Otago Connection

Varied path leads to three degrees
A wide range of opportunities are available to Otago University students…

Cinderella fairytale for debaters
The doors keep opening for Otago University Debating Society members, after they took the world by storm earlier this year, finishing in the top four at the World Universities Debating…

Emerging from the dragons’ den with dreams of ecopreneurship 
Just like the reality television programme featuring entrepreneurs pitching their business ideas in order to secure investment finance, Mahoney Turnbull has recently had her time in the…

Otago student wins inaugural economics prize
Economics student Anna Robinson has an added incentive to complete her honours studies this year after becoming the inaugural recipient of a special prize established in honour of former New Zealand economist Sir Frank Holmes…

Summer research projects help both the students and the public
University of Otago, Christchurch summer students worked on projects that helped cut waiting times at a 24-hour-clinic, and provided the first summary of rates of Crohn’s disease in Nelson…

Christchurch campus celebrates 40 years
Talk of earthquakes was inevitable as the Christchurch campus capped off its 40th Anniversary celebrations exactly two years after the devastating February 22 quake…

Students quick to find Marsh Study Centre
Students, particularly those studying for summer school exams, were quick to locate the quiet, sun-lit and comfortable spaces of the recently opened Marsh Study Centre…