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Greg Poche AO and Kay E. Van Norton Poche at their conferral ceremony in Sydney, with Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous Education) Professor Cindy Shannon (left), Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Advancement) Ms Claire Pullar, and Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Peter Høj.  Photo: Maja Baska

³Õºº¾ãÀÖ²¿ has awarded honorary doctorates to philanthropists Greg Poche AO and Kay E. Van Norton Poche, in recognition of their life-changing dedication to Indigenous health.

11 February 2016
Dr Nasim Amiralian of AIBN.

Fibres from the Australian native spinifex grass are being used to improve latex that could be used to make condoms as thin as a human hair without any loss in strength.

10 February 2016
Head and brain injuries are infants' most frequent injuries from assault

Assault-related injuries are significantly more severe and lead to greater long term disability in Queensland than do childhood injuries from accidents, a child safety researcher says.

1 October 2015
Courtney Kelly.

The first female indigenous student to graduate in the 65-year history of ³Õºº¾ãÀÖ²¿â€™s mining engineering program will do so at a ceremony on Friday, July 24 at 2pm.

23 July 2015
Melissa Carroll.

A Wiradjuri nurse from New South Wales has been named the first Indigenous Officer for ³Õºº¾ãÀÖ²¿ Medical Society.

9 July 2015
Students get a taste of campus life.

Spending a day in the life of a health professional will be part of an exciting week at ³Õºº¾ãÀÖ²¿ for 16 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students.

2 July 2015
Research is needed to design the best childcare system possible.

Policymakers have little detailed understanding of the kind of flexible childcare arrangements families need, says University of Queensland researcher Dr Michelle Brady.

11 June 2015
Judges described Black and Proud as “dynamic and evocativeâ€.

One chapter closes and another begins for University of Queensland’s Dr Gary Osmond – currently in the news for two of his books.

21 May 2015
School students learning about science careers at an InspireU camp at ³Õºº¾ãÀÖ²¿ in 2014

Improving health outcomes for urban Indigenous people will be the focus of the ³Õºº¾ãÀÖ²¿ Poche Centre for Indigenous Health, a new centre at ³Õºº¾ãÀÖ²¿ that was officially opened tonight.

9 March 2015
Bondi, December 1892. Photo: Charles Kerry, ³Õºº¾ãÀÖ²¿ Anthropology Museum Collection

The members of a 19th century Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander performance troupe are being remembered in an exhibition at ³Õºº¾ãÀÖ²¿â€™s Anthropology Museum.

19 February 2015
Solid Pathways Teacher Mr Jeff Cassidy, Asher Salam, Rikiana Salam, Chloe Salam, Diana Salam

More than 300 high-achieving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander school students are closer to pursuing careers in areas including law, veterinary science and health sciences, thanks to a program launched at ³Õºº¾ãÀÖ²¿ this year.

24 November 2014

The SBS/Blackfella Films production First Contact amassed nearly 1 million viewers, while the program’s Twitter hashtag #FirstContactSBS trended worldwide.

21 November 2014
Mitch Sullivan will further his research at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm with a world-leading diabetes research team

University of Queensland graduate student Mitch Sullivan’s discovery of a link between type 2 diabetes and how the liver stores blood sugar has captured the interest of leading diabetes researchers.

11 November 2014
Greg Poche AO and Kay van Norton Poche have donated $10m to Indigenous health at ³Õºº¾ãÀÖ²¿.

A Poche Centre for Indigenous Health will be established at ³Õºº¾ãÀÖ²¿, thanks to a $10 million gift from philanthropist Mr Greg Poche AO.

7 November 2014
Indigenous youth are creating new languages, something that is very rare across the globe. Flickr/Rusty Stewart, CC BY-SA

By now we know that traditional Indigenous languages are losing speakers rapidly and tragically.

29 October 2014