CQUniversity graduate Aaron Fraser has won 2 industry awards* since completing a Graduate Diploma of Railway Signalling and Telecommunications last year.

His diploma was completed as part of the Graduate Development Program run by his employer, Ansaldo STS.

Research by CQUniversity doctoral student Kartik Venkatraman is helping convince urban planners to dump the old practice of capping city landfills with clay, in favour of soil and trees.

Kartik has been doing the important technical monitoring and site comparisons to prove that phytocapping (where phyto means trees) is a better option and he expects the trend to be picked up throughout Queensland and Australia.

Congratulations to office groups and individuals who took part in a Christmas decoration competition recently.

Judges have chosen the following entries for praise .

CQUniversity would like to advise that Dr Pierre Viljoen recently accepted the position of  Pro Vice-Chancellor (Community and Engagement) and Head of Campus Mackay, and will be moving to Mackay with his family in the next couple of weeks.

Pierre, at Gladstone since 2006, has been a driving force behind community initiatives to foster and facilitate education pathways.

Many of us are loading spyware on our computers, usually by accident, and CQUniversity researcher Ken Howah is keen to find out why.

The Rockhampton-based academic is hoping to find out the precise factors that motivate people to download and install software that may potentially contain spyware.

More than 50 people turned out on a Thursday night in Rockhampton (Dec 10) for a presentation about solutions and interventions available in relation to highly disruptive youth.

The talk by CQUniversity's Chair in Clinical Psychology, Professor Kevin Ronan was presented at the Criterion Hotel as part of the Research Unplugged series, hosted by the Institute for Health and Social Science Research.

St Luke's Anglican School and CQUniversity this week (Dec 10) signed an MOU to fast-track youth study options.

For the past year, Senior School students at St Luke's Anglican School in Bundaberg have been undertaking university studies through CQUniversity as part of the SUN (Start Uni Now) program.

With a number of regional awards under her tool belt already, it was another great career step for 22-year-old Karen Reynolds when she was announced as the Construction Female of the Year for Construction Skills Queensland recently..

Secondary school principals from the Gladstone region this week joined with representatives from Central Queensland Institute of TAFE (CQIT) and CQUniversity in signing a memorandum of understanding to provide supported pathways into engineering for students in Gladstone.

Gladstone Region Engineering Careers (GReEn Careers) in partnership with Gladstone Secondary Schools, CQIT and CQUniversity has been able to facilitate a range of experiences for year 11 and 12 students to provide supported and alternative pathways into engineering careers.