The recent discovery of stone tools in India has revealed that humans survived and coped with one of the largest volcanic events in human history.

The intensity and impact of the historic Toba super-eruption in Indonesia sparked a long-running debate among researchers involving climatic, geological, archaeological and genetic evidence, until now.

Restricting where and how social security payments can be spent does more harm than good, according to the first large, independent study into Compulsory Income Management (CIM) policies in Australia.

Adolescent boys from lower socio-economic backgrounds are most likely to be the victims of bullying, according to the first comprehensive study of school bullying around the world.

The UQ-led study published in Nature Communications includes the earliest evidence of Homo sapiens use of plant foods outside Africa and the Middle East.

A University of Queensland religion course has gained notoriety for exploring goat yoga in an attempt to deepen students learning about identity, difference and humanity.

Scientists are manipulating genes that could solve environmental sustainability and conservation problems in Australian environments.

Congratulations to Professor Lynda Cheshire who took on the role of Head of School for Social Science at the start of January this year.

The University of Queensland will strengthen knowledge and understanding of Korean language and culture with the launch of their Korean Studies Centre next month.

Ninety years after Dutch geologists excavated human fossils in central Java, scientists finally have pinpointed the fossils' age at around 120,000 years.

A University of Queensland graduate and advocate for social justice has been named a 2020 Australia-at-large Rhodes Scholar.

Senior academics from The University of Queensland’s School of Music have released a new album Oranges under the Full Moon on ABC Classics.

The University of Queensland’s Centre for Policy Futures has partnered with The Winston Churchill Trust to increase the impact of outstanding Churchill Fellows and their findings through a new Policy Impact Program.

Thirteen University of Queensland students have headed overseas for two weeks to partake in a transdisciplinary project with rural communities and local institutions in Indonesia.

A University of Queensland researcher has been bestowed with the highest honour for achievement in the humanities in Australia.

The University of Queensland will welcome the first of five cohorts studying an extended major in Western Civilisation next year, following the signing of a philanthropic agreement with the Ramsay Centre for Western Civilisation.

University of Queensland’s School of Music graduate Eleanor Hill has received over $90,000 in funding to attend the Royal Academy of Music in London.

UQ research has been boosted by $7.7 million thanks to 19 projects being awarded grants from the Australian Research Council in the 2020 Discovery Early Career Research Awards (DECRAs).

Exciting international opportunities for some of Queensland’s finest undergraduate students have arisen due to $250,000 worth of New Colombo Plan funding being approved for innovative student mobility programs.

School of Music cello students from The University of Queensland have achieved outstanding results in recent national auditions for the Australian Youth Orchestra and the Australian National Academy of Music.

The annual Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HASS) Teaching and Learning Awards event was held on Wednesday 30 October.