Contributed by internship student Helen Sarcich.

Environmental protection has recently been given a boost with the release of research findings that indicate effluent can be used to irrigate tree plantations with positive growth results.

CQU students can seek help meeting the costs of their Student Association fees and textbooks in 2005.

The University’s Equity and Diversity Office is again offering Equity Merit Scholarships for students continuing their studies.

Struggling university students got a helping hand from the Department of Main Roads this week when four computers were delivered to CQU Rockhampton for the University's Student Computer Loan Program.

On behalf of the Minister for Main Roads, Member for Rockhampton Hon Robert Schwarten presented four secondhand computers - two desktop and two laptops - to program organisers on Thursday, December 9.

Contributed by Alex Bright, Industry Liaison Officer, School of Health & Human Performance.

It’s official - Dual 2004 Olympic Gold Medallist Ryan Bayley will ride the 2005 Central Queensland University Rockhampton Cup on Wheels.

CQU Plant Sciences graduate Dr Poonam Bhatia plans to accept the offer of a prestigious fellowship to work at the University of Tokyo.

The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Postdoctoral (JSPSP) Fellowship will allow her to study fundamental genetic processes which enable plants to cope with the stress of high-salt and low-water conditions.

Gladstone’s budding writers have been meeting each Thursday morning at CQU Gladstone for a creative writing course, organised by CQU Foundation’s Fay Owens.

Local resident, Noel Wooton, a retired journalist and businessman, facilitated the course which aimed to help people discover their creative writing skills.

Two professors from Carleton College in Minnesota, USA, visited CQU’s Centre for Environmental Management and the Gladstone area last week. The visit was part of a Global Education Designs program that encourages overseas groups to come to Australia to undertake short periods of study.

Move over C-3PO, R2D2 and the Darleks, 'real' artificial intelligence is taking the 21st century by storm.

And this week researchers and practitioners from around the world have come together in Australia to share their knowledge in this ever-advancing area.

Central Queensland University’s Regional Centre of the Arts (RCotA) has funded new CD, DVD and writers workshop projects in 2005.

CQU academic Dr Philip Robertson will use his RCotA funding to retrace the steps of the documentary film maker who produced the 1966 film ‘Cape York Adventure’.

CQU is leading research into school and family influences on the health of adolescents via the CHASE project.

CHASE stands for 'Creating Healthy Adolescents and Secondary School Environments'.