University of Queensland researchers have discovered a possible mechanism predisposing babies of mothers who smoke while pregnant to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).

1 September 1998

The number of Queensland women undergoing mastectomies has decreased by a third since the introduction of breast cancer screening programs, according to a University of Queensland study.

1 September 1998

Perceptions of Australia in the Japanese media have not changed in the past 26 years with Australia still seen as a wealthy, white western nation with unique fauna, according to a University of Queensland study.

31 August 1998

There was no rest for 30 of the University of Queensland's archaeology and history students as they spent their recent vacation helping preserve the history of Queensland's wicked past.

31 August 1998

University of Queensland researcher Professor Jeremy Jass has identified a third type of colon cancer.

31 August 1998

CSIRO and the University of Queensland will join forces to build a new $80 million research facility on the site of CSIRO's Cunningham Laboratory on the University's St Lucia campus in Brisbane.

31 August 1998

Open communication and strong leadership are the keys to managing organisational change successfully, according to a University of Queensland study.

24 August 1998

A reader in economics at the University of Queensland is worried that some employment trends showing up in the state may not be in the best interests of the workers ? or the bosses.

21 August 1998

Parents, teachers, prospective students and members of the community are invited to attend a UQ Ipswich courses day in Ipswich city on Sunday, September 6.

21 August 1998

Steve Ford made it as far as state representative for New South Wales in the Australian Championship trials in 1971 then turned his back on athletics for baseball.

20 August 1998

When he first came to Australia from Wales at the age of 16, David Williams was broke and had little formal education.

20 August 1998

Commuters in south-east Queensland have a good reason to "watch this space" over the next few months.

20 August 1998

PYROSEARCH, the pyrometallurgy research group within the University of Queensland's Mining, Minerals and Materials Engineering Department, has been awarded a $510,000 contract for research into high temperature zinc smelting processes.

20 August 1998

Year 12 students who think they could miss out on a place in their preferred courses should not lose heart, according to University of Queensland Courses and Admissions acting manager Claron Driscoll.

19 August 1998

The battle to beat skin cancer is now being fought in the prams, pushchairs and pre-schools of Queensland.

19 August 1998

University of Queensland researchers are working towards a cure for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), a debilitating condition which affects one in every 100 people.

19 August 1998

Dr Margaret Spencer, urged on for most of her 82 years by a love of learning and a passion for writing, shows no signs of slowing down.

19 August 1998

A scientific study at the University of Queensland has shown that vision really does improve when spectacles are removed

19 August 1998

Selections from the Saint-Saens Organ Symphony and Mozart's Concerto for two pianos will lead a stirring concert program on August 24 celebrating two silver anniversaries at the University of Queensland

19 August 1998

The University of Queensland will hold a course information session on Wednesday December 23 at the University's Abel Smith Lecture Theatre, St Lucia at 7 pm.

19 August 1998