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Every great journey starts with a single step! For Indigenous Arts student Sharlene Allsopp, that first step was a short story which turned into a book chapter assessment at the University of Queensland.

Aboriginal student Adam Ford says a year-long internship with The University of Queensland Art Museum combined with a Bachelor of Art History will be a great foundation to build a career in the arts.

University of Queensland student Nicole Cloutier grew up in the State of Maine in the USA, has a strong American accent and only completed her final year of schooling in Australia.

Indigenous peoples’ lands may harbour a significant proportion of threatened and endangered species globally, according to University of Queensland-led research.

Archaeologists are generating a 65,000-year-old rainfall record from ancient food scraps found at Australia’s earliest-known site of human occupation.

Australia’s leading urban Aboriginal art collective, proppaNOW, will present its first exhibition at a major institution when OCCURRENT AFFAIR opens at The University of Queensland Art Museum on 13 February 2021.

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'.