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The University of Queensland has been selected as one of the first launch institutions in the world to partner with biotechnology company Moderna to research and develop vaccines to tackle the world’s greatest global public health threats.

Women are largely being excluded from decisions about conservation and natural resources, with potentially detrimental effects on conservation efforts globally.

Dr Anh Tran has a very personal reason to try and make life better for women and children living in refugee settings around the world – her parents were among the hundreds of thousands of refugees who escaped South Vietnam after the fall of Saigon in 1975.

Labelling of plastic products needs a drastic overhaul including a new "sustainability scale" to help consumers, according to research from The University of Queensland and University of Exeter.

Ventures, the entrepreneurship division of The University of Queensland (UQ), is partnering with the Vietnam Institute of Science Technology and Innovation (VISTI) to develop a collaborative centre in Hanoi, Vietnam.

The University of Queensland (UQ) celebrated the commencement of a new corporate partnership with the Australian British Chamber of Commerce (ABCC) by inviting pre-eminent CEO Mr David McCredie OBE to adjudicate a now celebrated virtual Great Debate where leading experts argued if ‘digitisation is reshaping humanity for the better’.

A University of Queensland start-up company developing rapid serum blood collection tube technology will be manufactured and used in Japan after it partnered with the country’s leading medical device company, Terumo Corporation.

A framework for identifying the most vulnerable marine species will boost global conservation and policy efforts against anthropogenic climate change.

For the first time, researchers have revealed how a person’s genes can play a part in their enjoyment of nature, potentially changing the way we look at our affinity with the natural world.

University of Queensland researchers have unlocked a way of fighting Listeria infections, which can cause severe illness in pregnant women and people with compromised immune systems.

Leading researchers from The University of Queensland, the Technical University of Munich (TUM), and São Paulo State University (UNESP) came together in December to discuss the future of food.

Mr Muhamad Iqbal Januadi Putra from Indonesia attended UQ on an Australia Awards Scholarship, and while here passed his time with flying colours. Not only did he receive a Dean’s commendation for academic excellence, he got involved fully in university life as a research associate at the UQ Centre for Natural Gas; tutored postgrad students; and represented UQ, and won, an International Geographic Information System contest run by a leading technology company.

University of Queensland alumnus Dr Alue Dohong was awarded 2021 Australia Awards Indonesia alumnus of the year in a virtual presentation on 19 November 2021.

As international borders slowly re-open, five University of Queensland undergraduate students are preparing to undertake global experiences after being announced as 2022 New Colombo Plan (NCP) scholars.

In a week of graduations, the University of Queensland International Sponsored Students class of 2021 came together in a special ceremony to celebrate their significant achievements.

Botswanan student David Moatshe completed his Master of Educational Studies (Leadership) at UQ on an Australia Awards Scholarship. He completed his degree during a global pandemic, but comes away more resilient and ready to lead. On returning home, he plans to take up the new role of Leadership and Policy Development Coordinator in an institute that provides a four-year program for people 14 years or older with learning difficulties or disabilities.

Sustainable Minerals Institute and University of Geneva researchers explore ore-sand as a sustainable source that could reduce the volume of waste produced by mining.

University of Queensland (UQ) researchers are helping workers in developing countries make the agribusiness sector fairer and better value.

A massive international research effort has led to development of a genetic model for the ‘ultimate’ chickpea, with the potential to lift crop yields by up to 12 per cent.

Meet Abia Akram, an alumna of the UQ-led Women in Executive Leadership Development short course, working to reduce the risk of disasters we face in the Asia-Pacific.