Sunday 15 October is International Day of Rural Women and the Director of the Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation, Professor Michael Friend has written an op-ed reflecting on the important role of women in agriculture and rural communities in Australia and overseas.

Charles Sturt University (CSU) Vice-Chancellor Professor Andrew Vann welcomed Federal Education Minister the Hon Christopher Pyne MP to CSU in Dubbo yesterday and discussed concerns about the Federal Government's proposed higher education reforms.

Agricultural pests in China and worldwide have received a further kick in the mandibles with a senior CSU researcher receiving a major Chinese Government award to investigate ecological solutions for agricultural pests.

A CSU media ethicist says the News of the World phone-tapping scandal in the United Kingdom has all the makings of 'perfect injustice', and Plato saw it coming.

A CSU academic cautions that the way the horrors of drug addiction and alcoholism become romanticised and turn prematurely deceased pop performers like Britain's Amy Winehouse into a mythical figure ignores the realities of her life and death, and the lessons that could be learned from them.

Alumni and community members are invited to attend the launch of the CSU Alumni 'Get Connected' Campaign in Bathurst on Thursday 28 July.

A CSU academic says that the extremist terrorist attacks in Norway on the weekend targeted people with moderate, mainstream political beliefs, and this should be a focus for both security agencies and public debate in Australia.

New tools for assessing psychological injury, such as in cases of workplace discrimination and harassment, are offered in a new book by a CSU researcher.

It's no surprise to paramedic lecturers at CSU that paramedics have again been ranked first in the annual 2011 Readers Digest survey of public perceptions of the trustworthiness of a range of professions.