CSU has appointed the inaugural head of its Virtual Campus to help create a stronger sense of community for students studying online.

His name is synonymous with the development of the performing arts at CSU and in the Riverina. Colin Anderson was a director, actor, singer, writer, teacher, educator and mentor. He passed away in Newcastle at the age of 76 years on Tuesday 8 July 2014.

A Wiradjuri woman and CSU academic has won a NAIDOC award for her teaching and research that benefits the Wiradjuri and wider Aboriginal community in Australia.

Australian universities must commit to working closer with business and community to drive research and provide stimulating learning experiences if they are to survive, a national conference has heard.

CSU will host the 2014 Engagement Australia Conference in Wagga Wagga from Monday 21 to Wednesday 23 July.

Tackling discrimination and improving the outcomes for disabled people in the workforce should be prioritised over pension cuts, according to Charles Sturt University (CSU) lecturer Ms Marie Sheahan.

Legislative change to crack down on activists breaking into farms to film suspected animal cruelty should be approached with caution, according to Professor John Kleinig from CSU's Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics (CAPPE).

Intense community interest has helped CSU researchers locate old survey trees of heritage importance across southern NSW.

The extreme Sunni Islamic group ISIS – Islamic State in Iraq and Syria – is not supported by history as it claims to set up a fundamentalist Islamic state, and this has implications for Australia, say two CSU academics.