"Frankly, it’s been so low this whole season so far, that we haven’t started reporting it yet!" says Dr George Car of CSU’s School of Biomedical Sciences. He says the pollen count is the lowest ever in the ten years he has been monitoring it in the Wagga Wagga area. "In previous years, the grass pollen count would have been well into the moderate or even into the high range by mid-October."

Would a human baby brought up in space look a lot like ET? “Possibly,” says Dr Graeme Wren Adjunct Associate Professor at the School of Science & Technology, Charles Sturt University (CSU), Wagga Wagga. Dr Wren will present the public lecture Space Medicine: Physiological Adaptation to Microgravity on Wednesday 25 October 2006 at 6.00pm at the Dubbo Campus of CSU.

More CSU journalism students will be heading overseas thanks to a scholarship program funded by the Copyright Agency Ltd (CAL) Cultural Fund.

The Prime Minister John Howard flies to Fiji today for the Pacific Islands Forum, and once again the Solomon Islands is expected to be the focus of discussion. While relations between Australia and the Solomons becomes increasingly more strained, a CSU PhD student, Cliff Bird, described as “one of the prime intellectuals of the country” is preparing to address a Solomon leadership forum on conflict resolution.

Leading Charles Sturt University research ranging from addressing the scourge of cereal cropping in southern Australia - annual ryegrass - to developing a computer game to simulate a major national crisis has won major funding in the latest round of Federal Government grants.

Charles Sturt University and Victoria Police have been recognised with a joint award from the Australian Institute of Professional Intelligence Officers at its annual conference in Brisbane in October.

Charles Sturt University and Bathurst Regional Council will agree to develop strategies to attract new business and industry to the region when representatives of both organisations sign a formal Memorandum of Understanding on Monday.

Charles Sturt University is mourning the passing of Melanie Andreazza, the third year Journalism student who died in a tragic car accident this week (1 November).

In light of the national emergency summit on the current poor state of water storage in the Murray Darling Basin to be held today, Tuesday 7 November in Canberra, Charles Sturt University has researchers who can comment on the problems facing irrigators and communities in the region.