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16 Feb 2024

The right thing to do


If there’s a way Jeff Burrow can use his time to give back to the community, res...

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09 Feb 2024

Inaugural Deputy-Vice Chancellor Māori appointed at Otago


Distinguished Māori legal scholar Professor Jacinta Ruru (Raukawa, Ngāti Ranginu...

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08 Feb 2024

“Check Your Boobs” says Surveying academic


In early 2022, Emily Tidey found a lump on her breast. Following a mastectomy an...

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02 Feb 2024

The case for cannabidiol inhalers


Professor Shyamal Das has secured funding to investigate how cannabidiol can be...

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02 Feb 2024

Te Tumu pōhiri Te Ao o Rongomaraeroa: Otago’s new alliance


Te Ao o Rongomaraeroa |National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies (TAOR) has...

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01 Feb 2024

Writing, producing and performing her story


It has been said ‘good things take time’ and that’s something playwright Chelsea...

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01 Feb 2024

Treasure or Trash? Investigating materials and sustainability


A Summer School paper is practising what it teaches – and with a roll seven time...

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30 Jan 2024

Another pathway for students


Secondary school students who missed out on University Entrance do not have to m...

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30 Jan 2024

Bringing Seijin-shiki to Ōtepoti


Each January thousands of young Japanese people return to their hometown to cele...

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26 Jan 2024

A Pacific study about the space that relates


A recent Samoan and Niuean Psychology graduate proves he’s one to watch after de...

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24 Jan 2024

Zoology Academic joins International Science Council


Evolutionary biologist distinguished Professor Hamish Spencer has received inter...

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24 Jan 2024

Making medicines and other pharmaceutical mysteries


In honour of this year’s International Day of Education (24 January), Dr Susan H...

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