UQ International Programs

Getting excited to welcome back our students after a long wait!

San Diego next weekend for UC reunion. My flight is booked. I have a hotel with sealion sounds near the caves and cannot wait!!! Still room for late bookings for the dinner Saturday night!!!! Enrolled students get a discount. I might bring my snorkelling gear. What do you think?

Fossils reveal tropical marine ecosystems under threat
http://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2015/05/fossils-reveal-tropical-marine-ecosystems-under-threat

Fossils reveal tropical marine ecosystems under threat An international scientific team has used a 23-million-year fossil record to calculate which marine animals and ecosystems are most at risk of extinction today.

A University of Queensland researcher who has caught the endangered northern hopping mouse on camera for the first time believes the tiny mammal could be closer to the brink of extinction than previously thought.

http://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2015/03/elusive-mouse-edges-close-extinction

Elusive mouse edges close to extinction A University of Queensland researcher who has caught the endangered northern hopping mouse on camera for the first time believes the tiny mammal could be closer to the brink of extinction than previously thought.

Australia beckons! Have you considered coming back to UQ to study the Master of Conservation Biology? International applications are due by April 1st.

http://www.biology.uq.edu.au/master-conservation/

The University of Queensland School of Biological Sciences International Programs Access information about the School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland

Do you miss the UQ campus? The Biodiversity Research Group are working to install and monitor bird boxes on UQ campuses in a project that links field research with biodiversity enhancement.

http://www.uq.edu.au/sustainability/index.html?page=218262&pid=143174

The University of Queensland Sustainability Website Home Page Access information about the Sustainability Website, University of Queensland

Trading maximum speed for manoeuvrability may be essential to surviving a run-in with a predator, a new study shows.

http://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2015/02/running-faster-equals-disaster

Running faster equals disaster University of Queensland researchers have investigated quoll crashes during high-speed cornering, which can impact individual quolls and ecosystems.

When you studied abroad, which field trip was your favourite? Let us know and post a picture :)

Rapid climate change likely to challenge animal resilience
http://uqnews.drupal.uq.edu.au/article/2014/12/rapid-climate-change-likely-challenge-animal-resilience

Rapid climate change likely to challenge animal resilience Animals that regulate their body temperature through the external environment may be resilient to some climate change but not keep pace with rapid change, leading to potentially disastrous outcomes for biodiversity.

Release the sterile males: perfecting new controls for mosquito borne disease
http://www.biology.uq.edu.au/release-the-sterile-males-perfecting-new-controls-for-mosquito-borne-disease

The University of Queensland The School of Biological Sciences Home Page With half of the worlds population at risk of malaria infection, and dengue and chikungunya viruses spreading across the globe, the human burden of mosquito borne disease is enormous.

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