Does language and cultural background affect how we detect lies and deception, and make judgements about credibility? Studies by a CSU PhD graduate found that research participants were not only generally poor at classifying lies and truths from individuals of their own culture, but also in a cross-cultural context.

Three graduation ceremonies to be staged by CSU will be held for the first time in Thurgoona from this Friday morning, 16 December.

A report by CSU has found overwhelming public support for its establishment of a new national centre in Canberra that would facilitate research and international engagement to promote religious tolerance and understanding.

A CSU academic and a colleague from a major computer company have published a new book that provides a strategic blueprint for using commonly available technology to drive measurable and sustainable change in education.

In response to graduate feedback, CSU will stage its annual graduations in December 2011. Approximately 1 041 students will graduate at six ceremonies at CSU in Bathurst this week.

A CSU research team is investigating how communities cope with natural disasters such as bushfire and drought, as seen in recent years in Beechworth and Bendigo in Victoria.

CSU's Centre for Ageing and Pastoral Studies has been awarded $1m to establish a research professorship of Ageing and Practical Theology, based at St Mark’s National Theological Centre in Canberra.

Practising Greek verb endings by torchlight in a tent in Western Australia's Kimberley region might not be on the usual list of study tips, but that didn't stop zoologist Dr Jackie Courtenay earning her Bachelor of Theology with CSU.

Parents with infants in childcare often worry about the long-term impact of the seemingly endless sniffles, coughs and ear aches, but new research from CSU might bring some relief.