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Storytime will be a magical event at Open Day. Pictured: Sandra Kendall

Aboriginal stories shared at CDU Open Day

22-Aug-2014

Aboriginal storytellers will join children’s favourite Peppa Pig and other performers at Charles Darwin University’s Open Day at Casuarina campus on Sunday (24 August).The...

Alex Williams at CDU campus library in Alice Springs … “unique fly-on-the-wall opportunity”.

Librarian tells story of Alice’s accidental book club

21-Aug-2014

A Charles Darwin University staffer from Alice Springs will tell the story of the “accidental book club” at one of the world’s top library conferences in Paris this weekend.CDU...

CDU Law lecturer Jeswynn Yogaratnam says students will gain skills in processing refugee and asylum seeker visa claims

Harvard Law helps build program at CDU

20-Aug-2014

A Harvard academic is helping Charles Darwin University’s School of Law create a program for students to assist in refugee and asylum seeker claims.CDU Law lecturer Jeswynn...

NT kickboxer Brock McRobb is confident about his upcoming national challenge

Brock to kickbox for top spot

19-Aug-2014

A Darwin kickboxer will take on the current Australian Kickboxing Title holder in a battle for the belt in Melbourne later this month.The Gym@CDU personal trainer, Brock “Brock’n’...

Academics to star in Darwin Festival show

18-Aug-2014

A trio of academics from Charles Darwin University will explore uniquely Territorian topics as part this year’s Darwin Festival show “This Territory Life” tomorrow evening.The...

Barry Whalan and Malcolm Whalan in Confined Space Training Simulator

Open Day climbs to new heights

18-Aug-2014

A unique crate climbing challenge for budding horticulturalists will make its first Charles Darwin Open Day appearance at Casuarina campus on Sunday.The crate climbing workshop...

Muffin decorating is one of the many creative workshops at CDU’s upcoming Open Day. From left: Tracy Worth and Cassandra and Robert Schwerdt

Creativity carved into Open Day

15-Aug-2014

Visitors can try their hand at ancient carving techniques in a special linocut workshop at Charles Darwin University’s Casuarina campus Open Day on August 24.Participants can take...

Maori tribal leader to explore Indigenous survival

15-Aug-2014

An academic and prominent Maori leader who guided his clan to successful land and fisheries claims will give the 14th annual Vincent Lingiari Lecture at Charles Darwin University...

Students experience heavy vehicle training. From left: CDU Heavy Vehicle Trainer Dan Thomas, Bodeen Wilson, Lachlan Matthews , Sean Ruger, Rowan Poscado

Spotlight on CDU trades at careers expo

12-Aug-2014

A wealth of advanced training technologies will be showcased by Charles Darwin University for the first time at Darwin’s Skills, Employment and Careers Expo.Visitors are invited...

Ms Taylor with one of the landscapes in the “Portraits of Country” exhibition.

Veil rises on CDU student’s Portraits of Country exhibition

12-Aug-2014

An exhibition of oil paintings created by a Charles Darwin University Creative Arts student as part of her doctoral studies will be unveiled in Alice Springs this Friday.Jennifer...

CDU students, Michelle Allen and Izzy Dak, and CDU VET lecturer Toni Heaton prepare for Brain Injury Awareness day

Students to raise awareness about brain injuries

11-Aug-2014

Information about brain injuries, caused by alcohol-fuelled and other kinds of violence, will be on the agenda at a Charles Darwin University event.Members of the disability...

Weird and wonderful activities will run on CDU Open Day. From left: CDU students Kenneth Kachrgamar and Priyanka Dsouza

Croc to get the chop at Open Day

11-Aug-2014

Visitors can discover what lies beneath the skin of a crocodile at Charles Darwin University’s Casuarina campus Open Day on August 24.The popular dissecting workshop will reveal...

Law lecturer Felicity Gerry QC says the Rolf Harris case shines light on dark net

Dark net cast over Rolf Harris case

07-Aug-2014

A Charles Darwin University academic said Rolf Harris’ alleged links to child pornography on the internet has renewed debate about internet freedoms and regulations.Following the...

A female Coastal Taipan can lay up to three clutches of eggs. Photographer: Luke Allen

Expert bites curiosity on deadly snakes

06-Aug-2014

The puzzling reproductive patterns of Australia’s longest venomous snake have been uncovered by a Charles Darwin University student.This is the first time the female Coastal...

Daly River residents respond to survey. Pictured: CDU Research Fellow, Dr Vanessa Adams

Daly River survey reveals potential for development

05-Aug-2014

A survey has revealed many Daly River catchment residents would be comfortable with a level of land development for economic purposes in the region.The survey of more than 200...

CDU School of Education senior lecturer Dr Greg Smith says the program will encourage students to embrace science and maths

Grant to boost science and mathematics in schools

01-Aug-2014

A $1.6 million innovative science education program will encourage high school students, including those across the Northern Territory, to take greater interest in science and...

Visitors will be welcomed on to Casuarina campus during Open Day later this month. Pictured: CDU VET lecturer T.Y. Lee is always a popular attraction at Open Day

Big celebrations for CDU Open Day

01-Aug-2014

This year’s Open Day at Charles Darwin University’s Casuarina campus will be bigger than ever as the university celebrates 25 years of university education in the Northern...

Bangaliwuy Marrawungu, Rirratjingu goannas & fishtrap 1947. © Estate of the artist.

Sacred crayon drawings ‘return home’ to Territory

31-Jul-2014

An exhibition of “sacred art” created by 15 ceremonial leaders from Northeast Arnhem Land in the 1940s will open at the Charles Darwin University Art Gallery next week.It will be...

Northern Institute Senior Research Fellow, Dr Andrew Taylor helps develop population projections for the NT

Population projections help reveal NT’s future

30-Jul-2014

The proportion of Territorians aged 65 years and over is projected to more than double by 2041.Northern Institute researchers at CDU have been working with the Northern Territory...

Professor Charlie Fairfield will deliver the first CDU professorial lecture for 2014

Lecture to tap into water systems

29-Jul-2014

Territorians can quench their thirst for knowledge and explore the hidden underground infrastructure that provides everyday access to a supply of safe drinking water at the first...

CDU Library Research Services Coordinator Jayshree Mamtora (left) presents the scholarship to Donna Robbins

Scholarship aids remote Indigenous teaching research

29-Jul-2014

A research scholarship will help a PhD candidate investigate how remote Indigenous teachers interact with digital technology.Donna Robbins was awarded the Charles Darwin...

Jamaican academic Dr Carmel Roofe-Bowen is excited to conduct research at CDU

International spotlight on CDU’s online learning

24-Jul-2014

A Jamaican academic has selected Charles Darwin University as her institution of choice to conduct research and take home information about online learning in Australia.Senior...

Dr Heidi Luter has looked into the impacts of sewage effluent on a marine sponge species in the NT

Sea sponges a soak for sewage

24-Jul-2014

Research into the impacts of sewage effluent on a marine sponge species located in waters around Darwin Harbour has uncovered some surprising results.Based at Charles Darwin...

Students embrace science. From left: Crystal Lenegan-Dry, Johannes du Plessis and Noah Hanrahan with PICSE-CDU Science Education Officer John Sagun

Science makes career formula for students

22-Jul-2014

For the first time in Darwin, science, engineering and primary industries have opened their doors to a secondary student camp organised with Charles Darwin University.Students...

Dr Steven Farram’s book reveals there is more to most plaques than meets the eye

Commemorative plaques reveal history