Professor Anne Chang presents 'Respiratory high and low lights in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children', on Monday 30 April from 12pm to 1pm.

Local butcher Rick Griffiths has taken up his new position as VET Butchery Lecturer at the Alice Springs campus of CDU.

Artist Tara Gilbee will present the next School of Creative Arts and Humanities forum on Tuesday 1 May from 12.15pm to 1pm.

CDU staff member, Suzi Lyon will show her photographic work in 'Projection from side of wall' from 10 May to 26 May at The Gallery, Casuarina Campus.

CDU has joined an international consortium developing technology that will enable the instant delivery of voice-activated lecture material.

Students from the School of Creative Arts and Humanities are producing a series of Ephemeral Art Works made out of cardboard for the Nightcliff Seabreeze Festival opening on April 28.

Associate Professor Tess Lea presents 'For ethnography: Anthropology and the politics of the present', on Friday 27 April from 12pm to 1pm.

Dr Michael Douglas presents 'On TRACK: The Tropical Rivers and Coastal Knowledge research hub', on Friday 27 April from 1pm to 2pm.

Professor George Kanarakis OAM will present 'Interlanguage contact: The diachronic contribution of Greek to enrichment of the English language', on 26 April from 7pm.

Kununurra husband and wife team Alan and Peggy Griffiths are the first artists to take advantage of CDU's Northern Editions print workshop sessions for the year.

Dr Michael Christie, Yinjyia Guyula and John Greatorex present 'Sustainable knowledge traditions on country and the global knowledge economy', on Monday 30 April from 12pm-1.30pm.

An ARC funded collaborative project lead by CDU aims to increase the capacity and effectiveness of the Northern Territory Government to tackle the increasing threat of mosquito-borne diseases.

Twenty-year-old CDU-trained VET student Samantha Harbrow is an example of success in a male-dominated world.

A national conference on training Indigenous people in land management and conservation will link educators from around Australia.

Two heavy vehicle automotive CDU-trained apprentices from Alice Springs will represent the Northern Territory in a national automotive diagnostic competition.

Don Zoellner, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Community and Access, has been awarded a Fellowship by the Australian College of Educators.

Student exchange is more than travelling - it's about immersing yourself in another culture and making the host country your classroom. Find out more at a student exchange program info session on 23 April.

Former CDU student Reginald (Reggie) King has won Group Training Australia's National Indigenous Apprentice award.

Academics and stakeholders in the debate on human rights will explore the Charles Darwin Symposium agenda in further detail in a second day of discussion following the public airing of the issues on May 10.

Sue Bradley has been involved in advocacy work for people without an effective voice for more than 30 years.

Independent 4WD tourists to Australia's deserts prefer to 'discover' Aboriginal cultural experiences at destinations, rather than seeking them out beforehand.

Most people place a good deal of faith in the public health system, even if they grumble from time to time about its perceived inadequacies.

Australian Idol runner up Jessica Mauboy has won the Northern Territory Young Achiever Arts award sponsored by CDU for the second time.

CDU has secured funding for Timor-Leste's Ambassador to the United Nations, Nelson Santos, to undertake an Honours-level research study on his country's border negotiations with Indonesia.

The diversity of language in the Northern Territory came under intense scrutiny in the Central Australian Linguistics Circle in Alice Springs on April 19.

Three students from CDU's School of Law and Business are gaining work experience this semester with the North Australian Aboriginal Justice Association.

Dr Anna Straton presents 'The value of tropical river ecosystem services to Indigenous communities: Issues with economic valuation' on Monday 23 April from 12pm-1.30pm.

Senior VET Advisor Pam Morgan is leaving CDU after 10 years working in VET planning and quality.

Artist and curator Caroline Rannersberger had a busy time last week with two new exhibitions opening at CDU.

Young Australian of the Year Hugh Evans will visit the CDU on Friday as part of his campaign to help eradicate world poverty.

Lovers of fine cuisine and music will be helping charity when they dine at the Karawa Training Restaurant on the Palmerston Campus of CDU next month.

Dr Emma Kowal presents 'Non-Indigenous people working in Indigenous health: An anthropological study' on Monday 23 April from 12pm to 1pm.

Bill Wilson, the senior adviser in Support and Equity for CDU, retires this week after a career in the army, the police force and academia.

Australian Idol runner up Jessica Mauboy has won the Northern Territory Young Achiever Arts award sponsored by CDU for the second time.

Don't miss out on CDU's horticulture section plant sale on Thursday 19 April! Find out more...

The monsoonal rains that swept over Arnhem Land in the wet meant a change of travel plans for literacy teacher Donna Iddon.

The Darwin Symphony Orchestra performs Wind and water at the Darwin Entertainment Centre on Saturday 21 April.

Sue Tucker from CDU's Alice Springs Campus has recently been appointed as a VET Project Officer - Accreditation Support in the Academic Quality, Planning and VET team, replacing Mohammed Baqar while he is on extended leave.

Anthony Watson, Mervyn Mulardy, Annette Kogolo, Hugh Wallace-Smith and Michell Coles present 'Building stories in our young people' on Monday 16 April.

CDU PhD student Gary Lee will present the next School of Creative Arts and Humanities forum, entitled 'No Aboriginal content', on Tuesday 17 April from 12.15pm to 1pm.

Dr Helen Harper presents 'Why I can't teach my dog to read: the role of intentionality in literacy teaching' on Friday 13 April from 12pm to 1pm.

Lynda Prior presents 'A tale of two species: Allosyncarpia ternata and Callitris intratropica in Kakadu National Park' on Friday 13 April from 1pm to 2pm.

Alice Springs students will learn what life is like for politicians at a Youth Parliament from Saturday.

CDU's Katherine Campus is venturing into the outback tourism business with a five-day training experience aimed at 18-35 international and working holiday makers.

CDU and Tennant Creek High School have signed a letter of intent for 2007, continuing the formal relationship between the two parties.

Alice Springs student Kelly Hoban is moving to Los Angeles after securing work as a travel consultant with Jetabout Holidays.

Aboriginal men and women are living longer in the Territory, according to the latest research by researchers from CDU.

This issue of CDU's enews begins a series of profiles of speakers at the forthcoming Charles Darwin Symposium, Securing Territorians' Rights: Statehood and a Bill of Rights?

CDU is pleased to announce the recent development of a website which provides a gateway to information on the University's activities in Indonesia and Timor-Leste.

CDU has signed a Memorandum of Agreement with the Laynhapuy Homelands Association of Nhulunbuy to deliver training to the 800 Yolngu people it represents.

Three recent tenders submitted by CDU staff for research projects involving sharks have been successful.

The winners of the Northern Territory Young Achiever Awards will be announced at a special gala awards presentation dinner held on 14 April.

The annual Territory Culinary Challenge gets under way in April with chefs from some of Darwin's top restaurants tempting diners with new cuisine from local ingredients.

The regular international student lunch on campus at Casuarina throbbed to the sound of West African drumming on Thursday (April 5).

A new student print and copy system will be implemented during the CDU semester break, 10-13 April 2007.

CDU's Graduate Recruitment Fair turned out to be a bigger and better attended event than previous years.

CDU demographer Tom Wilson is frequently confronted with assertions about population that have a certain mythological currency in the Northern Territory.

CDU's School for Social and Policy Research have just published their 2006 Annual Report. Find out more...

Coordinator of the Indigenous Academic Support Unit, Roz Angeles, was delighted this week to welcome two new smiling faces to the team.

Last year's Graduate Recruitment Fair turned out to be a big occasion for one CDU student.