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Chelsea Tyler pictured in the lab.

20 Aug 2026

Putting others first to find your path


Proud to be graduating with a PhD in a life-saving research area, this University of Otago graduand believes helping oth...

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20 Aug 2026

Take a bow, teaching and support staff


Talented, hard-working Te Kaupeka Whaiora – Ōtepoti, Faculty of Medicine – Dunedin teaching and support staff were recog...

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20 Aug 2026

Otago research improving life for Crohn’s disease sufferers


Research at the University of Otago I Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka looking at why some Crohn's disease sufferers don’t respond t...

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18 Aug 2026

Past learning creates a hopeful future


More than seven years after first enrolling, Paul Kane will graduate this weekend with a PhD and a deep sense of pride,...

a row of people standing in front of a concrete building but behind a newly made raised garden bed with a few plants in it

10 Aug 2026

New rokoā garden for teaching and learning


With the aim of creating a living space dedicated to teaching and learning about rokoā Māori, the Faculty of Health Prof...

Akaina Tuiono and a team mate are pictured at the latest Trans-Tasman Tournament in Australia.

01 Jul 2026

Community at the centre of Pharmacy student’s sporting success


New Zealand pétanque player and second-year Pharmacy student Akaina Tuiono credits her upbringing as both the reason beh...

Two women standing on a sunny field wearing sports clothing

22 Jun 2026

There’s scrum-thing special about Lara


When she’s not studying hard at the School of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, Lara Clough can be found racing around the rugb...

A woman from the waist up holding a badminton racket about to hit a shuttlecock

18 Jun 2026

Competition fierce but Otago sportswomen resolute


Plenty of determination was on display when the three School of Pharmacy and Pharmacology students representing Otago to...

The front of the physiotherapy building early in the morning

08 Jun 2026

New Trust a testament to physiotherapy’s past and future


The School of Physiotherapy has established the Billie McLeod Trust to support student vaccinations and rural clinical p...

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10 May 2026

Eighteen points to the finish line


For most people, a degree is a straight line – enrol, study, graduate. For Olivia Moreton, it was a long, looping road t...

A woman wearing scrubs working in a lab

06 May 2026

Working mum first graduate of scientist diploma


The first student of the Postgraduate Diploma of Medical Laboratory Science's bridging pathway will graduate this Saturd...

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09 Apr 2026

Physiotherapist turnover intention threatening patient care


Nearly 40 per cent of public-sector physiotherapists want to leave their current job, posing a substantial threat to wor...

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