New university students from rural areas will find comfort from a Rotary Club program which aims to create a “home away from home” atmosphere.

Rotary Club of Rockhampton Youth Director Carol Gorton said this 2007 pilot program hoped to help homesick students from rural areas adjust to their new home and lifestyle.

The Faculty of Arts, Humanities & Education will be telling its story during the 2007 Learning & Teaching Showcase, from 2.45pm on Thursday, February 22.

The International Program for Psycho-Social Health Research (IPP-SHR), based at CQU, is collaborating with the Austral-Asian Journal of Cancer (AJC) and is pleased to offer readers free online subscription to this leading academic journal.

The AJC is the first international cancer journal to be published in Australasia.

Rail noise pollution can now be accurately monitored and analysed for a fraction of the cost as a result of new research by Rail CRC, resulting in Australia leading the world in noise monitoring.

Rail CRC is headquartered at CQU Rockhampton.

RAIL Cooperative Research Centre (CRC), headquartered at Central Queensland University, has transformed modern rail-track design following cutting-edge research into ballast and track degradation, which has the potential to save millions of dollars and improve safety for the rail industry.

The research project was led by University of Wollongong’s (UoW) Professor of Civil Engineering Buddhima Indraratna, and managed by RailCorp Senior Geotechnical Advisor David Christie.

Australia's recreational walkers can now have their million-steps milestones recognised via the popular 10,000 Steps website.

The free website, which already has more than 30,000 members, has a variety of different features and challenges to keep individuals motivated.

CQU researcher Dr Matthew Rockloff has been granted $148,829 to investigate the impact of an audience and venue-size on poker machine gambling.

The grant from the Victorian Department of Justice will enable Dr Rockloff to research how groups of players influence individual gambling behaviour (the social facilitation effect).

CQU Emerald is sponsoring a quest entrant for the annual Sunflower Festival, which is held at Easter.

Sarah Dennis (pictured) is a second-year Bachelor of Learning Management student at Emerald and is raising money for the Central Highlands Science Centre.

CQU journalism lecturer Helen Ester's research features in The Bulletin magazine's current feature on how 'the Canberra press gallery is being squeezed by media-savvy politicians'.

The Bulletin edition, out this week, has a large front-page pointer to an edited extract from Ms Ester's chapter from a new book, 'Silencing Dissent: how the Australian government is controlling public opinion and stiflying debate'.

Central Queensland University has recognised 12 of its best teachers in its annual teaching awards.

Among the recipients of the Vice-Chancellors Excellence in Teaching Awards were:.