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

The 4th Annual National Conference of the Australian Universities Community Engagement Alliance (AUCEA), hosted by CDU Alice Springs, will commence on Monday July 2.

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

June marked the successful completion of the Partnering in Leadership pilot project, a joint initiative between CDU and Victoria University.

Michelle Dowden presents 'Audit Best practice for Chronic Disease project ABCD - Key findings and factors affecting uptake', on Monday 9 July from 12pm to 1pm.

Northern Editions printmaking studio and gallery at CDU, in collaboration with Gallery Gondwana will tomorrow (28 June) launch an exhibition of etchings and screenprints by celebrated Warlpiri artist Dorothy Napangardi.

C. Richard Tracy presents 'The importance of physiological ecology in conservation biology', on Friday 29 June from 1pm.

Alister Hayes, World Heritage Bid manager for Charles Darwin's home and neighbourhood at Downe in the London Borough of Bromley, will present 'Darwin's origin at Downe', on Thursday 5 July from 5pm.

Bryce King presents 'e-gipsi - the beginnings of a social and technical design model for solar powered satellite internet stations in remote homeland communities', on Friday 29 June from 12.15pm.

For the first time, a CDU student will be selected to be part of the NRMA Insurance Smash Repair Team at the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 in October.

CDU's Karawa Restaurant have presented Autism NT Patron, His Honour Mr Ted Egan AO, Administrator of the Northern Territory, with proceeds raised at the recent inaugural Karawa charity dinner.

Staff at CDU's Casuarina Campus will be treated to a series of on-campus lunchtime concerts in July as part of the Seventh Darwin International Guitar Festival.

Join Professor Charles Webb, DVC, Teaching and Learning, together with Adrian Walter, Dean, LBA, in farewelling Elizabeth Desailly on Friday 29 June. Find out more...

Dr Malcolm McDonald presents 'Streptococcal churn: the community dynamics of a notorious microbe', on Monday 25 June from 12pm to 1pm.

Professor Sam Lake presents 'Drought and rivers in Australia', on Thursday 21 June from 1pm to 2pm.

CDU student and local identity, Larnie McClintock, believes that a scholarship is the perfect way to an easier and more successful student experience.

CDU recently opened a state of the art multi-media centre, which will enable the University to mould leading edge graduates and position Darwin, globally, as a city with leading edge capabilities in creative industries

The latest exhibition from CDU's School for Creative Arts and Humanities features works by staff and students of the University.

Two CDU library staff will travel to England to co-present a paper at an international conference on the role of the Alice Springs Campus library.

A scholarship is your way to an easier and more successful student experience, and it's simpler than you think!

CDU's School of Science and Primary Industries will this week host the first Northern Territory Siemens Science Experience, the theme of which will be Environmental Forensics: ESI Darwin - Investigating internal and external environments.

A move to deliver child care training out of the classroom and in child care centres is delivering positive results for CDU Alice Springs, industry and students.

Three CDU researchers have been granted $10 000 from the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation for a study on a new sustainable wild food enterprise.

Director of Menzies School of Health Research, Professor Jonathan Carapetis has been named as one of the brainiest people in Australia.

Budding engineers will be competing for top honors at CDU, when the EngQuest competition is judged on Wednesday June 20.

Canadian High Commissioner, His Excellency Michael Leir visited CDU and met with Vice Chancellor, Professor Helen Garnett and Head of the School of Australian Indigenous Knowledge Systems, Professor Wendy Brady on Wednesday 6 June.

Anyone looking for a quality 'feed' should consider chicken stir fry in puff pastry, followed by sirloin on a bed of sweet potato mash and finished off with chocolate apple crumble.

CDU will proudly host the 4th Annual National Conference of the Australian Universities Community Engagement Alliance from July 2-4 2007.

Guests are beginning to arrive for the Seventh Darwin International Guitar Festival to be hosted by CDU from July 4-14.

A pilot program developed by CDU, councils, job network providers and a local language centre will provide 18 months full-time employment to nine Indigenous men at the Tennant Creek Town Council.

CDU Alice Springs prize giving ceremony last week celebrated the achievements of students from central Australia.

CDU's Centre for Youth Music presents an ensemble concert on Saturday 16 June from 10am.

The Honourable Acting Justice Brian Frank Martin AO MBE was awarded an Honorary Doctorate at a CDU graduation ceremony, held at the Alice Springs Convention Centre on Friday June 15.

Why do nurses and midwives come to the Territory, why do they stay and why do some leave? Researchers at CDU hope to have some answers to these questions by early next year.

Elizabeth Sellars presents 'Type 2 diabetes in Canadian First Nations youth: A story in evolution', on Monday 18 June from 12pm to 1pm.

Toni Bauman, Dermot Smyth, Steve Roeger, Preston Lee, Scott Suridge and Leon Brown present 'Best practice joint management of Indigenous conservation estates', on Monday 18 June from 12pm to 1.30pm.

Kate Golebiowska presents 'Employment of overseas-qualified nurses and midwives in the Northern Territory', on Friday 15 June from 12pm.

Stephen Dovers presents 'Environmental policy integration: Trends and issues in Australia', on Friday 15 June from 1pm to 2pm.

CDU's Casuarina and Palmerston campuses recently hosted the Tertiary Taster as a part of National Career Development Week.

CDU yesterday hosted the Mayor of Kalymnos and the Bishop of the Greek Orthodox Church as a part of celebrations for the 25th anniversary of the sister relationship between the Greek island and Darwin.

Kayli Wayte and Dr Nelson Martins present 'Conflict and resilience: The health sector's response to the 2006 crisis in Timor-Leste', on Monday 4 June from 12pm to 1pm.

Whale shark numbers at Western Australia's Ningaloo Reef are declining, according to CDU researcher Dr Corey Bradshaw.

Dr Geoff Isbister of the Menzies School of Health Research has won a $10,000 prize for his study of jellyfish sting treatments.

CDU's School for Environmental Research is pleased to present a free seminar on climate change, An Inconvenient Truth in the Northern Territory.

Over 200 wide-eyed year 11 and 12 students from across the NT descended on CDU's Casuarina Campus as a part of the annual Futures Leaders Forum.

CDU recently played host to two separate government delegations from Vietnam.

CDU researchers have been awarded funds for three successful round two Australian Research Council Linkage Project proposals, commencing in 2007.

True industry driven training is resulting in positive employment outcomes for local Indigenous students.

Fifty Indigenous students from schools around Alice Springs were hosted at CDU's Alice Springs Campus as part of the Taste of Uni program held on Wednesday, 23 May.

CDU students had the privilege of learning traditional Indigenous craft techniques this month from three visiting Indigenous women from Milingimbi.

For the first time, VETiS students participated in the May CDU Trade Fair.

Combining vocational training with traditional classroom teaching is critical for successful educational outcomes, said principal of Canteen Creek School, Ben Hollands.

15 years ago, on the 3rd of June, Mabo Day marked the beginning of a new era for Indigenous people and the beginning of a reconciliation process between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, based on common law and not charity.

Applications are now being accepted for the 2008 Fulbright Symposium, to be held between 1 March and 30 September 2008. Find out more...

Sunday Serenade, the next performance in CDU's 2007 concert series, will be held on June 3 commencing at 3pm.

Renee Bartolo presents 'The TRIAP project', on Friday 8 June from 1pm to 2pm.