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鶹ýӳ of Queensland welcomes almost 11,000 new students this week, with a range of Orientation Week activities at the St Lucia and Gatton campuses.

23 February 2016
The skull of the Cookeroo hortusensis, which lived 20-18 million years ago.

Researchers believe the discovery of a new genus and two new species of extinct non-hopping kangaroos could shed light on the ancestry of all kangaroos and wallabies living today.

22 February 2016
Collecting a sample from a whale's "blow".

Australia’s humpback whale population is increasing by more than 10 per cent a year, and University of Queensland researchers are going to extreme lengths to find out why.

22 February 2016
Kangaroo horse: Aboriginal artists with a visual template for macropods drew kangaroo-like representations of their first impressions of horses. Copyright David Hancock Skyscans

A remarkable exhibition of Indigenous rock art from the Western Arnhem Land Plateau will open tomorrow at 鶹ýӳ of Queensland’s Anthropology Museum.

18 February 2016
The 4T MRI stripped down and ready to be transported.

A powerful magnet from an MRI machine at the University of Queensland’s Centre for Advanced Imaging will begin a new life in Switzerland as part of an experiment investigating the foundations of the universe.

18 February 2016

Bigger will definitely be better for more than 3000 students who plant sunflowers on Tuesday (23 February) in the 2016 University of Queensland Sunflower competition.

18 February 2016

How likely are you to take a bullet for somebody? University of Queensland researchers have helped develop a way of predicting the strength of your convictions.

18 February 2016
鶹ýӳ graduate Tim Munro is celebrating his third Grammy win today

University of Queensland graduate Tim Munro is celebrating his third Grammy win, after taking out the 2016 Award for Best Chamber Music Performance for his work in sextet ‘eighth blackbird’.

17 February 2016

A group of University of Queensland law students have gained insight into corruption, money laundering and human trafficking thanks to an innovative law course in Switzerland this month.

17 February 2016
Nkosana Mafico

鶹ýӳ of Queensland will host a celebration of all-things African in April, thanks to the extraordinary work of an entrepreneurial business management student.

17 February 2016

Joining a book club after retirement could extend your life just as much as doing weekly exercise.

16 February 2016
鶹ýӳ's SafeZone app

鶹ýӳ of Queensland is harnessing mobile technology to improve student and staff safety.

15 February 2016
Ben Heim (left) and Connor D’Netto in St John's Cathedral

Brisbane’s St John’s Cathedral and the Spring Hill Reservoirs are set to be transformed for a series of “immersive concerts” created and produced by a University of Queensland duo.

15 February 2016

The world’s greatest science festival is coming to Brisbane, and 鶹ýӳ of Queensland’s Science Demo Troupe is gearing up to flaunt their skills in a Street Science event.

15 February 2016
The majority of Queensland is in drought

Forests are the lungs of the planet, so surely planting more of them could only be a good thing.

15 February 2016
The worm is less than 1mm long, and has the same proteins as in flies, mice and humans.

A discovery in a transparent roundworm has brought scientists one step closer to understanding nerve degeneration.

12 February 2016
Greg Poche AO and Kay E. Van Norton Poche at their conferral ceremony in Sydney, with Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous Education) Professor Cindy Shannon (left), Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Advancement) Ms Claire Pullar, and Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Peter Høj.  Photo: Maja Baska

鶹ýӳ of Queensland has awarded honorary doctorates to philanthropists Greg Poche AO and Kay E. Van Norton Poche, in recognition of their life-changing dedication to Indigenous health.

11 February 2016
Emeritus Professor Ken Collerson with his beloved bike in 鶹ýӳ's Great Court.

For most people, cycling up a mountain at full speed sounds like anything but fun, but for 70-year-old 鶹ýӳ Emeritus Professor Ken Collerson “the burn” is an almost daily addiction.

11 February 2016

They’re tracking dinosaurs, treating epilepsy, battling superbugs, figuring out quantum biophysics and working to save the environment for future generations – meet 鶹ýӳ of Queensland’s women scientists.

11 February 2016

Christine Grey would have been just as sexy as Christian Grey as the lead character in Fifty Shades of Grey – and resulted in less ambivalence about rape.

10 February 2016