Rockhampton is the beef capital of Australia, but could the city also be the fat capital? Central Queensland University’s Associate Professor Kerry Mummery will answer this question in a public lecture at CQU Rockhampton this month.

Rockhampton: Fit or Fat City? will be the first lecture in the Faculty of Arts, Health and Sciences’ Public Lecture Series which begins Wednesday May 14.

Adverse events during childbirth can trigger anxiety, posttraumatic stress disorder (PSD) and postnatal depression, according to an upcoming visiting scholar to Central Queensland University.

Dean of the Faculty of Nursing & Health at Griffith University, Professor Debra Creedy will visit Rockhampton this month to present a lecture on the “Emotional well-being of childbearing women: A review of the evidence”.

A week of work experience in the James Goldston Faculty of Engineering and Physical Systems in Rockhampton has helped year 10 student Christine Dunbavan make up her mind about a career in science.

The Glenmore State High School student said she’d had a great week in the Faculty and had enjoyed all the activities she’d been involved in.

More than a third of Australians are potentially lonely, according to a survey of Central Queenslanders by Central Queensland University.

The Annual Central Queensland Omnibus Survey (ACQOS) found that more than a third of Central Queenslanders are lonely.

Fairy tales do come true for Central Queensland Conservatorium of Music performance student Matt Fennell.

Despite constant teasing from his high school peers, Mackay’s own Billy Elliot has dreamt of being a choreographer since Year 11.

Mackay film buffs are set to be swept off their feet after viewing this month’s Central Queensland University Library Society film Serenades. Shot on location in South Australian’s outback, the film details the life of an emerald green-eyed girl who is conceived when her Afghan father wins her Aboriginal mother in a card game.

Eight years after being a sell-out local best seller, the last remaining books detailing the history of Mackay have resurfaced.

Sweet Settlement co-author Bern Howlett was overjoyed when Mackay City Council employee Jeanette Thompson found two boxes of the books while cleaning through office space.

Dr Richard Clegg has been appointed as Foundation Professor of Industrial Materials Science for the James Goldston Faculty of Engineering and Physical Systems’ Process Engineering and Light Metals (PELM) Centre, Gladstone Campus.

Dr Clegg received his Bachelor of Engineering (First Class Honours) from the University of Queensland in 1985 and PhD from the Cambridge University Engineering Department in 1993.

Rockhampton singer Jessica Boyd is one of only two non-metropolitan singers chosen for the National Youth Choir of Australia’s 2003/2004 season.

The season involves rehearsals and concerts in Brisbane from April 20-26 and a United States tour in December 2003 and January 2004.

Central Queenslanders involved in helping people from rural, regional and remote communities can benefit from a major conference called 'Coping in the 21st Century - Town and Country'.

Conference organiser Caroline Cuckson, from Lifeline Central Queensland, said the event was a unique opportunity to interact with speakers from the United Kingdom, Canada, the United States and Australia.