CSU researchers will present a number of projects related to improving the health of communities in regional and remote NSW to a conference of health professionals being held this week in Albury.

A study led by a CSU academic, thought to be the first of its kind, suggests that the way in which prosecutors and judges use expert evidence and judicial directions can help to dispel juror misconceptions and enhance juror perceptions of the credibility of a child witness in child sexual assault cases.

Viewing television shows based on crime scene investigations is unlikely to negatively influence jurors and court case outcomes, according to researchers at CSU who say there is little evidence for the existence of so-called 'CSI effects' in court trials.

A CSU distance education student in Western Australia has been award the prestigious WA Department of Health Bali Memorial Fellowship to assist his research to improve the planning of mass medical evacuations during a crisis.

The state of ever-changing rural societies in Australia and overseas are topics for three books being launched at CSU on Monday 18 October.

Starting school is an exciting and challenging process for children, families, educators and communities.

CSU experts are well placed to comment on the guide for the Murray Darling Basin plan and its future possible effects on the people, plants, animals and communities that live together in the Basin.

A new agreement will be unveiled between CSU and the Australian Government agency, Centrelink, at a ceremony in Wagga Wagga on Thursday 7 October.

A CSU academic says the recent seizure of 240 kilograms of cocaine by the Australian Federal Police is a reminder that the drug trade is a truly global business, but he thinks it is an over-statement to describe it as an 'infiltration' into Australia. Rather, drug imports like this are a product of market forces.