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.

Addressing the severe skills shortages in Australia’s information technology (IT) industry, Charles Sturt University announced a new degree on Tuesday 29 July that will see students enter the IT workforce in 12 months instead of the usual three or four years.

Governments need to take immediate positive steps to alleviate the deepening world food crisis which has triggered recent unrest in developing countries due to mounting food scarcity and rising food prices, says a leading CSU academic.

A leading Australian theologian at Charles Sturt University (CSU) will chair an international theological network from Tuesday 1 July and steer the organisation for the next three years.

Leading researchers and policy makers particularly interested in improving livestock production in Eritrea, on the dry 'Horn' of Africa, will visit agricultural research institutes in Wagga Wagga this week.

Rice researchers from Charles Sturt University are urging caution with recent suggestions to increase agricultural production including rice in northern Australia, as it could invite unwanted rice diseases into Australia.

Researchers from Australia and China have uncovered a new and potentially vital therapeutic role for folic acid in protecting the heart muscle from the onslaught of high glucose levels experienced by diabetics.

A Canadian high school student has used the remote-access telescope at CSU to win the Senior Physics Prize in the Province of Manitoba, and membership of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada.

More than 300 graduates will be honoured in Ontario, Canada this week for their dedication and hard work during the largest of the CSU graduation ceremonies held in the province.