While efficient power and energy supply is critical to every nation's economy and social development, how we achieve this has been scrutinised the world over.

According to CQUniversity's Power Engineering Research Group leader Dr Aman Maung Than Oo, climate change and non-sustainable resources have forced nations to rethink how we power our world.

When visiting university student Kiranjit Kaur performs a traditional dance at the Indian Diwali festival next month, she will not only celebrate her cultural heritage but also her ties with Australia.

It will be the first time Kiranjit has danced at such an event, a sign of her new found confidence she attributes to her time in Australia.

Guests at this week's CQUniversity Sydney graduation ceremony witnessed a guest address by Amit Dasgupta, the Consul General of India, Sydney..

CQUniversity staff recently visited South Australia to help inform environmental health officers about various types of on-site wastewater treatment methods.

Staff including Ben Kele and Ted Gardner were involved in a Wisconsin Mound Training Day for the South Australian branch of Environmental Health Australia (EHA).

Indigenous high school students gathered at CQUniversity Rockhampton this week to discuss tertiary study options and to hear from people who have succeeded with the help of a university education.

Students from Rockhampton High, St Brendan's College and Toolooa High took part in the 'Badi Athu' event, where they heard from speakers including Darumbal elder Robert Mann, Daniel Yasso from CQ Indigenous Development and Malcolm Mann from the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority.

A scoping study by the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation (RIRDC) has found that food waste from restaurants and commercial kitchens could be used to grow fresh vegetables in both high density urban environments and remote rural areas with poor soil and low rainfall. The study has drawn on work by CQUniversity researchers.

Chinese researcher Lin Ma has been screening dozens of different tomato plants and grasses to find those which are hungry for chromium, a common soil contaminate which makes soils useless for growing foods. Chromium accumulates in soils explosed to herbicides, pesticides, fertilisers, sewage and even shiny chrome on car parts.

The CPA, a global organisation and one of the leading accounting membership bodies in Australia, partnered with CQUniversity Sydney campus to host an information session for students.

This was a fantastic opportunity for students to meet CPA representatives and guest speakers from the accounting and financial sectors.

CQUniversity staff and students raised almost $1000 to help the victims of the recent Japanese disasters.

The money was generated mostly from a lunchtime barbecue held on the Rockhampton campus, although contributions were also made from the University's other regional campuses.

Ten staff from CQUniversity Sydney recently attended the 2011 Gujarat NRE Australia India Business Council (AIBC) NSW Australia India Address. This year marks the 25^th anniversary of the AIBC.