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CDU’s Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods Senior Research Associate Dr Adam Britton

Cane toads prove a devastating dinner for dwarf crocs

02-Jul-2013

New research has revealed that cane toads have wiped out some populations of dwarf crocodiles in northern Australia.Charles Darwin University’s Research Institute for the...

Survey targets NT seniors

27-Jun-2013

Seniors could stand to benefit from services that better meet their health, housing, employment and income needs by completing a survey being launched today.Charles Darwin...

Minister for Infrastructure Peter Styles, third year engineering student Priyanka D’Souza, CDU Theme Leader, Rob Wolff and Engineers Australia Director Bronwyn Russell

Territory Government supports local engineers

26-Jun-2013

Minister for Infrastructure Peter Styles has commended 27 Charles Darwin University engineering students who have taken advantage of the Engineering Co-op Scholarship Program to...

Conference at CDU focuses on future of diversity

26-Jun-2013

The role of diversity in global societies of the future will be the hot topic at an international conference that starts at Charles Darwin University today.Academics from...

CDU's Professor Michael Lawes contributed to research that identifies feral cats as a major cause of declining numbers of tropical mammals

Cats threaten native mammal survival in our tropical savannas

24-Jun-2013

Australia's tropical mammals are in trouble, with a quarter of species suffering serious decline since 1970, and the devastation evident in iconic areas such as Kakadu National...

From left: CDU Research Associate Dr Margarita Vargas and Associate Professor Krishnan Kannoorpatti

Local oil and gas industry to benefit from new testing facility

24-Jun-2013

A new testing facility will help Northern Territory-based industry involved in oil and gas to make crucial decisions about the integrity of materials used in fabrication.The $170,...

NACOG Deputy Director Dr Daria Surovtseva

$800,000 boost for engineering at CDU

20-Jun-2013

New equipment valued at $800,000 has further ensured that Charles Darwin University has one of the most comprehensive process engineering training facilities in Australia. The...

CDU shines among world’s top 100 young universities

20-Jun-2013

CDU shines among world’s top 100 young universitiesCharles Darwin University has again featured on a prestigious list of the world’s best universities that are less than 50 years...

Australians need to 'school up on environmental literacy'

19-Jun-2013

A Charles Darwin University academic has warned that Australia’s capacity to engage with the future rests with an urgent need to boost the nation’s ability to “read the...

CDU Bachelor of Humanitarian and Community Studies student Jessie Bonson

Humanitarian student helps introduce Indigenous children to school

19-Jun-2013

A Charles Darwin University student is making a difference to the lives of some of the youngest residents in a remote Northern Territory community.Choosing to do her 70-day...

Conservation and Land Management student Georgina Davies was part of the first CDU cohort to complete bushfire fighting training

CDU students train to fight bushfires

17-Jun-2013

A group of Certificate IV in Conservation and Land Management students from the greater Darwin region is the first Charles Darwin University cohort to participate in bushfire...

Dr Flossie Peitsch and her son Matthias’ art exhibition, “A Difficult Dinner Party”, will be held in the Nan Giese Gallery from 17 – 28 June

Internet-based art exhibition is food for thought

17-Jun-2013

An Internet-based art exhibition inviting the tabling of ideas around young people’s identity, education and belonging will open at Charles Darwin University today.Created by...

Australia’s Innovative Universities in Asia

14-Jun-2013

Australia’s Innovative Universities in Asia“Australia’s Innovative Universities in Asia”, released recently, shows how IRU members have led universities’ engagement with Asia...

UK film crew in NT to make documentary from ground-breaking research

14-Jun-2013

A British film crew is in Darwin to shoot footage for a documentary on the pioneering research of a Charles Darwin University academic that shocked the classical music world in...

Alice Springs campus boasts record number of graduates

12-Jun-2013

A record number of students have registered to participate in Charles Darwin University’s mid-year graduation ceremony in Alice Springs tomorrow.More than 100 graduands from the...

Research seeks to engage global environmental citizens

12-Jun-2013

A book delving into the social aspects surrounding the role of the world citizens in the future sustainability of the environment has been published by a group of Australian and...

University to honour top Alice Springs students

11-Jun-2013

Charles Darwin University’s most exceptional Central Australian students will receive awards at the annual prize-giving and scholarships ceremony at Alice Springs campus this week...

Delegates to explore frontiers of computer maths

04-Jun-2013

An international computer science conference at Charles Darwin University in August will examine how music, art and story-telling can be used to expand the frontiers of...

CDU Vice-Chancellor Professor Barney Glover at the new car charging station

NT’s first public car charging station opens at CDU

03-Jun-2013

The Northern Territory’s first public electric vehicle charging station was officially opened at Charles Darwin University’s Casuarina campus today.Powered by a system of 52 solar...

Warruwi women show capacity to adapt to climate change

31-May-2013

A report on a remote Arnhem Land community’s preferred adaptation strategies to climate change has been included in a portfolio that will be presented at Parliament House in...

Convert your thinking this World Tobacco Day

30-May-2013

Quit smoking and get fit will be the key message at Charles Darwin University’s Casuarina campus as it launches a pilot Quit Smoking Get Fit Program as part of World Tobacco Day...

Population research highlights revenue loss for NT

30-May-2013

The Northern Territory’s declining share of the national Indigenous population will cost the NT $120 million a year for the foreseeable future.The Demography and Growth Planning...

Peering into the space between cultures

29-May-2013

An exhibition tracing the journey of a Charles Darwin University PhD graduate, as she seeks to re-discover her Chinese heritage while recognising her identity as a Territorian,...

Program to pump up volume in Indigenous music industry

27-May-2013

Charles Darwin University will this week deliver training in Ltyentye Apurte (Santa Teresa) in Central Australia as part of a ground-breaking program to develop 16 music industry...

Cultural importance of the Daly River valued more than agriculture