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Key findings associated with stone tool residue work from UQ Adjunct Research Fellow Birgitta Stephenson show humans settled in Australia’s arid interior 10,000 years earlier than originally thought.

Research projects designed to capture endangered languages and develop better organic lights are among 87 University of Queensland projects funded in the Australian Research Council’s (ARC) latest grants round.

A new book following in the footsteps of a hugely successful University of Queensland free online grammar course will be launched on 27 October.

A newly appointed Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary-General will discuss mass atrocity prevention and human rights protection when he visits The University of Queensland next week.

Merle Thornton, and her friend Rosalie Bognor made headlines 51 years ago because they chained themselves to the Regatta Hotel's pub bar rail after being refused service.
Ms Thornton AO will be a special guest at World Philosophy Day at UQ on Thursday 17 November, an annual event hosted by the School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry.

University of Queensland Associate Professor Graeme Were received an outstanding achievement award from the Socialist Government of Vietnam for his support of Vietnamese culture, sport and tourism. He was awarded a medal and certificate by the Minister of Culture, Tourism and Sport Mr Nguyen Ngoc Thien, in the presence of the Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam.

20 University of Queensland journalism students and two members of staff from the School of Communication and Arts arrived in India yesterday for 10 days of intensive reporting.

A new $300,000 project from The University of Queensland is teaching Mongolian journalists’ specialist reporting of the resources industry.

UQ will offer a Leadership in Global Development MicroMasters that covers leadership theory; key concepts in sustainable development; how to be an effective and adaptive leader; and current trends in international development.

The MicroMasters is a prerequisite to the new Master in Leadership in Global Development commencing in 2018.

Researchers from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences have been celebrated for their outstanding contributions to research this week, being recognised at both the UQ Research Awards and HASS Research Awards.

The University of Queensland has been awarded almost $1 million in the latest round of Federal Government New Colombo Plan mobility program funding.

A musical written by UQ Music graduate Paul Hodge opened up at Perth’s Heath Ledger Theatre last week, after completing its world tour.  

A young woman who has suffered at the hands of the so-called Islamic State will speak at The University of Queensland next week.

The foundation degree of choice for Prime Ministers and many other political leaders will be available in Queensland for the first time next year.

An $8 million gift to The University of Queensland will benefit arts and music programs at the University and across the state.

One of the top five choirs in the world performed choral work from a University of Queensland music graduate in their Australian tour last month.

The University of Queensland has rocketed up the prestigious Academic Ranking of World Universities, to rank 55th globally and second in Australia.

An exhibition showcasing the diversity of contemporary practices within Indigenous photography will open at The University of Queensland Art Museum tomorrow (6 August).

DNA found in human bones on two Turkish dig sites has shed new light on the ancestry of European farmers, demonstrating a close link between Europe and Asia.

UQ research shows Australian fathers’ willingness to engage in early bonding.