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She may be ensconced in Brisbane and scoring top marks in The University of Queensland Dentistry program but Savannah Kanters has not forgotten her family links with the Woorabinda Aboriginal Community or her proud Kybal and Goongarrie heritage.

A tiny weed with huge potential has prompted UQ PhD candidate and 2020 Charlie Perkins Scholarship winner Audrey McInnerney to head to Cambridge University.

As a prolific author and proud Wiradjuri woman, UQ’s Professor Anita Heiss has taken on many roles to promote Indigenous language and literacy; the latest is particularly novel.

As a hungry teen, Kayla-Lee Curry visited the Red Cross for hot meals. Now she’s striving to make youth work her profession.

How does a young Indigenous student from a tiny school 13 hours’ drive from a capital city see the big picture of study and career possibilities in the STEM fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics – it’s all about connections.

Anthropology research from The University of Queensland is assisting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples with their native title and water rights claims.

National celebrations of NAIDOC Week may have moved to November but UQ is marking the event during a period (11-15 August) when all students are able to get involved.

She may no longer be a prolific street protestor or social media keyboard warrior but Distinguished Professor Aileen Moreton-Robinson has sought to bring about bigger systemic and structural changes that have longer-term sustainable outcomes for all of us.

It may be a while before they can gather to celebrate but our Indigenous graduands should be striding proudly into the next stage of their life journey.

Generations of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students will now have the opportunity to study at The University of Queensland thanks to an Indigenous-owned, Supply Nation certified Information Technology business.

Telehealth delivery of an Indigenous mental health program is being trialled by The University of Queensland, so care is not disrupted by coronavirus restrictions.

Legal professionals, journalists and researchers now have access to a new-and-improved  version of the Deaths in Custody Project – the first comprehensive national database of its kind.

An Indigenous fruit which is one of the earliest known plant foods eaten in Australia could be the next big thing in the bush foods industry.

The Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience (AIME) will be available to University of Queensland students from this year, with the generous support of Simon Fenwick and the Fenwick Foundation.

Young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are being discouraged from seeking medical help due to public assumptions that sexually transmissible infections (STIs) are the result of sexual abuse.