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Home > Latest News > Science & IT CSU researcher to help boost Wests Tigers 24 Jan 2007
Charles Sturt University (CSU) human movement lecturer Dr Stephen Bird has signed a three month contract to provide nutritional expertise to Sydney’s Wests Tigers rugby league team during the 2007 National Rugby League (NRL) season. Serrated Tussock on the way out 10 Jan 2007
Serrated Tussock has the potential to bring sheep farmers to their knees, according to Charles Sturt University’s (CSU) Mr Aaron Simmons. A postdoctoral research fellow at CSU, Mr Simmons is conducting research that will give local farmers new tools in their battle against this nationally significant weed in native pastures. CSU signs agreement with Cambrian College in Canada 13 Dec 2006
Charles Sturt University’s (CSU) international links will further expand this Friday (15 December 2006) when Vice-Chancellor Professor Ian Goulter signs an agreement with Sylvia Barnard, President of Cambrian College which is located in Sudbury, Canada. Space age material to aid "green" CSU building 08 Dec 2006
A ground-breaking material which helps regulate temperatures inside buildings will be used on the new academic offices to be constructed on Charles Sturt University’s Albury-Wodonga Campus in 2007. News alert: bushfire commentators 06 Dec 2006
The first fires of the latest bushfire season have already affected several regions in NSW and Victoria. The combination of unseasonally hot weather and very dry conditions have combined to create serious to extreme conditions. 04 Dec 2006
"One of the issues is how quickly digital information can disappear. We all know the frustration of coming across a dead link on the Internet. The life cycle of digital information is much more volatile than a printed book. We need to be pro-active about trying to preserve this kind of information," says Jake Wallis, Lecturer in Library and Information Management at Charles Sturt University (CSU). 15 Nov 2006
In America, they are called "no fly lists" – a list of people that government and the airlines consider to be security threats. But how is such a list compiled, and how does someone like Senator Edward Kennedy end up on a "no fly list"? Professor John Kleinig recently received a prestigious American National Science Foundation grant worth US$243 000 to look at the way increasingly advanced surveillance technologies impact on privacy and autonomy. CSU commentator on water flows in the Murray Darling Basin 07 Nov 2006
In light of the national emergency summit on the current poor state of water storage in the Murray Darling Basin to be held today, Tuesday 7 November in Canberra, Charles Sturt University has researchers who can comment on the problems facing irrigators and communities in the region. 07 Nov 2006
"Instead of learning a new language, you could have the information downloaded into your brain. It sounds like science fiction, but a lot of work is being done in these areas at the moment." Professor John Weckert of Charles Sturt University’s Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics is talking about the ethical issues surrounding 'human enhancement'. CSU’s CAPPE receives prestigious American grants 06 Nov 2006
Charles Sturt University’s Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics is the recipient of two prestigious National Science Foundation grants from USA. |
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