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.

In a major checkup of the health of the central Great Barrier Reef, scientists report that while corals on the outer reef are in excellent condition, coral health is in sharp decline close to the Queensland coast.

4 August 2006

A prominent University of Queensland soil scientist has been appointed the President of the International Union of Soil Sciences.

4 August 2006

The University of Queensland is moving to safeguard a range of important student services that are threatened by the Commonwealth’s ‘voluntary student unionism’.

4 August 2006

The endangered Mary River Turtle has learned the perfect way to avoid being eaten — stay underwater.

4 August 2006

Buildings at The University of Queensland have featured in five awards at the 2006 Queensland Architecture Awards.

3 August 2006

UQ singers have helped a Brisbane-based choral group win two gold medals and a silver at its World Choir Games debut in China.

3 August 2006

An Australian research team has identified a gene that could be used to stop tumours growing by blocking their blood supply.

2 August 2006

Seven outstanding commercialisation prospects have been selected to vie for $100,000 in seed capital in The University of Queensland Business School’s Enterprize competition.

1 August 2006

The University of Queensland’s links to the State’s wider business, legal and cultural communities have grown stronger with seven prominent “downtowners” playing a leading role on its Senate.

1 August 2006

Researchers from The University of Queensland will share in almost $6.5 million of funding to support greater collaboration with colleagues in other universities.

31 July 2006

The Queensland Government and The University of Queensland have forged a new Smart State link with Russia by establishing the State’s first scholarship for a university student of the Russian language.

31 July 2006