Science backs traditional knowledge of Kakadu plum health benefits
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» research has confirmed antioxidant properties in an Australian bushfood used by Indigenous people for generations.
18 September 2024
Book reveals secrets of ‘fascinating’ termites
A children’s book which takes readers inside the life of termites, published with the help of a Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» linguist, has received a top literary award.
13 September 2024
Securing voices of Country
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» is moving to protect Australia’s invaluable heritage of Indigenous languages with the development of a centralised digital archive.
8 August 2024
By now we know that traditional Indigenous languages are losing speakers rapidly and tragically. Of the 250 languages once spoken in Australia, only 40 remain and just 18 of these are still learnt by children. But if children in remote Indigenous...
29 October 2014
Australia’s first Centre of Research Excellence in Chronic Kidney Disease will be established at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» of Queensland with a $2.5 million grant announced today.
17 October 2014
Queensland has claimed a knockout blow against the tyranny of distance in health care today with the opening of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» of Queensland’s Centre of Research Excellence in Telehealth.
10 September 2014
The gap in stillbirth rates between indigenous and non-indigenous women in Queensland, Australia, is closing, however indigenous women are still at risk of stillbirth due to preventable causes, according to researchers from Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» of...
3 September 2014
A University of Queensland project to develop a smartphone app to prevent Indigenous youth suicide in the State has received more than $800,000 from the Federal Government.
1 September 2014
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» of Queensland’s Great Court will be filled with challenging artworks for the Courting Blakness art installation next month.
28 August 2014
Two new University of Queensland researchers will address the under-representation of Indigenous academics in the higher education field, working to close the education gap at universities across Australia.
1 July 2014
Swimming with the fishes has just become a whole lot easier for University of Queensland Indigenous Science Scholarship winner Taylah Gerloff.
13 May 2014A new program has been launched at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» of Queensland to tackle the under-representation of Queensland’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students at university and in the top tiers of academic achievement.
26 February 2014More than 140 Indigenous young people are experiencing university life on Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» of Queensland’s St Lucia campus this week for the annual Indigenous Youth Sports...
17 January 2014
Tonight’s Radio National broadcast of a University of Queensland forum is expected to spark community debate on State Government proposals for harsher sentencing of young offenders.
28 October 2013Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» of Queensland is working on a collaborative project to improve health and education conditions for Australia’s poorest Indigenous communities
14 June 2013Mentally ill Australians are dying an average of 16 years earlier than the general population, and the gap is growing.
24 May 2013
As football fans gear up for the AFL's Indigenous Round, this year marks the 20th anniversary of one footballer's courageous stance in the face of racial abuse.
23 May 2013Traditional Aboriginal art, design, song and dance in central Australia will be the focus of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» of Queensland’s Diversity Week public lecture, Singing, Dancing and Painting Country, on Friday May 24.
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