A study linking depression and the rising incidence of diabetes to heightened risks from heart attack and possible death has been published by an international research team led by a CSU medical scientist.

Students at CSU are already learning Tagalog, the official language of the Philippines, in anticipation of a new workplace study opportunity in 2012.

There's no shortage of hospital beds for nursing students at CSU in Wagga Wagga with the official unveiling of new teaching facilities on Tuesday 6 December.

Unravelling the maze of health information available to consumers online will be discussed during the inaugural Australian public lecture in Canberra by the Professor of Information Studies at CSU, Lisa Given.

"There's nothing quite like a lion's roar, it just vibrates through your chest," says CSU student Ms Emma Dunston, who is preparing to travel to Africa as part of her Bachelor of Animal Science studies.

Already the market leader in domestic IT postgraduate course enrolments, Charles Sturt University (CSU) seeks to be the leading IT research university by 2017.

A human face to the broad field of information studies could well be Canadian Lisa Given, a new Professor at CSU.

Scientists at CSU in Wagga Wagga have identified an organism that can cause significant reproductive problems in cattle herds.

Public science experiments and free screenings from the national travelling science film festival, SCINEMA 2011 are all part of National Science Week celebrations at CSU.