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Olympics provide lasting memories for CSU lecturer


CSU lecturer Dr Stephen Bird helped the Indonesian national team win medals at the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing, China, shared a bus ride with Jamaican gold medal sprinter Usain Bolt, met the entire US Olympic basketball team, and narrowly missed catching the football David Beckham kicked into the crowd at the closing ceremony.

Limits to life in the fast lane


While modern athletes seem to be a marvel of evolution, a CSU academic questions whether the remarkable stamina that they display is a product of modern training techniques and a deep understanding of human and animal physiology or 'mind over matter'.

Concern for teenage teeth


It may the choice of a generation, but for today’s teenagers lip and tongue piercing could have implications to their oral health later in life according to Dr Sabrina Manickam, Senior Lecturer in Dentistry at Charles Sturt University (CSU).

Hypertension lurking in regional Australia


Residents in a major regional centre are failing to control high blood pressure and hypertension – a major cause of heart disease, stroke, heart failure, renal failure and peripheral vascular disease – according to a CSU study.

CSU commentators on the 2008 Beijing Olympics


As some of the world’s best athletes embark on elite competition at the 2008 Olympics and the world’s media focuses on Beijing, CSU has commentators available on various aspects of the international event.
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Dr. Marc Bradshaw’s Wine Named in “Top Ten Syrahs” in the World

Pillitteri Estates Winery Winemaster Dr. Marc Bradshaw’s Shiraz Icewine, for a second year in a row, has been named one of the “Top Ten Syrahs” in the world at the “Syrah du Monde” wine competition, held in Ampius France May 15-16, 2008.
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Malaysian CSU Alumni Team Place Second in the Australian Alumni Hunteroos Race

IT was a traffic-stopping sight! The Australian Alumni Hunteroos Race saw 25 teams, comprising four members each, participating in a 10km walk-ride-challenge event around central Kuala Lumpur recently.

Hamish MacDonald Wins Young Journalist of the Year Award

Breaking News - At a glittering ceremony on 21st February, 2008 at the London Hilton on Park Lane, Hamish was presented with the Award by the Royal Television Society.

CSU mourns former Chancellor David Asimus

Flags across all campuses of Charles Sturt University (CSU) were lowered to half-mast to mark the passing of former Chancellor, Dr David Asimus, AO, on Australia Day, 26 January 2008 at the age of 75.

Tad Pietrzykowski and The Dark Nebula

Tad Pietrzykowski is a pioneer of the Australian comic industry.

Peter Rayner loves a challenge

“This is the last time!” Peter exclaimed but when asked what attracted him most to this current job he had to confess “it was simply the challenge, or as Mallory said ‘because it was there’.”
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