Packaging up a sustainable future for Australian business

Researchers at Australia’s Food and Beverage Accelerator have developed a roadmap to help Australian food and beverage businesses shift towards more eco-friendly packaging.

29 April 2025
a pile of brown boxes, cups and utensils

Chasing History: Celebrating 40 years of the Great Court Race

For 40 years, the Great Court Race has been a test of speed, strategy and stamina in which UQ’s fastest students jostle their way through the arched cloisters, battling lactic acid and chasing a place in history.

29 April 2025
Three female athletes running around sandstone building with purple overlay.

Improved foods for elderly patients with swallowing difficulties are a potential outcome from a new industry linkage grant awarded to a team of University of Queensland researchers.

2 June 2008

The frog may be the environmental indicator of the land, but University of Queensland researchers reckon when it comes to the sea, we should look to the turtle.

2 June 2008

A dynamo of UQ research and commercialisation is lending his energy to a new charity for child survivors of last month’s earthquake in southwest China.

30 May 2008

Hospitality students from UQ’s School of Tourism will showcase some thought-provoking possibilities for the future of hotel technology at a Holiday Inn Brisbane-sponsored event on Monday, June 2.

29 May 2008

University of Queensland researchers have made a ground-breaking discovery that produces highly efficient miniature crystals which could revolutionise the way we harvest and use solar energy.

29 May 2008

Researchers from The University of Queensland will share in more than $22.2 million in funding in the latest round of Australian Research Council Linkage grants announced today.

28 May 2008

Ipswich high school students can win from a $3000 prize pool for telling a news story about their local area – using pictures, text, or video.

28 May 2008

A recent third placing at the Byron Bay Triathlon is a great result for UQ scholar Adam Carlton but he predicts it is merely a stepping stone to greater things.

28 May 2008

An undergraduate female student has been taken to hospital following an incident today at the Hartley Teakle Building at UQ’s St Lucia campus at 2pm.

27 May 2008

Frock Swap, a fundraising fashion parade at St Lucia campus, will help Brisbane’s homeless women while showcasing a series of winter fashions from local labels.

27 May 2008

An internationally regarded expert in cattle and sheep nutrition has been appointed as a Professor in Animal Nutrition in UQ's Faculty of Natural Resources, Agriculture and Veterinary Science.

26 May 2008