01 Dec 2023
Peacebuilder Award honours support for students and global peace projects
The visionary work of Rei Foundation, towards supporting students and building p...
01 Dec 2023
Otago celebrates 20 years of Pacific Voices
The Pacific Voices (PV) Symposium has long served as a site of growth, empowerme...
30 Nov 2023
Otago Professional Practice Fellow wins Dental Hygienist of the Year
Kirsty Barltrop, a Professional Practice Fellow in the Bachelor of Oral Heath at...
30 Nov 2023
Remembering Geology’s paleontological powerhouse: Professor Ewan Fordyce
The life and work of Emeritus Professor R. Ewan Fordyce’s (FRSNZ), who recently...
29 Nov 2023
Professor Suzanne Pitama receives Indigenous medical education award
University of Otago, Christchurch, Dean and Head of Campus Professor Suzanne Pit...
29 Nov 2023
Te Poutama Māori grants for Humanities
Te Kete Aronui Division of Humanities received three of the six annual Te Poutam...
28 Nov 2023
Inclusive education champion recognised at awards
An illustrious career advocating for inclusive education was celebrated at the r...
28 Nov 2023
Otago part of national research platform
The University of Otago is a key member of a newly developed research platform d...
24 Nov 2023
Chaplaincy celebrates 60 years
The size of the University’s chaplaincy has grown and changed since it first sta...
24 Nov 2023
Staff celebrate season of giving
Staff across the University are doing their bit to support those in need ahead o...
24 Nov 2023
Research impact: Supporting scholarly impact
Research plays a vital role within academia; it advances knowledge for further s...
24 Nov 2023
University of Otago, Christchurch, 50th anniversary finishes with fun night
A year of celebration to mark 50 years of the University of Otago, Christchurch,...
22 Nov 2023
Collaboration a focus in Pacific Academic Staff Caucus supported projects
Three research projects led by Pacific staff in Te Kete Aronui – Division of Hum...
21 Nov 2023
Celebrating 20 years of Neuroendocrinology Centre
The Centre for Neuroendocrinology (CNE) will be hosting a 20th Anniversary Sympo...
21 Nov 2023
Taoka tūturu - One man’s finds are a community’s treasures
One keen-eyed beach walker’s finds have inspired a successful community-based in...
21 Nov 2023
National School of Surveying Te Kura Kairūri celebrates 60th anniversary
Delegates attending the 135th Survey and Spatial New Zealand (S+SNZ) conference...
20 Nov 2023
'We're just a moment in time'
The University’s careers service may have grown from one person assisting studen...
16 Nov 2023
Dedication to student safety recognised
The University of Otago has won a Risk Reduction Award from Fire and Emergency N...
15 Nov 2023
Otago researcher awarded 2023 Hector Medal
A University of Otago Professor from the Department of Physics has been awarded...
14 Nov 2023
Staff excellence recognised
Commitment to climate change, increasing student support and ensuring the campus...
14 Nov 2023
Conference explores contributing to global health
Aotearoa’s international contributions to global health will be the focus of thi...
13 Nov 2023
Seed library inspires to grow
Inflation and the cost of living was the driver behind the set-up of a community...
13 Nov 2023
FEATURE: Flagship research centre celebrates 20th anniversary
Making a real difference to the lives of people affected by diabetes and obesity...
10 Nov 2023
Te Poutama Māori appoints new co-chairs
Mahi tahi will continue to be a priority for the two new co-chairs of Te Poutama...
09 Nov 2023
Artist Ana Teofilo hosts Va’a o Tautai wellbeing workshop
New Zealand-born Samoan visual artist Ana Teofilo believes in people being thems...
08 Nov 2023
Rhodes Scholarship for excellence, leadership and commitment to community
Huge congratulations to Otago graduate Isaac Heron who has been awarded a Rhodes...
08 Nov 2023
Connecting Pacific communities with their “not-so-buried treasure”
A Pacific academic has endeavoured to build a bridge between indigenous peoples...
08 Nov 2023
The roles and responsibilities for non-lawyer advocates in Aotearoa
Associate Professor Bridgette Toy-Cronin, Te Kaupeka Tātai Ture Faculty of Law,...
07 Nov 2023
Sustainability champions win
It is official, our University’s Sustainability Office Engagement Team Lead Jes...
06 Nov 2023
Locals a home away from home
More than a decade ago, a spark of an idea to support Dunedin students who chose...
06 Nov 2023
Reconnecting communities and cetaceans
Exploring the sacred relationship between Oceanic peoples and whales and dolphin...
03 Nov 2023
Anatomy Department provide care packages for tauira
Two Department of Anatomy academics have gone beyond the lecture theatre to ensu...
02 Nov 2023
Otago 2023 Marsden recipients announced
Established and emerging Otago researchers have won prestigious research funding...
02 Nov 2023
Dr Troy Ruhe receives Tofā Sāili Pacific Early Career Award
Dr Troy Ruhe was collecting taro leaves for family dinner in the Cook Islands wh...
01 Nov 2023
Helen Morrin receives award for cancer research
After more than two decades as the Curator of Otago University’s He Taonga Tapu...
30 Oct 2023
Otago academic elected to TEU Committee
Professor Siân Halcrow, from the Department of Anatomy, has been elected as Te T...
30 Oct 2023
Otago researchers receive Fellowships
The impact of housing on mental health and how hormones regulate parents’ behavi...
30 Oct 2023
Pop Up Productions back with ‘Spring Awakening’
Pop Up Productions, founded by Otago duo Professional Practice Fellow in Voice A...
27 Oct 2023
Te Rangihīroa College officially opens
The University’s first new purpose-built residential college in more than 50 yea...
