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18 July 2025

CDU student brings Italian culture to the airwaves with new Territory FM show

Charles Darwin University (CDU) student Fabiola Del Signore is sharing her love of Italian music and culture with the Top End, launching her first radio show on Territory FM this month.

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9 July 2025

Financial boost helps CDU student take vital regional placement without losing home

A new federal payment is enabling a Charles Darwin University (CDU) student to undertake a vital regional placement in Alice Springs, without sacrificing her home in Melbourne.

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20 June 2025

CDU rises in 2026 QS World University Rankings, bucking national trend

Charles Darwin University (CDU) has climbed to 584 in the prestigious 2026 QS World University Rankings - a marked improvement from its position in the 621-630 band last year - defying the national trend.

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4 June 2025

‘Knockout Violence’: First women’s-only trauma-focused boxing program launches in Darwin

A new program aimed at empowering victim-survivors of domestic violence through sport has launched in the Northern Territory, with Darwin welcoming its first women’s-only trauma-focused boxing program, ‘Knockout Violence.’

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29 May 2025

CDU leads nation as first pharmacy graduates earn ‘Doctor of Pharmacy’ title

Charles Darwin University (CDU) pharmacy graduates have become the first in Australia to be awarded the title of ‘Doctor of Pharmacy’ following accreditation changes announced by the Federal Government in late 2024.

22 May 2025

Keep calm and carry on: Can Australian nurses really be ready for anything?

Australian nurses have responded to hundreds of disaster events over the last six years, but new research led by Charles Darwin University (CDU) suggests they still aren’t ready for the impact of catastrophe.

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8 May 2025

CDU enters first-of-its-kind partnership to boost health literacy in Territory schools

A groundbreaking new initiative aimed at boosting health awareness and outcomes across the Northern Territory’s secondary schools has launched for the first time in Darwin.

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12 March 2025

New breakthrough from CDU researchers could improve detection of potentially fatal sleep disorder

Many Australians could be suffering from undiagnosed Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA), with CDU researchers developing a new technique to screen for the potentially fatal condition.

14 February 2025

Aspiring Nurse captured by the outback way

When Coober Pedy needed a paramedic, Rod Clements answered the call. Little did he know, when most people could be retiring, he would be back at university studying to be a nurse to help the community again.

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