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02 Apr 2025
Quit-smoking aids don’t raise risk of major birth defects – study
Pregnant women who need help to stop smoking can be reassured quit aids such as nicotine patches and varenicline do not...
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29 Mar 2025
Study will improve predictions of ice sheet movement
A University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka-led study is developing innovative methods to accurately predict how ice sh...
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28 Mar 2025
Working with Tiwai Point artefacts ‘incredible opportunity’
For one Otago researcher, a decades-old archaeological project studying eleven tonnes of artefacts from Tiwai Point – in...
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28 Mar 2025
NZ needs options to remove ill or infirm leaders – researchers
New Zealand needs to develop options for removing leaders when their decision-making abilities are impaired, the authors...
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27 Mar 2025
Resourcing issues in the spotlight at Tourism Policy School
Tourism industry, government and research leaders are set to gather at the Otago Tourism Policy School in Queenstown nex...
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26 Mar 2025
Searching for the missing link to heart disease in NZ’s Fijian population
Researchers at the University of Otago, Wellington – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka, Pōneke, are looking to genetics to understand...
Undergraduate news (Te Aka Tauira)
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02 Apr 2025
From checkout chats to HR honour
Human Resources New Zealand (HRNZ) has found another rising star in Ōtepoti – Otago student Poppy Fogarty, who recently...
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01 Apr 2025
‘Unhinged and hilarious’ – it’s the Capping Show
The creative minds behind OUSA’s 2025 Capping Show have been busy pitching ideas, writing sketches, and generally cracki...
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27 Mar 2025
Tauira invited to leaf their advice
Otago staff and tauira have been sharing their words of wisdom for new tauira in libraries around the Dunedin campus.
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26 Mar 2025
Shot in the arm for Ōtepoti entrepreneurs
Anyone wanting to gauge the health and breadth of entrepreneurial verve in Ōtepoti need only look at the enthusiastic re...
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25 Mar 2025
Otago launches food pantries on campus for students
Otago’s Student Services team has stepped up to make a dent in food insecurity, launching three pātaka kai (food pantrie...
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18 Mar 2025
Learning more about a rare form of Parkinson’s disease
If the community around us isn't strong, then we struggle to function to the best of our ability and the same can be sai...
Postgraduate news (Te Pānui Taura)
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01 Apr 2025
‘Unhinged and hilarious’ – it’s the Capping Show
The creative minds behind OUSA’s 2025 Capping Show have been busy pitching ideas, writing sketches, and generally cracki...
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31 Mar 2025
Visiting Fulbright scholar a fan of NZ way of life
Friendly people and a more relaxed pace of life are a winning combination for visiting United States Fulbright Graduate...
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26 Mar 2025
Antarctic trip a dream come true for marine science student
Marine Science doctorate student Pluto Liu recently joined the National Geographic Explorer ship to the Antarctic Penins...
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25 Mar 2025
Otago launches food pantries on campus for students
Otago’s Student Services team has stepped up to make a dent in food insecurity, launching three pātaka kai (food pantrie...
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19 Mar 2025
DSM supervisor’s top-notch skills recognised
A Dunedin School of Medicine researcher has been recognised internationally for his sterling supervision of postgraduate...
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18 Mar 2025
Intrepid Otago Business School students on exchange
Twenty-three students from the Otago Business School were given the enviable task of spending semester 2 on internationa...
Bulletin Board and staff news
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01 Apr 2025
Naming the nameless
Identifying human remains isn’t for the faint-hearted, but it’s crucial work according to Professor Warwick Duncan.
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31 Mar 2025
Visiting Fulbright scholar a fan of NZ way of life
Friendly people and a more relaxed pace of life are a winning combination for visiting United States Fulbright Graduate...
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31 Mar 2025
From Allen Hall dramatics to the West End stage
Fifteen years ago, composer and lyricist Darren Clark would look out at London’s Royal Albert Hall from his office acros...
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28 Mar 2025
‘Caring, passionate and dedicated’ teachers awarded
Five of Otago’s academic staff have received Excellence in Teaching awards for being ‘caring, passionate and dedicated t...
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28 Mar 2025
Working with Tiwai Point artefacts ‘incredible opportunity’
For one Otago researcher, a decades-old archaeological project studying eleven tonnes of artefacts from Tiwai Point – in...
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27 Mar 2025
Law students on the move thanks to Dean's fund
The Law Dean’s Innovation Fund is helping Otago law students broaden their horizons.
Alumni news
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31 Mar 2025
From Allen Hall dramatics to the West End stage
Fifteen years ago, composer and lyricist Darren Clark would look out at London’s Royal Albert Hall from his office acros...
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27 Mar 2025
Law students on the move thanks to Dean's fund
The Law Dean’s Innovation Fund is helping Otago law students broaden their horizons.
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27 Mar 2025
Tauira invited to leaf their advice
Otago staff and tauira have been sharing their words of wisdom for new tauira in libraries around the Dunedin campus.
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25 Mar 2025
Otago launches food pantries on campus for students
Otago’s Student Services team has stepped up to make a dent in food insecurity, launching three pātaka kai (food pantrie...
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21 Mar 2025
Inaugural legal innovation winner announced
Recent law graduate Sophie Hursthouse has been named the inaugural winner of the Mai Chen Legal Innovation Award.
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18 Mar 2025
Networks and Events: Issue 42
The University was thrilled to meet with alumni and friends at recent events in Australia and Auckland.