News: Indigenous
University of ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É marks 150 years with first-ever Kaurna Day: Honouring the past, building our future together
As the University of ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É celebrates its 150th year, a new tradition emerges: Kaurna Day - Tirkanthi - Ngutu - Taikurrinthi (Learning – Knowledge - Be united together), a free public event dedicated to honouring the Kaurna people, the traditional custodians of ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É and the ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É plains.
Joint Indigenous Leadership for CASM
The University of ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É is pleased to announce joint Indigenous leadership for the Centre of Aboriginal Studies in Music for the first time in its fifty-year history.
Indigenous music legacy celebrated with new exhibition
The University of ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É will celebrate 50 years of Indigenous music education with a new interactive exhibition.
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University researchers placed top in their fields
Six University of ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É researchers have been named as the country’s top experts in their fields according to league tables just published.
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Grant focuses on central Australian song lines
Researchers at the University of ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É have received a grant to focus on central Australian song lines. The project strengthens knowledge, understanding and application of the intricate tuning systems that underpin traditional Indigenous musical practices.
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Study reveals Indigenous Australians at higher risk of HPV throat cancers
Researchers from the University of ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É have found that throat cancers caused by human papilloma virus (HPV), a common sexually transmitted disease, are 15 times more prevalent in Indigenous Australians than young non-Indigenous Australians, and five times the prevalence reported in a systematic review involving the US, Brazil, Mexico and Finland.
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