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Congratulations to University of Queensland student and Aboriginal educator Beth Madsen, who received a Fulbright Scholarship to study in Alaska for six months. 

It’s taken the best part of a decade but University of Queensland medical graduate Dr Sherice Ansell is about to achieve her goal of working at Alice Springs Hospital, which serves her Arrernte and Anmatyerre homelands.

Andrew Lane is recognised as one of Australia’s few Indigenous architects, but his life journey also includes plenty of other distinctive aspects.

The 34 graduands who attended this week’s UQ Indigenous sashing evening ceremony were acknowledged for doing the hard yards and overcoming a difficult year of stress, heartaches and headaches on their way to success.

University of Queensland researcher Dr r e a Saunders is proud to have artworks included in a milestone Canberra exhibition titled 'Know My Name: Australian Women Artists 1900 to Now'.

UQ graduate Professor Megan Davis (Bachelor of Arts ’97; Bachelor of Laws ‘99) has dedicated her career to achieving constitutional reform for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

University of Queensland staff will have greater access to training on a detailed exploration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, cultures and contemporary issues, thanks to an innovative online education foundation course; Core Cultural Learning.

Social distancing has really struck at the core of a UQ Outreach and Engagement team who would otherwise be yarning face-to-face with Indigenous school students and adult learners throughout the year.

NAIDOC Week celebrations are planned across Australia from 8-15 November. The 2020 theme of Always Was, Always Will Be recognises that First Nations people have occupied and cared for this continent for over 65,000 years.

Zane Higgins recently graduated from The University of Queensland with much more than a Bachelor of Commerce and Economics and a career path with the Australian Tax Office – he also developed leadership skills and strong connections through his involvement with the Goorie Berrimpa Student Collective and student politics.

University of Queensland researchers will help Indigenous businesses develop markets for native bushfoods and ornamental plants, nurture Indigenist Health Humanities as a new field of inquiry, and provide a framework for the new co-design approach being implemented across Indigenous policy domains.

Connections, student ambassadors, and discipline-specific experiences balanced with cultural activities are key factors driving the success of outreach camps for Indigenous students.

Indigenous artist and University of Queensland academic Dr r e a Saunders has contributed stunning experimental video for a virtual exhibition, as part of an International Symposium on Electronic Art; ISEA2020 ART MONTREAL, 13-18th October – ONLINE.

Congratulations to UQ's Professor Tracey Bunda who joins Professor Odette Best from USQ for a $116,265 ARC project on the 'Historiography of Aboriginal Queensland Nurses and Midwives 1890s-1950s'.

Combing archives for information on the use of restraints on Indigenous Australians led University of Queensland scholar Max Brierty to reflect on his family’s experiences.

Indigenous Community Impact Award winner Cameron Costello is passionate about protecting the natural biodiversity of Country.

The fabric of Sandra Rennie’s life is woven from many strands but all of them support her focus on the ‘willful resistance, resilience and persistence’ of Indigenous Australian students.

Are Australia’s expansive Sport for Development (SfD) programs able to embrace the grassroots involvement and self-determination of Indigenous communities, or are they more focused on ticking boxes?

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who use the drug “ice” are being urged to trial a new web-app as part of a public health project designed to stop methamphetamine consumption.

The presence, knowledges and voices of Indigenous students are now getting the ‘respect they deserve’, thanks to landmark changes within the UQ Medical Society (UQMS).