What is it that makes a community? 

Urban historian and sociologist Jaroslav Miller came to Australia from the Czech Republic to help him find out.

"Gorgeous ... beautiful ... sensitive" are some of the words you might expect to hear at an exhibition of art.

But UWA's tissue culture artists at SymbioticA are more interested in touching raw nerves than metaphorical heartstrings.

It's been a momentous few months for Winthrop Professor Jill Milroy, Dean of the School of Indigenous Studies.

Thousands of tertiary students and university staff across the world will benefit from a meeting of minds at UWA last month.