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Veterinary science students ready for rural Australia
Thursday, 29 Jul 2010The first class of veterinary science students at CSU will gather in Wagga Wagga on Friday 6 August to swear an oath to loyally serve their chosen profession.
Communities should drive plans to live with less water: CSU experts
Wednesday, 28 Jul 2010Each community in the Murray Darling Basin should have a greater say in how they react to the decreasing availability of water around them, according to a group of CSU researchers who work extensively with these communities on issues such as drought and soil salinity.
Building a greener China
Thursday, 22 Jul 2010CSU, in association with three Chinese educational institutions has been successful in obtaining an Australian Leadership Awards Fellowships for four leading Chinese academics to enhance their capacity in measuring environmental pollution and identifying appropriate pollution controls.
Throwing doors open for agricultural students
Thursday, 22 Jul 2010Opening the eyes of agricultural science students at CSU to the diverse range of careers that lay in wait has driven the formation of a new work placement program.
Uniquely Australian
Wednesday, 21 Jul 2010The stoic pioneer and the sporting hero are all images celebrated at some point in our history as uniquely Australian rural identities. A new book by CSU academics aims to broaden the debate about rural identity.
Challenges ahead for Murray-Darling Basin wetlands
Thursday, 8 Jul 2010Climate change will make it even more difficult to manage wetlands sustainably in the Murray-Darling Basin, according to Australian and international wetlands experts who will meet in Canberra next week for an intensive workshop hosted by CSU.
Dissecting diabetes: CSU experts
Wednesday, 7 Jul 2010It’s known as one of the fastest growing chronic diseases in Australia. As a result, diabetes is regarded as being at national epidemic proportions.
Researchers challenge jury selection process
Monday, 5 Jul 2010A CSU researcher says her co-authored study of the jury selection process in Australia indicates that the current conditions under which Australian jurors are selected make peremptory challenges inappropriate in contemporary courtrooms.
Pharmacy students work to 'close the gap'
Wednesday, 30 Jun 2010Pharmacy students from CSU have returned from a remote part of Australia where they worked on an important project to rid the local Indigenous communities of two common but treatable diseases.
Political debate on Twitter
Thursday, 17 Jun 2010A CSU researcher says her postgraduate research shows there is often experimentation in the use of social media as part of organisational communication, and yesterday's debate on Twitter between leaders of the main NSW political parties is an example of such an experiment.