Professor Eric Valentine presents 'Effluent dispersion in Darwin Harbour', on Friday 3 August from 1pm to 2pm.

Dr Dorothy Mackerras presents 'Trans fatty acid intakes in Australia and New Zealand', on Wednesday 1 August, from 12pm to 1pm.

Music-lovers are in for an exceptional experience when three world-class musicians come together with didgeridoo, cello and guitar during the Darwin Festival.

Don't miss the CDU Law Students' Society Careers Night on Wednesday 8 August from 6pm.

As interest in the rivers and water resources of northern Australia grows, an exciting new initiative called TRaCK, the Tropical Rivers and Coastal Knowledge research hub, has been formed to improve our understanding of these resources.

The Northern Territory Garden Spectacular is a distinctive Darwin event that showcases the Territory's unique horticultural industry.

CDU has been successful in obtaining further funding from AusAID to support the project 'Enhancing land management capacity for sustainable rural development in eastern Indonesia'.

CDU staff member Camille Lew Fatt has received a Palmerston NAIDOC Community Award as part of the recent NAIDOC Week celebrations.

Ambassador of Israel, His Excellency Mr Naftali Tamir visited CDU as a part of his official visit to the Northern Territory and met with Vice-Chancellor Professor Helen Garnett on Friday, 6 July 2007.

CDU's Casuarina Campus will be the focal point for engineers Australia-wide when it hosts the prestigious Engineering Excellence Awards Gala Dinner in early August.

Crocodile experts have responded to the Queensland Government's croc survey claiming the only way the reptiles' numbers would be declining would be if crocs were eating each other competing for food.

The Hon. Fred Chaney AO and Associate Professor Sue Stanton will present the 8th Vincent Lingiari Memorial Lecture on Saturday 11 August from 6pm.

Former Federal Court Judge Murray Wilcox and CEO of the new National Indigenous Television Corporation, Pat Turner AM, will be among the high-profile keynote speakers when the Garma Key Forum begins on Saturday.

CDU recently hosted the 2007 Siemens Science Experience for year nine Northern Territory students, becoming the 34th university in Australia to successfully host the program.

After 11 days of spectacular performances, CDU bid farewell to the Seventh Darwin International Guitar Festival with an outdoor concert featuring the DSO, Saffire, Eduardo Fernandez and Antony Field.

Darwin guitar enthusiasts had a rare opportunity to get up close and personal with some of the world's best guitarists as part of the Seventh Darwin International Guitar Festival's series of master classes.

The Darwin Town Hall ruins proved one of the more notable venues for the Seventh Darwin International Guitar Festival, providing a spectacularly unique backdrop for the concert An Evening of Poetry, Prose, Theatre and Light.

The opening night concert of the Seventh Darwin International Guitar Festival, 'Fiesta Flamenca', took Darwin back to the origins of flamenco music, with a melting pot of cultures and artists.

Darwin experiences many electric nights during the wet season, but this dry Darwin experienced a unique dry season electric night as part of the Seventh Darwin International Guitar Festival.

The closing concert of the Seventh Darwin International Guitar Festival featured the DSO with the Saffire and Anthony Field, performing a new work Colouring in the Sky by the Australian composer Mark Pollard

CDU's Graduate School for Health Practice has won over $200,000 in a competitive tender to develop a Bachelor of Midwifery targeted at Indigenous students.

Chris Haynes presents 'Not the northwest monsoon: The contribution of anthropologist Sherry Ortner to analysis of joint management in Kakadu', on 3 August from 12pm-1pm.

Larrakia artist and anthropologist Gary Lee will discuss aspects of his doctoral photographic research and art practice during a free public seminar on Thursday July 26 at the Casuarina Campus.

Jonathan Thwaites will present a biodiesel workshop on 29 July from 9am at CDU's Casuarina Campus.

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Issues surrounding the Commonwealth's response to child abuse in Northern Territory remote Indigenous communities as well as other Indigenous reforms came under the spotlight at a recent public forum.

A moving new photographic exhibition showcasing Australia's emergency response in the Asia-Pacific will be displayed at two Darwin shopping centres from 31 July-12 August 2007.

Featuring staff who exhibited in 'On the wall', the next School of Creative Arts and Humanities artist's forum takes place on Tuesday 24 July from 12.15pm-1pm.

Professor Elizabeth Povinelli presents 'The child in the basement: States of killing and letting die', on Thursday 26 July from 12pm to 1pm.

Lyn O'Donoghue, Bernadette Shield and Nikki Clelland present 'Best practice promotion in Indigenous communities', on Monday 30 July from 12pm to 1pm.

As the next wave of volunteer medical teams head out to conduct voluntary medical checks, CDU will host a public forum to discuss the Commonwealth's response to child abuse in Northern Territory remote Indigenous communities.

Internationally acclaimed guitar virtuoso Eduardo Fernandez, a major featured artist at The Seventh Darwin International Guitar Festival, will appear in his only Australian concert this evening at the CDU Theatre.

