As the 2012 academic year draws to a close, Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Orange is just 12 months away from a landmark moment in rural health.

Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Orange will host a very special graduation on Tuesday, October 30, when about 70 primary school students don the mortar boards as part of Check It Out day.

Social researchers from Canada and the United States will join Australian collaborators, including CSU academics, when they visit the NSW-Victorian Border region at the end of October to investigate how to build trust between communities prone to serious bushfires and fire management agencies.

Learning to live responsibly with illicit drugs will be discussed by barrister and author Mr Nicholas Cowdery, AM, QC at the 2012 William Merrylees Memorial Lecture at CSU in Wagga Wagga on Wednesday 24 October.

Research by students at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Orange has exposed a city-country divide in the screening of men over 50 for prostate cancer.

As HSC students finalise their university preferences for 2013, another cohort of Charles Sturt University (CSU) pharmacy students are finalising their transitions to full-time work.

A project designed to reconnect Indigenous youth to the Wiradjuri language and culture, run through Charles Sturt University (CSU), has been recognised in the 2012 Indigenous Higher Education Advisory Council Elders Awards.

Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Orange has gratefully acknowledged the support of a local diabetes support group through a recent $2 000 donation.

During National Dementia Awareness Week (21 to 28 September) CSU researchers will be available to talk about their efforts to better understand the condition and improve the quality of life of the many affected.