Tuesday 21 December 2021
Originally planning to spend a couple of years in Dunedin, current MBA Director New Ventures Programme Richard Higham has had more than 40 years off and on involved with the University of Otago.
Thursday 16 December 2021
We had such an incredible response to our inaugural photo competition that it will now be an annual event. Here are our top photos.
Thursday 16 December 2021
Sailing since he was four, University of Otago alumnus Associate Professor David Austin is about to be honoured by Yachting New Zealand for many years of service to the sport he loves.
Thursday 16 December 2021
An inspirational group of young alumni have been recognised in this year’s 20Twenties Young Alumni Awards for their leadership and contribution to communities, workplaces and research.
Thursday 16 December 2021
Commerce alumnus Grant Bowie is funding a doctoral scholarship in the field of Artificial Intelligence as part of his philosophy of giving back to Otago, which laid the foundations of his career managing multinational corporations.
Thursday 16 December 2021
The John Clark Memorial Prize for postgraduate mathematics has been created to honour the contribution and memory of Associate Professor John Clark, who taught at Otago from 1970 until his retirement in 2013.
Thursday 16 December 2021
Networks and Events - Galleries from recent alumni events
Thursday 16 December 2021
Four Otago students with a passion for music have been selected for the inaugural SIX60 Scholarships. Read about the new partnership with the famous band and see the students’ reactions to hearing about their success.
Thursday 16 December 2021
Alumni in the news: Astrophysicist Tan Sri Professor Emeritus Dr Mazlan Othman receives prestigious honour. Emeritus Professor Alastair Goss honoured by University of Adelaide. Emma Gilmour first woman to drive for McLaren Racing.
Thursday 16 December 2021
Emerita Professor Dame Carolyn Burns CBE talks about the motivation behind her substantial gift supporting the establishment of a new Professorial Chair in Freshwater Sciences.
Thursday 16 December 2021
Every semester Otago academics, and visiting lecturers, share a wealth of information through their public lectures – we warmly invite you to access these online.
Thursday 16 December 2021
Youth lead; booking system and immunisation register adviser; vaccinator - Grace Davies (Ngāti Toa Rangatira, Ngāti Raukawa) and Vince Costa talk about their varied roles in Wellington’s COVID-19 response and their motivation to make a difference in their communities.
Thursday 16 December 2021
From the assembly room to client services; lab technicians to software development; research to marketing; Otago alumni can be found in every corner and corridor of digital microscopy business Techion.
Thursday 16 December 2021
Thank you for the fantastic response to our Alumni Dunedin sounds music poll! We had answers from alumni spanning decades of music, with many from the Dunedin Sound era of the 1980s.
Monday 6 December 2021
Science Communication master’s student Alice Neilson has thrown a little light on a number of diverse research projects during her internship this year.
Wednesday 1 December 2021
Regular chats with his brother-in-law Daniel McLachlin at family gatherings led Otago alumnus Mark Neal to take a punt and set up a gin distillery with Daniel in Canterbury.
Monday 29 November 2021
From community pharmacy to crime scene forensics, Dunedin author and University of Otago researcher Dr Vanda Symon’s career path contains quite a few unexpected plot twists.
Wednesday 24 November 2021
To help meet the growing demand for residential accommodation the University is building a new wing at the Aquinas College campus in Dalmore.
Wednesday 24 November 2021
Two of those working on the COVID-19 response for the Capital and Coast District Health Board (CCDHB) in Wellington are young Otago alumni.
Friday 19 November 2021
Stories from AUOA Scholarship recipients.
Monday 15 November 2021
Four University of Otago students will be living in harmony next year thanks to an exciting opportunity in partnership with one of the country’s most successful bands.
Monday 8 November 2021
A new Professorial Chair in Freshwater Sciences at the University of Otago is being established with the support of a substantial gift from Emerita Professor Dame Carolyn Burns CBE.
Thursday 4 November 2021
The high calibre of entries from the University of Otago has led to two School of Performing Arts students being awarded $10,000 FAME Emerging Practitioner Awards.
Wednesday 3 November 2021
Three Otago alumnae were part of a team that worked to make last month’s Wao Summit in Wanaka a success.
Tuesday 26 October 2021
An inspirational group of 20 young Otago alumni have been recognised in this year’s 20Twenties Young Alumni Awards.
Friday 22 October 2021
A life of music, service, hard work and family will be honoured at a special concert being held at Marama Hall on 1 December.
Thursday 7 October 2021
Property Services are using innovative technology solutions to improve energy use in some of the University’s key buildings. The need to make the most of our current building stock, while reducing our energy use, gave Otago alumna Kelly Li a chance to join the staff of her former university.
Monday 27 September 2021
Recent Otago Theology and Linguistics graduate Nicholas (Nick) List has been awarded a Harding Distinguished Postgraduate Scholarship to undertake his PhD in Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Cambridge.
Thursday 23 September 2021
Otago Images - From bud to bloom – photos of our much-loved magnolia tree in the Quad, as it emerges from winter greenery into promising buds, and finally full-blown flowers!
Thursday 23 September 2021
Helping KiwiRail work towards its sustainability goals is the key focus of recent Otago Energy Management graduate Malia Vehikite.
Thursday 23 September 2021
Galleries from recent alumni events including an event at the Grand Hall in Parliament with Hon Grant Robertson, an event in Greymouth with Robert Burns Fellow, Becky Manawatu, and events in Christchurch and Auckland.
Thursday 23 September 2021
Distinguished scholar and lifetime adventurer, Classics alumna Elizabeth Carvalho has left a generous Bequest to the Classics programme, to encourage and inspire students in their studies.
Thursday 23 September 2021
Iconic music group SIX60 have bought their old flat in Castle Street and partnered with the University, signing an agreement at the end of July at Te Korokoro o te Tūī, Otago's new Performing Arts centre, under which both SIX60 and the University will provide two $10,000-a-year scholarships each, for a total of four aspiring Performing Arts students to live at the flat.
Thursday 23 September 2021
@Otago 28 - The legacy of Otago alumnus Dr Edward Grant, who worked tirelessly for the communities of the North Island’s East Coast, lives on in a generation of young doctors in training.
Thursday 23 September 2021
Alumni in the news: Anna Campbell wins Young Enterprise Contributor of the Year award; Mary Devine takes over as CEO of Foodstuffs; Retiring GP Dr John Almond talks about 40 years in general practice in Te Puke; and Katrina Darry has been the All Blacks’ nutritionist since 2008.
Thursday 23 September 2021
The University of Otago’s staff and students continue to serve on the front lines of New Zealand’s COVID-19 response.
Thursday 23 September 2021
University of Otago PhD candidate and two Otago alumni have been awarded prestigious Fulbright Scholarships, including two annual Fulbright-Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga awards.
Thursday 23 September 2021
We catch up with talented young pianist Sara Lee who has just won a major international music competition. Sara, who was born in Korea, studied in Moscow and graduated from Otago last year with a Bachelor of Music endorsed in Performance.
Friday 17 September 2021
The latest Master of Entrepreneurship (MEntr) class recently handed in their final project to complete their programme studies. MEntr Course Director Associate Professor Conor O’Kane says he’s thrilled with the highly innovative projects that the students have completed.
Wednesday 15 September 2021
Dr Abigail Bland can be found in the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, looking at how the diabetes drug metformin can be repurposed for a subtype of lung cancer.
