Schools across the Territory went head-to-head in the 2008 Engineers Australia NT Science & Engineering Challenge hosted by CDU at Casuarina and Alice Springs campuses last week.

Contemporary music students enrolled in CDU's new degree, the Bachelor of Creative Arts and Industries will perform outside the Casuarina campus library on Friday 1 August.

Charles Darwin University's Menzies School of Health Research is offering students and their friends a chance to participate in the exciting new 'Top End Cohort Study' and receive their free health checks on campus.

A secret weapon in the fight to establish Darwin as a creative tropical Mecca is being unveiled in a project that could help determine the city's future.

CDU PhD student Caroline Rannersberger presents the next in the Creative Arts and Humanities artist's forum on Tuesday 29 July from 12pm-1pm.

Greg Coote, Manager Information and Publication Services, SATAC will be running an information session for staff on Thursday 7 August at 3-4pm. Find out more ...

All students are invited to join interactive workshops during Semester 2. Find out more...

President of the Queensland Liberal Party and former Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Mal Brough will share behind-the-scenes deliberations of the 2007 NT Emergency Response into Indigenous affairs when he visits CDU early next week.

Next in the Menzies seminar series is 'Confident conferencing! Taking the stress out of bidding for conferences in the NT', on Monday 28 July from 12-1pm.

Students are invited to attend wireless access classes hosted by CDU's Information Technology and Management Support. Find out more...

CDU in the Northern Territory is providing high-quality, relevant nursing education that responds to regional needs.

CDU is embracing cutting edge teaching technologies to better service its students and stakeholders.

A breakthrough dugong and marine turtle management project has taken top honours at the recent Banksia Environmental Foundation's 2008 Banksia Environment Awards.

An innovative pre-education course which tackles anxieties among Indigenous people is resulting in excellent training outcomes in Tennant Creek.

CDU had many reasons to celebrate national NAIDOC week 2008.

A successful education mentoring program helping Indigenous people define their study pathways will be expanded across the Northern Territory.

From Austria to Oklahoma, the first wave of international students has arrived on campus ready to commence their study abroad exchange programs.

An Indigenous training program with an emphasis on Accelerated Literacy is set to improve career pathways for Indigenous trainees in the east Arnhem area.

Charles Darwin University's Northern Editions printmaking studio and gallery has donated 19 workshop proofs to the CDU Art Collection.

CDU will make an enormous contribution to a national series which will debate the future directions of Australian Indigenous policy.

This Monday 21 July, Dr Patrick Sullivan, of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, will present 'Politics and policy: visions of Indigenous progress in the Howard years'.

The exquisite works on paper by leading Indigenous artist Shane Pickett are on display at CDU.

A breakthrough dugong and marine turtle management project is a finalist in the prestigious Banksia Environmental Foundation's 2008 Banksia Environment Awards

Student chefs are in even hotter demand following their triumphant win at the Northern Territory Golden Chef's Hat 2008 awards.

Three recipients of a Northern Territory History Grant will contribute to understanding the future of the NT by studying its history.

A long-awaited crate has been delivered to the Darwin Sailing Club that will give a first-hand opportunity for young people to participate in the Territory's great outdoor lifestyle.

The future is looking bright for a group of 11 Timorese engineers who recently completed a unique vocational education and training program with CDU.

New students will get the opportunity to sample campus life when CDU holds its mid-year Orientation Day on Wednesday, 16 July.

A strong showing from the Alice Springs community ensured the success of a climate change scenario-building workshop in Alice Springs recently.

It's a long way from her community of Robinson River near the Queensland border, but Shandell Dick's efforts were recognised at a gala dinner in Alice Springs last week.

The Australian Population Association's 14th Biennial Conference ended with plenty of questions, reinforcing the contentious nature of topics surrounding demography in the 21st Century.

The success of CDU's portable learning classrooms has been boosted with the announcement of expanded training in Laynhapuy Homelands in Arnhem Land located at the top end of the NT.

A 10-week trial of a new web-based education tool in three Northern Territory primary schools stimulated an increase in the concentration and literacy skills of children struggling to read and write.

The first year of the Northern Territory intervention into Indigenous affairs will be discussed during a free public lecture at CDU on Tuesday, July 8.

An opportunity to hear some of Australia's leading environmental educators is set to draw crowds to the 2008 Australian Association for Environmental Education (AAEE) National Conference.

Research stemming from CDU is likely to have a bearing on the future of a threatened genus of shark.

The landmark signing of a recent multi-million dollar research contract is set to pave the way for a large-scale biosecurity project spanning Australia's north and its neighbouring regions of eastern Indonesia.

The massive re-development of Alice Springs' town camps acknowledges increasing patterns of urbanisation of Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory, according to a leading population expert.

The colour, drama and speed of the V8 Supercars is about to grip the Territory again, and for a lucky group of automotive apprentices the experience will be an event to remember.

Vic Feldman presents a brief overview of the role and functions of both the Office of the Ombudsman and the Health and Community Services Complaints Commission on Monday 7 July from 12-1pm.

Piers Barrow presents 'The role of fire in the ecology of Leichhardt's grassshopper (Petasida ephippigera)', on Friday 4 July from 1-2pm.