David Barker, part-time lecturer at CDU recently represented CDU and the Northern Territory in the 2007 La-Coupe Down Under Artisan Baking Cup held in Melbourne on June 24-27.

The upcoming Garma Festival Key Forum will explore a subject that has become one of the hottest public issues in Australia.

Fears that whale shark numbers are in decline have been confirmed even though a large number of countries have ceased harvesting the world's largest fish.

Dr Donald Franklin presents 'Everything in its season? The wet and the dry in monsoon "rainforest" forest trees', on Friday 20 July from 1pm to 2pm.

After 11 days of spectacular national and international performances, Darwin will farewell The Seventh Darwin International Guitar Festival on Saturday night, with an outdoor concert at The Strand at CDU.

CDU graduate Daniel Merit is the prefect example of where hard work and application can get you.

CDU's orientation festivities are on again for semester two.

The chance to work in the pit lane at the Bathurst 1000 motor race is no longer a dream for CDU apprentice Matthew Johnston.

CDU political science Associate Professor Dennis Shoesmith traveled to Timor-Leste recently as part of the Victorian Local Governance Association's Election Observer Delegation.

The Australian Quality Training Framework (AQTF) has been revised with the new arrangements in place from 1 July 2007.

In coming months CDU will be evaluating its CRM performance, from the perspective of future students, compared with competing and best practice universities across Australia.

A new training strategy at CDU is opening doors into the Alice Springs construction industry for Indigenous people.

The results of the University's on-going surveys of students' views of their teaching and learning experiences have been compiled and are open for viewing.

A range of renowned speakers, addressing critical Indigenous issues, today visited Charles Darwin University's Casuarina campus as a part of Speakers Corner, a NAIDOC Week event.

The School of Creative Arts and Humanities is pleased to present an exhibition by CDU visual arts, multimedia and design staff exploring contemporary responses to drawing.

Charles Darwin University, in conjunction with the University of Queensland and the University of Adelaide, are proud to offer the short course: Health Aspects of Disaster.

Delegates of the 4th annual AUCEA Conference, held this week at CDU in Alice Springs, were told leading universities in the future, will be those that make community engagement core business.

Dr Sue Jackson presents 'Indigenous interests and the National Water Initiative', on 6 July from 1pm to 2pm.

Academic Quality, Planning and VET's Elizabeth Desailly is retiring to north Queensland with her husband Garrett Gundry.

Michelle Dowden presents 'Audit Best Practice for Chronic Disease project ABCD key findings and factors affecting update', on Monday 9 July from 12pm to 1pm.

Dr Jiaping Wu presents 'Remoteness, ICT application and geographical economics of Northern Territory', on Friday 6 July from 12pm to 1pm.

A new pilot program developed by the Tennant Creek Council, in partnership with a number of other organisations across the community, is providing employment and training opportunities for Indigenous people in Tennant Creek.

The Town Hall Ruins will provide the unique backdrop for two special outdoor concerts this Friday 6 July in an 'Evening of Poetry, Prose, Theatre and Lights'.

The annual Pride of Australia medal program needs your help to find the countless people who embody Australian values such as bravery, compassion and give selflessly to others with little or no recognition.

Last week, CDU's Palmerston Campus administrator, Nyree Terry, presented a prize to the winner of the People's Choice in the CDU Creative Arts Exhibition competition which was held during the Palmerston Festival.

One of history's great scientists will be the focal point of an interesting presentation to be held at the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory on Thursday 5 July 2007.

This is a busy time for CDU Press with the release of six new titles over the next few weeks and a series of recent and upcoming book launches.

Ruth Wallace, an educational researcher from CDU's School of Education, is leading a research team to analyse the use of e-learning to recognise knowledge and competence with Indigenous enterprise owners in the NT and Western Australia.

The Ambassador of Switzerland, His Excellency Christian Muhlethaler and his wife visited CDU on June 13.

Building the capacity of organisations was critical to implementing successful suicide prevention strategies, said Don Zoellner at a recent Aboriginal Suicide Prevention and Capacity Building Workshop held in Alice Springs.

A range of renowned speakers will come to CDU's Casuarina Campus to deliver engaging presentations on a number of topics as part of Speakers Corner, a NAIDOC Week event.

CDU's Alice Springs Campus is set to host the 16th National Vocational Education and Training Research Conference from 11-13 July 2007.

A group of senior secondary students from Ramingining recently toured CDU's Casuarina Campus as a part of a week long Careers Expo.

Some of the finest performers on the national and international concert circuit will be in Darwin this week to headline a glittering array of talent and activities for the Seventh Darwin International Guitar Festival concert series.

Staff from CDU's Nhulunbuy Campus enjoyed themselves and promoted the University by sponsoring and participating in the GoCroc Gove Beach Volleyball Day in June.

The skills and talents of future and potential trades students were on show during June at CDU Alice Springs.

CDU was honoured in June with a visit by Justice Michael Kirby of the High Court of Australia.

The Northern Territory Department of Employment, Education and Training continues its very successful campaign to recruit teachers, particularly for remote schools.