Alumni news and events
05 Aug 2026
Time at Otago treasured
Q&A with Nicole Thomson, 2025 20Twenties Young Alumni Award recipient - What started as a filler subject has become a fa...
05 Aug 2026
Supporting Māori aspirations a key focus
Q&A with Maioha Watson (Waikato, Tūhoe, Ngāti Mutunga, Ngāti Manawa), 2025 20Twenties Young Alumni Award recipient - As ...
05 Aug 2026
Discovering the stories hiding in ancient bones
Q&A with Lachie Scarsbrook 2025 20Twenties Young Alumni Award winner - Recently making global headlines for his discover...
31 Jul 2026
Unique partnership anchors life-saving research
The power of human connection lies at the heart of the partnership between US-based non-profit No Stomach For Cancer and...
29 Jul 2026
DSO celebrates Otago’s 100 years of music with Beethoven’s Triple Concerto
The Dunedin Symphony Orchestra (DSO) will present a thoughtful gift to mark 100 years of Music at Otago – a performance ...
28 Jul 2026
150 years of teacher education
Opportunity. Resilience. Adaptability. Belonging. For retiring University of Otago College of Education Professor, Hugh...
24 Jul 2026
Ode to ‘everyday resilience’ scores award for Otago composer
Seeing their piece performed live at the “Olympics of contemporary music” has confirmed something for Otago alum Lucky P...
21 Jul 2026
Inaugural music award winner aiming high
Keep doing something until it no longer makes you cry may sound like an unusual piece of advice, but for up-and-coming o...
20 Jul 2026
CApSc Building renamed in honour of generous benefactor
The signs are up and it’s official.
20 Jul 2026
Celebrating change, and finding your niche, at Otago
The question “are you still practising medicine?”, engenders a wry smile and comment from Otago alumnus and semi-retired...
17 Jul 2026
Protests, politics and prizes – recollections from an OUSA President
Digital artist Helen Jamieson shares some of the good, the bad and the funny moments from her time as the 1991 Otago Uni...
16 Jul 2026
From Otago FIFA thesis to California FIFA job
The prospect of keeping a crowd of 70,000 excitable humans flowing safely during a much-hyped global tournament would br...