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Playing music with toddlers could benefit their development even more than shared reading, according to University of Queensland research.

15 September 2015

¿ì²¥É«ÇéƬ has held its position among the world’s top 50 universities, ranking 46th globally and number one in Queensland in the 2015/16 QS World University Rankings.

15 September 2015
L to R: Chris Stowers, Esteban Marcellin, Martie-Louise Verreynne, Steve Moorhouse, Victor Rudolph, Chris Dunks, Daniel Grant and David Craik

Four industry-research projects on drug development, business innovation, chemical transportation and biotechnology have been recognised at a University of Queensland awards ceremony.

15 September 2015
Dr Rashmi Priya and Professor Alpha Yap

University of Queensland researchers have discovered a new signalling pathway that controls cell adhesion, an important process that is disrupted in diseases such as skin cancer and inflammation.

15 September 2015
¿ì²¥É«ÇéƬ Robotics Club members Fabian Vasuain and Lex Van Cooten with amputee consultant Ben Tarbuck (centre).

Affordable open-source prosthetic limbs may be a step closer, thanks to the efforts of ¿ì²¥É«ÇéƬ Robotics Club students.

14 September 2015
The water system in Manila was dramatically improved

Until 1997, water supplies in downtown Manila were beset with infrastructure problems such as leaks, widespread unauthorised access and contamination.

11 September 2015
¿ì²¥É«ÇéƬ Business School Dean Professor Andrew Griffiths.

¿ì²¥É«ÇéƬ Business School’s MBA program has topped the Australian Financial Review BOSS MBA survey for the second consecutive time.

11 September 2015
¿ì²¥É«ÇéƬ Big Band members after a recent performance

Carnegie Hall and Central Park in New York, and Disneyland in Los Angeles, are among the venues where the University of Queensland Big Band will perform next year on its first international tour.

10 September 2015
Dr Alan Pegna, a new researcher at the School of Psychology, has an ongoing fascination with the field of visual recognition.

Imagine your partner goes for a quick swim while you sunbathe, but when they return you are unable to recognise them, despite them looking exactly the same as when they entered the water.

8 September 2015

¿ì²¥É«ÇéƬ's Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN) has appointed a new director following an international search.

8 September 2015
¿ì²¥É«ÇéƬ journalism students bound for India meet Vice Chancellor Professor Peter Høj.

Aspiring foreign correspondents from ¿ì²¥É«ÇéƬ will head to New Delhi as part of a program that Vice-Chancellor Professor Peter Høj hopes will make ¿ì²¥É«ÇéƬ’s School of Communication and Arts a top destination itself.

8 September 2015

Maintaining world-class research equipment at ¿ì²¥É«ÇéƬ is all part of a day’s work for fitter and turner Ethan Park, who has been named MIGAS Queensland Apprentice of the Year.

4 September 2015
Expedition leader Dr Manuel Gonzalez-Rivero driving the SVII in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii.

A team of marine biologists from ¿ì²¥É«ÇéƬ has witnessed first-hand the potentially damaging effects of rapidly rising ocean temperatures on coral reefs in Hawaii.

2 September 2015
Conference presenter William Lee, with law school dean Professor Sarah Derrington

Three University of Queensland law students will travel to Myanmar next week to present at the Asia Pro Bono Conference and Legal Ethics Forum.

2 September 2015
Guest speaker Bridget Burton from Legal Aid Queensland shared anecdotes and highlights of her career with the students at the awards.

Battling domestic violence, assisting the Supreme Court of Tonga and helping provide legal support to the Solomon islands – it’s all in a semester’s work for University of Queensland law students.

2 September 2015