Our coastal fringing reefs may be close but they are often forgotten.  That's all about to change thanks to funding provided by the Burnett Mary Regional Group which recently allocated $220,000 to allow Central Queensland University's Centre for Environmental Management to map the reefs and co-existing habitats.

Recycled clothing and clothing hand-painted with images of Australian flora and fauna will feature during the Gupullah Arts Fashion Parade.

Gupullah Arts, based in Eidsvold, is a project of CQ Indigenous Development Ltd, a not-for-profit organisationn which helps Indigenous people find employment and develops Indigenous enterprise in the CQ region.

Professor Robert Reed has travelled from England to join CQU and he says our region's diverse water environments were a selling point for the move.

The newly appointed Professor of Biomedical Sciences made a brief visit to CQU Rockhampton in April to meet key staff members and he will return full-time in from next week (July 23).

Central Queensland University's Rockhampton Campus is playing host to 170 students this week as part of The Cathedral College Year 10s Careers Week.

Year 10 students from The Cathedral College are touring the Rockhampton campus on Tuesday and Friday mornings, visiting the different faculties and facilities.

Central Queensland regional communities could develop their advanced computing credentials. That is thanks to a visit to Rockhampton this week (July 18-19) by Queensland Cyber Infrastructure Foundation (QCIF) CEO Professor Bernard Pailthorpe.

Whether it was wearable or edible, it was all red at CQU Sydney International Campus in a bid to raise funds and awareness towards Red Nose Day recently.

This initiative is the major fundraiser for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) that has been in action since 1988.

A new textbook on 'data mining' by academics from the School of Computing Sciences has been adopted by several Australian universities soon after its publication.

Just as traditional miners sieve for gold, data miners can draw treasured information from large datasets.

Students at CQU Bundaberg can look forward to not only a rewarding student experience, but excellent career prospects on graduating, according to recent national reports.

CQU Bundaberg students enjoy a high level of personal support from the moment they apply to the day they graduate.

Long-time advocate for the Multicultural Fair and ex- ABC radio announcer David Anderson will compere the official proceedings and main stage entertainment at this year's CQU Multicultural Fair and Open Day.

Mr Anderson has been associated with the Multicultural Fair since CQU began coordinating the event 15 years ago.

Bringing a taste of Australia and its origins to the CQU Multicultural Fair and Open Day, The Bushmill Band will entertain audiences with its Australian bush ballads, bush dancing, Irish music and rock ‘n' roll.

With their guitars, fiddles, whistles, bodrahn, banjolin, tambourine, lagerphone and drugs the band provides an unmistakable sound.