National Security School 2023
Wednesday, 8 February 2023
Rethinking New Zealand's National Security.
News and events from the Otago Arts Fellows
SGCNZ University of Otago Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival
Thursday, 5 January 2023 11:32am
Cinderella, Britain’s Got Talent, TV drama Cilla, Doc Martin - chances are one of the actors or singers you’ve heard on film, TV or stage has been trained by Otago alumna and voice coach to the stars, Anne-Marie Speed.
Tuesday, 20 December 2022 4:03pm
Siblings Eilish and Heath Lie-Olesen celebrated together on Wednesday, 14 December as both graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology.
Monday, 19 December 2022 12:37pm
Dr Susan Wardell (Social Anthropology) has been researching moral and social aspects of the digital world and suggests that the internet is a far more human space than we might realise.
Friday, 16 December 2022 10:10am
Thirty-nine University of Otago academics are being promoted to the position of professor this year.
Thursday, 15 December 2022 10:28am
Plans to discharge tonnes of radioactive wastewater into the Pacific Ocean for around thirty years have been condemned in a statement issued today by a Pacific-wide alliance.
Thursday, 15 December 2022 2:35pm
Children often follow in their parents’ footsteps, but one mother and daughter duo will be walking side by side this weekend.
Thursday, 15 December 2022 2:10pm
From editor of Critic to co-founder of subscription publishing start-up Substack, Otago English graduate Hamish McKenzie talks about his time at the University and the writing career that took him to San Francisco, leading to the creation of Substack in 2017.
Tuesday, 13 December 2022 2:51pm
A new Law Dean’s Innovation Fund, set to support and improve student experience, will be launched at the 150th anniversary of Otago’s Faculty of Law next year.
Monday, 12 December 2022 10:00am
A new Law Dean’s Innovation Fund, set to support and improve student experience, will be launched at the 150th anniversary of Otago’s Faculty of Law next year.
Tuesday, 6 December 2022 8:51am
The Māori Land Court of New Zealand has and continues to play a unique role within the justice system.
Friday, 2 December 2022 9:08am
The School of Geography, Te Iho Whēnua was established in 1946.
Thursday, 1 December 2022 2:10pm
Internationally recognised neuroscientist Professor Cliff Abraham has been awarded the 2022 Marsden Medal.
Tuesday, 29 November 2022 2:32pm
Otago has signed an articulation agreement with the University of Wuhan, in Hubei Province China, for English and Linguistics.
Friday, 25 November 2022 10:50am
The Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning at Tufts University in Boston spoke on the topic of: Just Sustainabilities in Policy, Planning and Practice.
Friday, 25 November 2022 2:50pm
Dr Tessa Romano, Pūkenga, Te Kāhui Tau/Lecturer of Voice, School of Performing Arts, is the winner of the Division of Humanities Teaching Award for 2022.
Wednesday, 23 November 2022 10:30am
Two researchers from the Division of Humanities with a focus on the rights of young people have been awarded prestigious Royal Society Te Apārangi Early Career Research Excellence Awards.
Monday, 21 November 2022 9:59am
When Dr Alisa Boucsein advocates for better access to “life-changing technology” for diabetes patients, she really knows what she’s talking about.
Monday, 21 November 2022 10:01am
World authority on sleep and depression research, psychiatric neurobiologist Professor Anna Wirz-Justice has been awarded the prestigious Daylight Research Award 2022.
Thursday, 17 November 2022 11:11am
The University of Otago’s Dunedin Study – touted as the world’s most successful longitudinal study of a general community – has been awarded this year’s prestigious Royal Society of New Zealand Rutherford Medal.
Tuesday, 15 November 2022 11:07am
Coherent online legal information and tools, paired with access to one-to-one services are needed to help alleviate the negative impacts of unresolved legal problems on people’s lives, a new University of Otago report argues.
Friday, 11 November 2022 10:50am
Associate Professor Vakaoti will chair a panel of prominent speakers at an upcoming conference on the importance of decolonising global health.
Tuesday, 8 November 2022 11:30am
As war and climate change bring nuclear issues back to the forefront of global conversations, a group of activists, artists and researchers are set to discuss how to achieve a nuclear-free future at a conference this month.
Thursday, 3 November 2022 11:52am
Twenty-four Otago academics were today announced as successful in their bid for a 2022 Marsden grant, worth a total of about $19.8 million.
Friday, 28 October 2022 9:43am
Twenty-five years after graduating from Otago esteemed Pacific judge Michael Mika returned to the University to inspire a new generation of law students.
Wednesday, 26 October 2022 9:53am
Associate Professor Patrick Vakaoti has been awarded a national Te Whatu Kairangi – Aotearoa Tertiary Educator Award 2022, with an endorsement in Enhancing Pacific Learners’ Success.
Wednesday, 26 October 2022 8:43am
A member of the Young Nats and a member of Young Labour walk into a bar.
Wednesday, 26 October 2022 1:01pm
Associate Professor Patrick Vakaoti has been awarded a national Te Whatu Kairangi – Aotearoa Tertiary Educator Award 2022, with an endorsement in Enhancing Pacific Learners’ Success.
Tuesday, 25 October 2022 4:09pm
A member of the Young Nats and a member of Young Labour walk into a bar.
Tuesday, 25 October 2022 11:50am
A passion for music icon David Bowie has brought Otago alumna and professional drummer Rachel Trainor back to Dunedin after more than a decade.
Thursday, 13 October 2022 3:21pm
Two of the winners of Writer 2022, the University of Otago’s annual creative writing competition, set their entries in the supermarket – but their interpretations of the theme “Brave New World” couldn’t be more different.
Wednesday, 5 October 2022 8:39am
Keeping opera relevant in today’s world is one of the main goals of an Otago music student recently named one of the best in her field.
Wednesday, 5 October 2022 8:38am
Most people are aware of the indie rock style of music called the Dunedin Sound, but it seems there could be another category of music the city is renowned for – classical singing.
Tuesday, 4 October 2022 1:16pm
The most traditional event in the University of Otago English and Linguistics annual calendar will take a somewhat less traditional approach this year.
Wednesday, 8 February 2023
Rethinking New Zealand's National Security.
Thursday, 13 April 2023
A major conference, reunion and gala dinner will be held in 2023 to celebrate 150 years of Law teaching at the University of Otago.
Thursday, 13 April 2023
Te Roopū Whai Pūtake 30th Anniversary Reunion 13–14 April 2023, University of Otago – Nau mai, hoki mai