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Charles Darwin University (CDU) researchers are calling out for over 500 citizen scientists living in the northern part of the Territory and Western Australia to collect water samples from their bores using sampling kits in a bid to increase water security. 

Groundwater is stored beneath the Earth’s surface and is often seen as out of sight and out of mind, but it is an important permanent source of water in otherwise dry landscapes.  

Charles Darwin University (CDU) undergraduate law student Michelle Burchill has been awarded the 2022 John Koowarta Law Scholarship.
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The innovative efforts to switch on renewable energy at remote Northern Territory communities was discussed at a short film screening and panel discussion held at Charles Darwin University (CDU) this month. 

CDU, alongside First Nations organisations Original Power, Ngardara Collective, and First Nations storytelling agency GARUWA screened Power to Country on Wednesday, a short film highlighting the energy issues facing many Northern Territory homeland residents.

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A scholar with decades of academic and industry research experience has been appointed Charles Darwin University’s (CDU) new Dean of Graduate Studies.

Professor Steven Greenland joined CDU in 2017 as a Professor in Marketing, serving in various roles including as the Associate Dean of Research in the Faculty of Arts and Society, supporting more than 100 research staff and 160 Higher Degree by Research (HDR) students. 

Twelve students from Charles Darwin University (CDU) have each been awarded a Commonwealth Teaching Scholarship, in a bid to encourage more people to become teachers. 

The students are either undergraduate and postgraduate students who are in their first year of their studies and are based in Darwin, in remote locations across the NT or interstate. 

These students are part of the almost 1,000 teaching students across the country who received scholarships.

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A Charles Darwin University (CDU) researcher and globally recognised ecologist has been awarded a prestigious medal for his contributions to ecological science. 

Alan Andersen, who is a Professor of Terrestrial Invertebrates at CDU’s Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods, was recognised with the 2024 Ecological Society of Australia (ESA) Gold Medal.

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