland.

9 January 2003

Overall Position (OP) scores required by school leavers to enter UQ Gatton programs have risen for many programs with the Diploma of Applied Science recording a jump of three places to OP 15 this year

9 January 2003

Research into an environmentally friendly wastewater treatment has won a prestigious University of Queensland award for mature age student John Goopy.

12 December 2002

Retired veterinarian Syd Miller has a special interest in The University of Queensland graduation at the UQ Centre, St Lucia on Monday (Dec 9) at 3pm.

6 December 2002

A growing interest in the health and nutritional benefits of dairy products in Vietnam could open up marketing opportunities for Australian exporters.

22 November 2002

Tough times in the bush demand innovative approaches to marketing, according to UQ Gatton Associate Professors Ray Collins and Tony Dunne.

5 November 2002

A new $5000 UQ Gatton scholarship aimed at encouraging women to study agronomy and horticulture has attracted backing from the multinational Dow Chemical Corporation.

16 October 2002

Global trade in pig genetics could soon be a reality as ground-breaking cryogenic research at the University of Queensland enters commercial proving trials.

15 October 2002

Innovative research aimed at beating the debilitating human disease leptospirosis in the tropical north is under way at the University of Queensland

14 October 2002

UQ medical researchers and specialists from the Royal Children’s Hospital have successfully treated a young burns patient 1000 km away, via email.

4 October 2002

Spending four months working in the rugged peaks of the Himalayas may not be everyone’s idea of university study, but that’s just what UQ Gatton student Luke Fletcher did on industry placement in Nepal.

1 October 2002

Third year UQ Gatton student, Zoe Kerle, has returned unharmed from a study of pack wolves in America.

19 September 2002

You’ve heard of emu leather, crocodile leather and even cane-toad leather, now brace yourself for chicken leather or “Poulard”.

23 August 2002

A UQ Gatton graduate credits his degree with helping him obtain a fascinating research position in the Northern Territory and encourages people to attend UQ Gatton Open Day on Sunday, August 25.

19 August 2002