Professor Peter Saenger, pictured, has retired from Southern Cross University, content in knowing that he is leaving while he is still at the top of his field as a renowned world expert on mangrove research and coastal management.
His career has spanned more than three decades, at the university, in private practice as an environmental consultant, and […]
ANZ and Southern Cross University have joined forces to provide increased opportunities for Indigenous students through a new $15,000 scholarship.
The ANZ Indigenous Undergraduate Scholarship was launched this week by Professor Bill MacGillivray, Southern Cross University Deputy Vice-Chancellor, as part of the NAIDOC Week celebrations at the Lismore campus.
The launch was followed by an address by […]
Southern Cross University has welcomed the announcement of a $4 million Federal Government grant to establish a National Institute for Complementary Medicine.
The Institute, announced today (June 15), will link together the country’s major natural and complementary medicine research centres, including Southern Cross University, providing a co-ordinated approach to research.
Professor Stephen Myers, who heads the University’s […]
Cracking encryption codes, rounding up model sheep and constructing a catapult will be among the challenges facing around 240 high school students at the inaugural Northern Rivers Science and Engineering Challenge at Southern Cross University’s Lismore campus tomorrow (Thursday, May 24).
The Challenge is being organised by Southern Cross University’s School of Environmental Science and Management […]
A new project by a Southern Cross University researcher to re-seed damaged coral reefs in the Maldives has important implications for the recovery of coral reefs around the world.
One of Australia’s leading coral experts, Associate Professor Peter Harrison, who is the director of the University’s Coral Reef Research Centre in the School of Environmental Science […]
From Ballina to Byron and Lismore to Tweed, primary school children, parents, teachers and councils are talking about walking as they get ready for what is expected to be the biggest Walk Safely to School Day ever, on Friday, 4 May.
Supporting the initiative is the local fitness instructor and founder of ‘Yummy Mummy Fitness’ in […]
It seems ironic that internet technology should be used to spread the following message, but what better way to get the word out. It was supplied to Ballina Info by Jenni Cargill-Strong …
The ancient art of oral storytelling has been enjoying a revival around the world in the last few decades.
Just as the Slow Food […]
Coral reefs, wildlife, environmental education and climate change will be among the issues highlighted in a new public seminar series being launched this week by Southern Cross University’s School of Environmental Science and Management.
The series will kick off on Tuesday, March 27, with a seminar at the Lismore campus outlining the capabilities of a new […]
Visiting North American Indigenous scholar Stephen Neyooxet Greymorning, pictured, has come to Australia to share an astonishing language technique.
Professor Greymorning has developed a way of teaching languages, called Accelerated Second Language Acquisition, so that a total novice can be speaking and understanding a foreign language with conversational ease after as little as 18 hours tuition.
SCU […]
Climate change researchers at Southern Cross University are calling on residents in the Tweed and Richmond river catchments to contribute to a comprehensive rainfall study.
Associate Professor Graham Jones, a lecturer in the School of Environmental Science and Management and director of the University’s Centre for Climate Change Studies, is supervising a student project which will […]
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