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A man standing in a sandstone building holding a clarinet

One of Australia’s leading musicians and educators will join Â鶹ÊÓƵ as the Kinnane Professor of Music early next year.

30 August 2024
An image showing a laptop screen over a person's shoulder, with an Indigenous Australian on the screen.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ is moving to protect Australia’s invaluable heritage of Indigenous languages with the development of a centralised digital archive.

8 August 2024
A street in daylight with people with pedestrians looking at their phones as they walk with a young woman in the foreground.

Young Australians are being exposed to an alcohol advertisement on social media every 2 minutes and 43 seconds on average, according to Â鶹ÊÓƵ research.

7 June 2024
Three carved statues in a glass case

Three sculptures carved by an Indigenous elder are on display together for the first time in 90 years at an exhibition at Â鶹ÊÓƵ of Queensland Anthropology Museum.

27 May 2024
A digital screenshot of a gallery space designed by the Ortelia program

A University of Queensland founded startup that builds exhibition design software for art galleries, museums and theatres has been acquired by Swiss company Culture Software Group.

23 April 2024
Picture of neighbours talking to each other over the fence.

University of Queensland research has found building a sense of community is key to improving people’s mental health, particularly in low socio-economic suburbs.

21 March 2024
A woman leaning onto the edge of a swimming pool, holding a mobile phone

Exploring storytelling across oceans, generations and cultures is the subject of a new Â鶹ÊÓƵ Art Museum exhibition opening this month.

13 February 2024
Illustration of exhausted zombie characters working in office. Image, Adobe

Outdated perceptions of leadership persist across society despite being repeatedly debunked, University of Queensland research has found.

8 February 2024
A young woman in profile with long dark hair falling across her face, holding a vape and a mobile phone.

A Â鶹ÊÓƵ research project will investigate the online influences behind young people taking up vaping - and develop social media content to support them in quitting.

15 December 2023
Li Cunxin AO stands in the Great Court wearing his red and yellow academic dress and cap.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ of Queensland has recognised renowned ballet dancer and author, Li Cunxin AO, and pioneering chemical engineer, Katherine Hirschfeld AM, with Honorary Doctorates during Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s 2023 end-of-year graduations.

12 December 2023
An older woman wearing a graduation gown and cap while smiling broadly

Dr Bronwyn Herbert is the embodiment of lifelong learning. At the age of 90, the long-time social worker is graduating from Â鶹ÊÓƵ of Queensland after completing her PhD thesis on the generational impacts of homelessness.

11 December 2023
A graphic of Doctor Who's tardis surrounded by swirling red and yellow light rays.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ of Queensland will help mark a milestone for the world’s longest running sci-fi television show, hosting Doctor Who’s 60th Anniversary Symposium on Friday 24 November.

20 November 2023
A dark, eerie street surrounded by houses. One window is lit up from the inside. A pumpkin carved with a spooky face in the bottom left

With Halloween enthusiasts young and old preparing for another evening of trick or treating, Â鶹ÊÓƵ News spoke to Associate Professor Tom Aechtner about the universal fascination surrounding two popular supernatural phenomena. 

31 October 2023
A frustrated man looking out to the distance and screaming

Mindfulness doesn’t always prompt a ‘keep calm and carry on’ attitude – it can amplify outrage at injustice, according to research from Â鶹ÊÓƵ of Queensland.

24 October 2023
An elderly man and woman looking over a sheet of paper

Women can competently take over financial decision-making when they perceive a decline in their husband’s cognitive ability but the same can’t be said for men, according to University of Queensland research.

10 August 2023