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08 May 2025
Otago ‘laid the foundation’ for outstanding career
An internationally-renowned cardiac neurobiologist who spent his formative years in Dunedin will be recognised with one...
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08 May 2025
Working group report accepted
The University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka Council has accepted the recommendations of the Working Group on Institut...
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08 May 2025
Global study charts growing health burden of IBD
A groundbreaking international study, with involvement from the University of Otago, Christchurch, has identified four d...
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08 May 2025
‘Tobacco Transparency Bill’ will increase transparency, improve policy making – researchers
Tobacco control researchers at the University of Otago, Wellington – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka, Pōneke strongly support the ‘...
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06 May 2025
Prime Minister’s prizes awarded to two Otago academics
Work on managing anxiety and managing viruses has resulted in two Otago academics receiving Prime Minister’s Science Pri...
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01 May 2025
Study insights may save kākāpō from ‘crusty bum’
Relief may be in sight for kākāpō affected by an extremely painful disease, thanks to a University of Otago – Ōtākou Wha...
Undergraduate news (Te Aka Tauira)
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13 May 2025
All on board for Lifeship launch
In a future where humanity is on the brink of extinction, you and your crew are on one of the last colony ships to leave...
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12 May 2025
Arts and science both in the DNA
Graduate Finlay Anderson is used to people commenting on his “unusual” choice of majors, but to him the combination make...
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09 May 2025
Laws and Arts graduate leading with a Pacific heart
For Josephine Ripley, completing a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Arts in Pacific Islands Studies was a journey of b...
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08 May 2025
OMS 150th Q&A – tauira stories from Christchurch
As part of celebrations for the Otago Medical School’s 150th anniversary, some of our talented tauira across Aotearoa Ne...
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29 Apr 2025
Community and connection offered during Ramadan
Unity, generosity and a deep sense of connection are what stand out for tauira Iqbal Mohammad when he reflects on the pa...
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28 Apr 2025
Otago student part of the action in ‘Choir Games’ doco
When you join a small rural choir in Kaitāia the last thing you expect is to end up in a documentary by an award-winning...
Postgraduate news (Te Pānui Taura)
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13 May 2025
Prestigious Oxford scholarship for Otago neuroscience graduate
Joseph Balfe has been awarded the prestigious Clarendon Scholarship to undertake his PhD in Psychiatry at the University...
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12 May 2025
Family inspiration for Masters graduate
Iunisi Finau credits constant family support as the driving force which saw her graduate with a Masters of Indigenous St...
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10 May 2025
Otago’s first Ethiopian Aviation Medicine PhD takes flight
After facing the realities of war and then being separated from his wife and young children, Dr Solomon Gurmu Beka gradu...
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09 May 2025
Graduand fighting superbugs in the Pacific
Saki Baleivanualala didn’t just come to the University of Otago to study, he came here to learn, grow and give back.
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08 May 2025
From India to Aotearoa: graduand cultivates a future in food
It’s all in the timing, and for international student Chris Thomas that timing couldn’t have been better.
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30 Apr 2025
Otago wins Orthodontic Quiz Challenge
A team of postgraduate orthodontic students from the University of Otago beat five Australian universities to win this y...
Bulletin Board and staff news
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13 May 2025
Hands-On at Otago brings big benefits
Recent feedback shows Otago’s annual, week-long immersive programme for senior secondary students does have a big impact...
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13 May 2025
Prestigious Oxford scholarship for Otago neuroscience graduate
Joseph Balfe has been awarded the prestigious Clarendon Scholarship to undertake his PhD in Psychiatry at the University...
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13 May 2025
Otago commits to supporting academics displaced by conflict
The University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka has taken concrete steps towards supporting academics displaced by confli...
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10 May 2025
Otago’s first Ethiopian Aviation Medicine PhD takes flight
After facing the realities of war and then being separated from his wife and young children, Dr Solomon Gurmu Beka gradu...
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09 May 2025
Graduand fighting superbugs in the Pacific
Saki Baleivanualala didn’t just come to the University of Otago to study, he came here to learn, grow and give back.
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08 May 2025
Otago ‘laid the foundation’ for outstanding career
An internationally-renowned cardiac neurobiologist who spent his formative years in Dunedin will be recognised with one...
Alumni news
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13 May 2025
Prestigious Oxford scholarship for Otago neuroscience graduate
Joseph Balfe has been awarded the prestigious Clarendon Scholarship to undertake his PhD in Psychiatry at the University...
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13 May 2025
Take a time-lapse tour of Wai-Ora, our new Christchurch building
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08 May 2025
Otago ‘laid the foundation’ for outstanding career
An internationally-renowned cardiac neurobiologist who spent his formative years in Dunedin will be recognised with one...
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05 May 2025
Q&A with 2024 Otago students’ association President Keegan Wells
Keegan talks about some of the highlights and challenges of her time on the Otago University Students’ Association (OUSA...
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02 May 2025
Vice-Chancellor reflects on time as OUSA President
In this Q&A, University of Otago Vice-Chancellor Grant Robertson talks about his time as President of the Otago Universi...
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17 Apr 2025
Otago Humanities graduate finding meaning in walking ancient routes
Jennifer Andrewes is an Otago alumna who has undertaken three pilgrimages since receiving a diagnosis of early-onset Par...