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![Charles Darwin University (CDU) Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Scott Bowman has been appointed as the new Alliance Executive Chair for the Guangzhou International Sister-City Universities network.](/files/styles/mask_column_narrow_1x/public/2024-05/CDU%20Vice-Chancellor%20Scott%20Bowman%20.jpg?h=2deb9fcb&itok=idyhAiU4)
CDU outlines 22 policy requests for next NT Government
Charles Darwin University has outlined a series of education, infrastructure, economic, cultural and science policy requests for the next Northern Territory Government.
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IT protégés in spotlight at CodeFair
Some of the Northern Territory’s brightest young minds in the information technology field are set to be rewarded at the conclusion of the Charles Darwin University IT CodeFair tomorrow.
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CDU artist in Australia’s largest outdoor exhibition
Charles Darwin University PhD candidate Lee Harrop has had a work of art selected for the high-profile outdoor Sculpture by the Sea Bondi exhibition in Sydney next year.
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Native rice trials begin in a $1.4 million project
A research project seeking to commercialise native rice in Northern Australia, and support Indigenous enterprise, has received $1.4 million cash support and has commenced growing trials.
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CDU student crowned NT Young Australian of the Year
Charles Darwin University Bachelor of Nursing student Stuart McGrath is the 2021 NT Young Australian of the Year, in recognition for his passion for improving health outcomes in his local community.
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CDU joins nation to celebrate NAIDOC Week
Charles Darwin University will join the national celebration of NAIDOC Week with a series of events including the launch of a strategy that acknowledges the contributions of Indigenous peoples to education and addresses gaps that continue between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples.
![Economics Lecturer Dr Maneka Jayasinghe](/files/styles/mask_column_narrow_1x/public/2020-11/Dr%20Maneka%20Jayasinghe%208%201500.jpg?h=06ac0d8c&itok=xCSx3FN_)
New study buys into money-happiness dichotomy
New research exploring the relationship between money and happiness has found that “financial resilience” plays a significant role in enhancing life satisfaction among Indigenous Australians.
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PhD graduate sets up forest garden for sustainable future
A Charles Darwin University PhD graduate has used her knowledge of traditional Sri Lankan agriculture practices to create an innovative forest garden - combining native plants with waste and sustainability principles to produce organic fruit, vegetables and herbs.
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Demographers to highlight Alice's unique character
A team of expert demographers from Charles Darwin University’s Northern Institute will present insights from recent population research and what it means for Central Australia in a seminar at Alice Springs campus on Monday.
![Historian and PhD student Aleksandra Glabinska Kelly will deliver “Away with the ossified scholastic classes” at the history Colloquium this Saturday.](/files/styles/mask_column_narrow_1x/public/2020-10/PhD%20candidate%20Aleksandra%20Glabinska%20Kelly%202%201500.jpg?h=1c423353&itok=CHe9npYp)
Scholar to unpack philosophical battle at Colloquium
A Charles Darwin University student will speak of a philosophical battle for the hearts and minds of a nation during the Golden Age of Polish culture at the Annual History Colloquium.
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