A First Nations student who learnt local knowledge from his grandmother is now sharing it as a tour guide.
William (Will) Palmer is a proud Arrernte man from Mparntwe Alice Springs. Will has always been passionate about learning and understanding his culture having grown up on his homelands 100 kms west from Alice Springs.
Year 11 students from schools across the Northern Territory were recently welcomed to CDU for the highly anticipated Year 11 Science Excellence Experience.
The program, designed to nurture an interest in science and technology and ignite imaginations, offers these young scientists a unique opportunity to delve into scientific research and exploration.
CDU researchers and experts are welcomed to take centre stage and share their knowledge with a spark of humour at the first Science Comedy Program in Darwin.
The program is led by Future Science Talks and supported by Inspired NT, and blends comedy with science, helping participants enhance their public speaking skills, storytelling techniques, and stage presence.
The anglicisation of family names in Greek migrants, understanding interactions between Greeks and Indigenous Australians, using AI to teach Modern Greek, and more was discussed at an international conference held in Darwin.
The 4th International Conference on the Hellenic Diaspora began in-person and online on May 31 at Charles Darwin University’s (CDU) Casuarina campus.
The conference, which first began in 2017, is an interdisciplinary collaboration between CDU, the University of the Aegean, and the University of Macedonia in Greece.
Charles Darwin University (CDU)’s student-led Music Society (Muso) is now offering new lessons in guitar and piano.
Starting in May, Muso have offered beginner lessons once a week in the evenings to small classes, teaching basic chords and popular songs to budding musicians.
The initiative aims to foster musical talent within the university community and provide students with the opportunity to learn and refine their skills.
Charles Darwin University’s (CDU) Trades Training Centre is taking shape, with structural steel and a roof recently being installed.
Local Territory Company Aspire Design and Construction are undertaking the build, with progress now halfway and the opening estimated to be towards the end of 2024.
Victim-blaming, denial and reversal are among the tactics used by terrorists to justify their violent actions and influence audience perceptions of harm and agency, according to a new CDU study examining the language of some of the world’s most notorious individuals.
The study by CDU Linguistics Lecturer and Forensic Linguistics expert Dr Awni Etaywe analysed rhetoric used in texts by Osama Bin Laden, former Boko Haram leader Abubaker Shekau, and Christchurch Mosque gunman Brenton Tarrant.
New research conducted at CDU is among the first to consider the role of ‘content creators’ within the modern pornography landscape.
The study from CDU’s Faculty of Health, recently published in Addictive Behaviours Reports, examined the relationship between people’s experience of loneliness, emotion regulation difficulties, and problematic pornography use (PPU).
