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
A boab tree in the Kimberley ... the region where Baz Luhrmann's movie Australia was filmed

A new, free smartphone application offers a guide to the locations and landscapes that provide the backdrop for Australia’s most loved films, novels, and plays.

16 January 2015
AIBN's Professor Chengzhong (Michael) Yu has been recognised with the 2015 Le Févre Memorial Prize for scientific research.

One of UQ’s leading materials science experts, Professor Chengzhong (Michael) Yu, has been awarded a high-profile prize from the Australian Academy of Science.

24 November 2014
Stephanie Colquhoun ... excited about spending two months in Washington DC

Two University of Queensland undergraduates will work as interns in Washington DC congressional offices for two months early next year.

10 November 2014
UQ PhD student Megan Rossi’s gut feeling about kidney disease helped her secure the win at last night’s UQ 3MT competition.

University of Queensland PhD student Megan Rossi’s gut feeling about kidney disease helped her secure the win at last night’s UQ Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition.

12 September 2014
3MT finalists have just three minutes to communicate complicated issues like disease study.

The clock is ticking for UQ research students who will compete in the 2014 Three-Minute Thesis Competition (3MT) next Thursday at Customs House in Brisbane.

4 September 2014
An artist's impression of the solar research facility at UQ Gatton on completion. Image: Wilson Architects

The University of Queensland and First Solar have begun construction on a 3.275 megawatt solar photovoltaic research facility at UQ’s Gatton campus.

6 August 2014
UQ's Women in Engineering program is attracting record numbers.

The University of Queensland’s Women in Engineering program has cemented its leading position in Australia, with women making up 24.4 per cent of the 2014 undergraduate student intake.

16 April 2014
Trajectories of individual molecules of cholera toxin B-subunit binding to the plasma membrane of cultured neurons

Experts will share the latest advances in super-resolution microscopy during a four-day symposium at The University of Queensland’s (UQ) Microscopy Week starting today.

1 April 2014
The Global Food Forum is an opportunity for senior secondary students to engage with one of the major challenges of the modern era – feeding nine billion people by the year 2050.

Young Queenslanders will debate the future of the world’s food alongside leading agriculture scientists from The University of Queensland and CSIRO, at an upcoming global forum in Brisbane. The Global Food Forum will be held at St Laurence’s...

11 February 2014
Professor Maree Smith . . . has two game-changing pain therapies close to being available on the global market

A vaccine against cervical cancer, a global parenting program, new forms of pain relief, better yielding crops and improved medical imaging are some of many high-impact outcomes of University of Queensland research.

19 September 2013

A panel of prominent arts industry representatives will discuss the value of the arts as part of the Brisbane Writers Festival next month.

16 August 2013

Newly trialled native algae species provide real hope for the development of commercially viable fuels from algae, a University of Queensland scientist has found.

24 July 2013

Invasive procedures for removing non-melanoma skin cancers such as freezing or surgery may soon be a thing of the past.

24 May 2013
UQ first year pharmacy students Ms Ila Patel (accelerated student); Ms Natasha Kissoon and Ms Mandeep Kaur Rao (accelerated students) received their white coats at a recent welcoming ceremony.

The University of Queensland’s first year pharmacy students received their white coats at a recent welcoming ceremony.

20 March 2013
UQ Chancellor John Story congratulates Chancellor's Award winner Melissa Glendenning, Operations Manager at Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation.

Professional staff play a vital role in supporting teaching, research and engagement at The University of Queensland, a contribution that today was recognised through the prestigious Chancellor’s Awards.

21 February 2013

Australia’s neuroscientists of the future will be unveiled when the country’s brightest young minds compete in the finals of the Australian Brain Bee Challenge (ABCC) held at Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre this weekend.

30 January 2013

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

On Wednesday, December 12, 400 students will graduate from The University of Queensland's Gatton Campus ready to enter the agribusiness, agriculture, equine, veterinary and wildlife science industries.

10 December 2012

Three University of Queensland academics specialising in cultural studies, theatre history and music were among 22 leading scholars elected this month as Fellows of the Australian Academy of the Humanities.

5 December 2012