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10 Dec 2025

Otago announces 32 new professors


Twenty-six University of Otago - Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka academics are being promoted to the position of Professor, with a...

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08 Dec 2025

Graduation and directorial debut make for a December Wonderland


Graduation won’t be the only stage close friends Penelope Hare and Tobias Devereux share this December.

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26 Nov 2025

A meeting of bright young minds


This is what you might call a very high-powered lunch.

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20 Nov 2025

Interpreting the world through statistics


If there’s one thing that’s certain in a digital world, it’s that we are surrounded by ever-increasing amounts of data.

Sky Mills and Tom Dyer

18 Nov 2025

Inaugural scholarship recipients full of pride


Two Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka tauira have made history as the inaugural recipients of a new scholarship that celebrates excel...

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05 Nov 2025

Otago research in outer space


A mission to search for the origin-of-life on Titan, Saturn's largest moon, will be aided by University of Otago – Ōtāko...

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07 Oct 2025

Early Career Award recipients making an impact


The recipients of the 2025 University of Otago Early Career Awards are already having a positive impact on society and t...

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11 Sep 2025

Otago celebrates research excellence


The creativity, dedication and impact of University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka researchers have been recognised in...

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28 Aug 2025

Sophia Crestani scholarship student making national waves in maths


There was only ever one subject for second-year mathematics student Emma Kinney, who is the 2025 recipient of the Sophia...

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19 Aug 2024

Waves of success


Graduating with a PhD in mathematics and statistics on Saturday was the trifecta for Dr Ben Wilks

Michael Berry

07 Aug 2024

Otago to welcome international light physicist as Prestige Visitor


Internationally recognised theoretical physicist Sir Michael Berry will visit the University of Otago this month and pre...

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18 Oct 2022

Promotion to Professor for statistical genomics specialist


Congratulations to our own Michael Black who this year was promoted to Professor on the back of a stellar academic caree...

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