"This is such an important area, there hasn't been anything like it done in the world. There are no profiles of missing persons at all. Having a tool where there are strong indicators or markers for what's happened to the missing person is a first." Dr Shaunagh Foy from Charles Sturt University is talking about her ground breaking research into who goes missing and why. The NSW Police Force hope it will help solve missing persons cases more quickly.

In an historic step, the Orange Campus has been formally transferred to Charles Sturt University (CSU) from the University of Sydney.

International recognition of the city of Wagga Wagga as an urban centre, demonstrating excellence in water management is the goal of a new initiative launched during the week long water festival organised by Charles Sturt University and Wagga Wagga City Council.

Older people, lower household incomes and levels of education are major factors that have created a “digital divide” in regional Australia, according to Charles Sturt University research carried out in the regional city of Albury on the NSW-Victoria border.

Australia’s peak wine research and funding bodies will join in a leading $30 million dollar research collaboration called the NWGIC Winegrowing Futures Initiative.

Sugar could be an innovative alternative to herbicides and curb one of agriculture’s costly scourges, annual weeds.

More than one million dollars worth of Australian Research Council grants will be administered by Charles Sturt University from next year in a variety of new projects funded by the Federal Government.

Complementary medicine is now recognised as a $1 billion a year industry in Australia.

Proving research and development can be achieved even in small business, Dubbo-based business Bos Web Management has teamed with Charles Sturt University to develop a unique application for the property industry.