Nominations open for Otago Science Awards
Wednesday, 16 May 2018 10:24am
A call is being made to recognise Otago’s science heroes with nominations now open for the biennial Otago Daily Times Otago Science Awards – a joint initiative between the New Zealand International Science Festival and the ODT. Nominations can be made online via the New Zealand International Science Festival scifest.org.nz website and will close on Thursday 28 June at 5pm. Winners will be announced at the launch of the New Zealand International Science Festival on Friday 6 July.
Inaugural Harraway's Visiting Professorship awarded to Belgian researcher
Tuesday, 19 December 2017 4:16pm
The University of Otago is pleased to announce Belgian researcher Professor Marc Hendrickx will visit Otago from July to August 2018 as the inaugural Harraway’s 1867 Visiting Professorship recipient.
Marsden success for Sciences
Monday, 20 November 2017 9:59am
Division of Sciences researchers have gained over $7.2m for 12 world-class research projects as Principal Investigators and a further $6m as Assistant Investigators working in collaboration with researchers both across Otago and in external organisations.
Marsden Fund backs Otago’s research in best ever round
Friday, 3 November 2017 10:04am
University of Otago researchers have gained around $24m for 33 world-class research projects in the latest Marsden Fund annual round – the University’s most successful round ever.
2018 Zonta Science Award
Thursday, 21 September 2017 3:04pm
The Zonta Club of Wellington is calling for applications for the 2018 Zonta Science Award. Applications must be received by 5 February 2018.
Challenging the mental health struggle
Tuesday, 12 September 2017 10:10am
The inaugural Silverline Festival, being held next weekend on 15-16 September, is all about exposing students to ways of wellbeing. The festival will include speakers, all passionate about what they do, and excited to share their knowledge and experiences; one of these being Dr Damian Scarf, Senior Lecturer in Psychology who suffered from severe anxiety throughout undergraduate and into postgraduate study.
Chasing atoms, electrons and optics there and back again
Saturday, 19 August 2017 11:01am
Growing up in Dunedin, Professor Blaikie's academic career began at Otago in the late 1980s, leading to a doctorate from the University of Cambridge, and then onto an incredible position as a visiting researcher at the Hitachi Cambridge Laboratory. Deciding it was time to come home, he and his family moved back to New Zealand - firstly to Canterbury and finally back to Otago.
And the winner is... and the winner is
Wednesday, 16 August 2017 3:44pm
Hearing her name announced as winner of the Division of Sciences Supervisor of the Year award was gratifying enough, but then when Dr Tamlin Conner, a senior lecturer in the Department of Psychology heard it called again, this time for the ‘OUSA Supervisor of the Year’ award, she was stunned.
“Receiving these two awards mean the world to me,” said Dr Tamlin Conner. “I invest an incredible amount of time and effort into my students, and to receive this recognition gives me the motivation to keep up that investment,” she continued.
Sciences top communicators in Research Poster Competition
Thursday, 3 August 2017 11:27am
Sciences were the big winners of the 2017 Research Poster Competition
Food Science Department showcase our research at the 2017 NZIFST conference
Friday, 7 July 2017 11:11am
The New Zealand Institute of Food Science and Technology (NZIFST) holds an Annual conference where the food and beverage industry and research establishment members come together to share their knowledge and ideas, networking and forming potential collaborations for the future.
The 2017 NZIFST conference is a 3 day event being held this week in Nelson. Most of our Academic staff have attended with a number of Postgraduate students. The event is a mixture of seminars, workshops and presentations and is a highlight in the Food Science calendar.
Harraways boosts Food Science at Otago
Tuesday, 27 June 2017 8:57pm
Dunedin breakfast cereal manufacturer Harraway & Son Ltd formalised a significant donation to the University of Otago’s Department of Food Science on Friday, marking a milestone 150 years in the making.
Signing ceremony to formalise generous Harraways funding
Friday, 23 June 2017 9:14am
Dunedin breakfast cereal manufacturer Harraway & Sons Ltd has formalised its donation of $100,000 to the University of Otago's Department of Food Science to establish the Harraways 1867 Visiting Professorship at a signing ceremony today.
Celebrating 30 years of science outreach at Otago
Tuesday, 20 June 2017 2:12pm
An article just published in the New Zealand Science Review celebrates 30- years of science outreach at Otago. It presents the reader with an historical account of the development of community delivered outreach programmes by the University of Otago - and more specifically, those through the Division of Sciences and its contributing departments, schools and centres - a relationship that began in the 1970s. Although recognition for community service has been built into academic staff promotion processes for decades, it has only been available for non-academics since 2014 – which lends this article a point of difference given it has been co-authored by both academic and non-academic staff members.
