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06 December 2024
Indigenous program inspires law career
A University of Sydney residential program is giving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander high school students a taste of life on campus.
26 November 2024
Science continues to exclude Indigenous communities
An enduring challenge facing science around the world is how to best include and engage Indigenous communities. Dr Jordan Pitt is a mathematician and Associate Dean (Indigenous Strategy) in the Faculty of Science.
22 August 2024
Inquiry raises deep concerns over $1.5 billion cash splash for new NT gas hub
Professor Melissa Haswell from the Sydney Environment Institute warns the proposed Middle Arm Industrial Precinct in Darwin threatens human health, wildlife, environment and cultural heritage in the midst of a climate crisis.
31 July 2024
What an exchange to Arnhem Land taught one Sydney student about the power of music
On exchange to Maningrida in the heart of Arnhem Land, Sydney Conservatorium of Music student and Awabakal/Garigal man Jake Magi learnt how music can help connect young people with education in remote Australia.
12 July 2024
Identity and resilience: Aboriginal performers have been celebrating NAIDOC since 1959
Dr Laura Case, Lecturer in Musicology and Dr Amanda Harris, ARC Future Fellow from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music revisit the history of the thriving Indigenous music scene during NAIDOC week.
28 May 2024
Now More Than Ever - the fight for justice must continue
Professor Lisa Jackson Pulver writes about this year's National Reconciliation Week theme, and how we must continue to work together in our Nation's reconciliation journey.
08 May 2024
Australia's Eurovision entry is the first to sing in First Nations language: meet Electric Fields
Musicologists and linguists at Sydney Conservatorium of Music share their knowledge on Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara, one of the most widely spoken Australian First Nations languages used in Electric Fields' song "One Milkali (One Blood)" performed at Eurovision 2024.
29 January 2024
Indigenous school students head to uni to explore their futures
Students from around Australia have spent a week living at the University of Sydney experiencing what higher education has to offer.
23 November 2023
Sydney awarded for Aboriginal cultural heritage landscape project
The University of Sydney has won a 2023 Green Gown award for work to engage traditional Gamilaroi custodians in recording and assessing the cultural landscape of Llara Farm, part of the Plant Breeding Institute near Narrabri.
21 September 2023
The Voice a 'nation-building moment': Rachel Perkins
At this year's Charles Perkins Oration, Rachel Perkins spoke about her father's legacy as a grassroots leader and the upcoming referendum as a nation-building moment on the path to reconciliation.