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Is living with nature good for you?


Does living close to Nature really make a person feel better and improve their well-being? Does it matter what your local neighbourhood environment is like?

The meaning of higher education: make the world a better place


Reflecting on her long career in higher education at CSU on the eve of her retirement, Associate Professor Leonora Ritter, the Head of the School of Social Sciences and Liberal Studies, says her career has encompassed many changes, but her training as a historian has helped her to put those changes into perspective.

Helping world's poorest to protect global biodiversity


Fulfillling human needs using the ways in which nature benefits humans, or 'nature's services', could protect endangered plants and animals in the world’s poorest regions, says a leading CSU ecological researcher.

Graduates urged to 'break rules'


Associate Professor Jane Mills quickly got the audiences' full attention when she delivered the Occasional Address at the CSU Faculty of Arts graduation ceremony on Friday 8 May when she urged graduates to 'break rules'.

Cyber-bullying: new tools perpetuate an old problem


The misuse of communication technologies in cases of cyber-bullying highlights that while the tools may be changing, cruelty and insensitivity toward others is nothing new, according to one CSU researcher.

Budget injection for CSU science hub


CSU Vice-Chancellor and President, Professor Ian Goulter, today welcomed the Budget announcement of $34 million in new funding for CSU for the construction of the National Life Sciences Hub on the Wagga Wagga Campus.

CSU commentators on Federal Budget


CSU commentators will be available to comment on various aspects of the Budget, which has been flagged as the most difficult for any government since the Great Depression of the 1930s.

Loving and Hating Hollywood challenges audiences and filmmakers


The film industry has been a global industry since it began and a new book by a CSU lecturer argues for the need for a more mature understanding and acceptance of the dynamic interaction between various national cinema cultures and Hollywood.

How refugees view Australia's immigration message


The first study to examine how refugees interpret Australia's immigration policy deterrence messages shows that they are open to interpretation in a variety of ways.

Fiji - a palm-fringed media black hole


A CSU lecturer who previously worked with ABC journalist Sean Dorney says his expulsion from Fiji for reporting on the collapse of democracy there is a worrying development for the troubled Pacific nation and for the region.

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