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Â鶹ÊÓƵ Brisbane International Student Ambassador Quoc Duy Tran (right) with former Lord Mayor Campbell Newman

Six Â鶹ÊÓƵ students were named official Brisbane International Student Ambassadors at a special event last month.

28 April 2011
Hannah McConnachie, Arthur Abal and Yooree Lee at the Global Experience Evening

Two University of Queensland entities joined together recently to encourage students to expand their global outlook.

7 April 2011

The World Health Organisation (WHO) must take a tougher stance on super bugs, according to a University of Queensland infectious diseases expert.

7 April 2011
Â鶹ÊÓƵ PhD student Michael Hewson with Dr Steve Peckham on the rooftop of the David Skaggs Research Centre in Colorado. Image courtesy Will von Dauster

A University of Queensland researcher has travelled to the United States to extend his work into atmospheric pollution.

24 March 2011

The United Nations has chosen Â鶹ÊÓƵ to host a major travelling exhibition focused on the prevention of genocide which opens next week.

16 March 2011
Professor Craig Franklin studying crocs in far north Queensland

Professor Craig Franklin has been appointed to the editorial board of the Journal of Experimental Biology, a leading publication in the field of comparative animal physiology.

10 March 2011
From just 18 randomly selected white tiles (representing measurements) out of a potential 576, the researchers were able to estimate the behaviour of a quantum device (illustrated by the yellow section). Image credit: Alessandro Fedrizzi

An international team has removed a major obstacle to engineer quantum systems that will play a key role in the computers, communication networks, and even biomedical devices of the future.

8 March 2011

A world expert in using computational science to study disease is joining Â鶹ÊÓƵ of Queensland's Institute for Molecular Bioscience after receiving a $4 million fellowship to study chemotherapy-resistant ovarian cancers.

4 March 2011
Pioneering educator Dr Chan

HELP University College in Malaysia has made a generous $100,000 donation to Â鶹ÊÓƵ of Queensland's student welfare fund.

28 February 2011
Â鶹ÊÓƵ Researchers deploying marine monitors in Moreton Bay.

The impact of recent floods on Queensland's environmentally sensitive coast will be monitored using cutting-edge marine monitoring technology being deployed in Moreton Bay today (4/2/2011).

3 February 2011
Fukushima University students help raise awareness of the Queensland floods

Friends from far and wide have helped a Â鶹ÊÓƵ partner university in Japan raise more than $2000 for those affected by the Queensland floods.

28 January 2011
2010 intern Â鶹ÊÓƵ journalism and law student Naomi Lim . . . “so many academic, professional and cultural opportunitiesâ€

Some of Â鶹ÊÓƵ of Queensland’s best and brightest students go straight to the top, gaining work experience on Washington’s Capitol Hill through an internship program co-ordinated through the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences.

10 January 2011

University of Queensland research has found children who have been abused or neglected are likely to struggle academically during adolescence.

22 December 2010
David LaMotte. Image: Johnno Chen

Recent Â鶹ÊÓƵ graduate and former Rotary World Peace Fellow David LaMotte has been appointed to a prestigious committee that selects Nobel Peace Prize nominees.

21 December 2010
Â鶹ÊÓƵ student Sebastian Thomas, who has received a Prime Minister's Australia Asia Award to work on climate change policy in Borneo

Blue Carbon projects in Borneo, better support for parents of children with autism, and Australia's relationship with China are Â鶹ÊÓƵ research projects to be explored in 2011, thanks to scholarships awarded by the Prime Minister.

8 December 2010