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students wearing superhero costumes

16 May 2025

UOC Medical student ‘Superheroes’ bring joy to sick children


A group of 6th year medical students dressed up in superhero gear last month to spark smiles from sick children in Ōtaut...

Friedreich ataxia did not stop Bachelor of Entrepreneurship graduate Flynn Mitchell from experiencing university life to the fullest. He is pictured on the Dunedin campus.

16 May 2025

No challenge too big for entrepreneurship graduate


Flynn Mitchell came to university with a point to prove.

Pacific PhDs, Library and Pacific Islands Centre team

16 May 2025

Library shows commitment to Pacific legacy through Koloa mei Moana


The Library is pulling out all the stops with its bold visions for a new initiative, ‘Koloa mei Moana’.

A woman standing in front of shelves of books

16 May 2025

A digital poetic regeneration of archival multilingual Rotuman texts


PhD candidate Mere Taito is believed to be the first person to hand in a thesis written on early 20th century multilingu...

Staff from Te Pātaka Mātauraka, the University of Otago Library, at Puketeraki Marae for a wānanga grounded in mātauranga Māori, whakawhanaungatanga, and cultural growth.

15 May 2025

Wānanga weaves Library whānau together


In April, staff from Te Pātaka Mātauraka, the University of Otago Library, travelled to Puketeraki Marae for a wānanga.

International student Govinda Neroula from Nepal is graduating with a PhD in Earthquake Science. The photo was taken in the South Island’s Southern Alps during a field trip to the Arthurs Pass region.

15 May 2025

From Nepal to New Zealand: a journey bound by tectonic forces


Govinda Niroula grew up in Nepal alongside the Himalayan Frontal Thrust, a major geological fault line spanning 2,500 ki...

A woman standing in a store

14 May 2025

A passion for problem solving


Emma Lewisham feels her science-led natural skincare company is just getting started. Since forming in 2019, her eponymo...

Professor Julia Horsfield, new Dean of the School of Biomedical Sciences.

14 May 2025

New BMS Dean blown away by research offerings


Newly appointed Dean of the Otago School of Biomedical Sciences Professor Julia Horsfield is keen to make sure more stud...

two people using science equipment

13 May 2025

Hands-On at Otago brings big benefits


Recent feedback shows Otago’s annual, week-long immersive programme for senior secondary students does have a big impact...

Joseph Balfe, who has been awarded a scholarship to study neuroscience at the University of Oxford, stands in the grounds of the University of Otago.

13 May 2025

Prestigious Oxford scholarship for Otago neuroscience graduate


Joseph Balfe has been awarded the prestigious Clarendon Scholarship to undertake his PhD in Psychiatry at the University...

Otago campus autumn

13 May 2025

Otago commits to supporting academics displaced by conflict


The University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka has taken concrete steps towards supporting academics displaced by confli...

Dr Solomon Gurmu Beka graduates today as Otago’s first Ethiopian Doctor of Aviation Medicine.

10 May 2025

Otago’s first Ethiopian Aviation Medicine PhD takes flight


After facing the realities of war and then being separated from his wife and young children, Dr Solomon Gurmu Beka gradu...

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