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Research to unlock the potential of peptides and proteins found in Australian flora and fauna for applications such as the next generation medicines and bio-friendly pesticides will be the focus of a new research centre to be based at The University of Queensland. The Federal Minister for Education Dan Tehan MP has announced $35 million…

A free online University of Queensland course aimed at community development workers has received a United Nations accolade. The UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network award of excellence for UQ’s Critical Development Perspectives edX course was announced in New York. Professor Mark Moran, Group Leader of Development Effectiveness at UQ’s Institute for Social Science Research, said…

Giving Day is officially over! And what a day it has been. It’s been overwhelming to see how generous and passionate the UQ community is. We’ve now completely beaten our goal and have reached over 1300 donors for causes across the university. Some donations are still being processed, so we’ll come back with a final…

The University of Queensland has continued a stellar year in global rankings, jumping three places in the highly regarded Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings. In a field of almost 1400 research-intensive institutions, UQ is celebrating its move to 66th in the world, maintaining fourth position in Australia. Acting Vice-Chancellor Professor Aidan Byrne said the achievement was gratifying…

A donation of $1 million to The University of Queensland will offer hope to thousands of Australians left without the ability to communicate following a stroke. The funding from Bowness Family Foundation will support research into aphasia – a language and communication disorder that occurs in one-third of all strokes and affects about 120,000 Australians.…

The application of a revolutionary alternative to chemical fungicides to protect Australia’s $5 trillion global food and agribusiness sector is being spearheaded by researchers at The University of Queensland. UQ’s Professor Neena Mitter said the team from the newly launched $17.5m Australian Research Council (ARC) Industrial Transformational Research Hub for Sustainable Crop Protection was building…