27 Oct 2023
Shef Rogers appointed Donald Collie Chair
Associate Professor Shef Rogers has been appointed as the English and Linguistic...
26 Oct 2023
Early career researchers committed to making a difference
Areas ranging from pain management to the rise of pseudolaw are the focus for th...
25 Oct 2023
Dame Carolyn Burns Fellowship a chance to give back
It’s more than 20 years since Professor Ross Thompson graduated from Otago, but...
25 Oct 2023
The way we care
A documentary on palliative care which follows five families as they care for a...
25 Oct 2023
Dunedin Study appoints new Director
Associate Professor Moana Theodore (Ngāpuhi) has been appointed as the new Direc...
24 Oct 2023
Otago alumnus Professor Chris Greening awarded prestigious Australian Prime Minister’s Science Prize
Warmest congratulations to Otago alumnus and Monash University Professor Chris G...
24 Oct 2023
New online Science Communication degrees for 2024
Launching an online programme that appeals to a wide cohort of tauira including...
20 Oct 2023
Māori lecturers selected for prestigious programme
Dr Wahineata Smith (Ngāti Korokī Kahukura, Waikato, Ngāti Ranginui), and PhD can...
20 Oct 2023
Physicists create new antenna
Otago physicists have used a small glass bulb containing an atomic vapor to demo...
20 Oct 2023
Remembering Emeritus Professor Richie Poulton
Emeritus Distinguished Professor Richie Poulton (CNZM,FRSNZ), Director of the Du...
17 Oct 2023
New Dean takes the stage at Christ Church Cathedral
Alongside Theology, university studies in Theatre and Teaching have provided val...
17 Oct 2023
Writer 2023: Campus trees inspire winning staff works
The two staff winners of Writer 2023, the University’s annual creative writing c...
17 Oct 2023
Metiria Stanton Turei gifts artwork to University
An artwork created by law academic and artist Metiria Stanton Turei (Ngāti Kahun...
16 Oct 2023
Research on female fertility receives grant from global consortium
Menopause is often described as puberty’s evil older sister, but can reproductiv...
16 Oct 2023
Tall Blacks doctor enjoys basketball culture
For someone who has never played basketball, Dr Hamish Osborne knows a lot about...
16 Oct 2023
Hundreds of hands, one masterpiece
The 300 hands that contributed to Caroline Freeman College’s (CFC) new masi (Fij...
13 Oct 2023
A Fijian love letter to Otago
A song released by the Otago Fijian Islands Students’ Association (OFISA) is mak...
13 Oct 2023
Significant day as pou whenua unveiled
The University’s newly unveiled pou whenua will inspire tauira in their learning...
11 Oct 2023
University’s Energy Analytics programme supreme winner
Otago’s Energy Analytics programme was the supreme winner at the Tertiary Inform...
11 Oct 2023
World-leading virus hunter Professor Jemma Geoghegan honoured
It has been quite the journey these past few months for Otago Professor Jemma Ge...
10 Oct 2023
Professor Philippa Howden-Chapman honoured by Distinguished Research Medal
Housing and health researcher Poutoko Taiea Sesquicentennial Distinguished Profe...
10 Oct 2023
Engagement focus of secondment to Centre for Sustainability
Jessica Henry is a Senior Engagement Advisor, with the Engagement Hub of the Min...
09 Oct 2023
New senior warden
The role of senior warden of colleges has been filled by Ruben Katigbak, a man w...
09 Oct 2023
Our University community slashing carbon emissions
The latest statistics show our University slashed coal boiler’s emissions by 98...
06 Oct 2023
Bringing research impact to the forefront
While the outcomes and benefits of academic research have always been a part of...
29 Sep 2023
$1.1m for Otago researchers
Otago researchers will be getting to the heart of one of New Zealand’s biggest h...
29 Sep 2023
Centre for Neuroendocrinology wins Otago Research Group Award
Te Pokapū Mātai Taiāki Iaia, the Centre for Neuroendocrinology (CNE), believes t...
28 Sep 2023
Inaugural Māori Early Career Awards for Distinction in Research winners
Two Otago Research Award winners have been recognised for their research which g...
27 Sep 2023
New faces for Sciences Pacific Support Team
The new Associate Dean Pacific for the Division of Sciences, Dr Edmond Fehoko, h...
26 Sep 2023
Otago and Te Papa collaborate on identification technique for taonga tūturu
A project co-led by the University of Otago and Te Papa has been awarded a Smart...
22 Sep 2023
Otago author wins American Astronautical Society book award
Otago Honorary Associate Professor Hugh Slotten has been awarded the 2022 Eugene...
22 Sep 2023
Remains bring stories of the Otago goldfields to life
Findings from the skeletal remains of miners laid to rest in Otago cemeteries in...
22 Sep 2023
Government funding set to boost rural doctor workforce
The number of medical students spending a full year working in a rural or region...
21 Sep 2023
Otago Medical School Research Society celebrates rich history
For more than 100 years, the Otago Medical School and its Research Society have...
20 Sep 2023
University of Otago announces 2024 Arts Fellows
The recipients of the University of Otago’s prestigious Arts Fellowships for 202...
19 Sep 2023
Dedication to addressing Māori health inequities recognised
Professor Suzanne Pitama (Ngāti Kahungunu) has been acknowledged for her signifi...
19 Sep 2023
Otago researchers rewarded for excellence
The breadth and strengths of University of Otago research were on display when t...
18 Sep 2023
Six60 2024 Scholarship recipients announced
Four talented Otago students are shocked and excited to have been selected as ne...
18 Sep 2023
Dr Chris Paton on WHO’s Digital Health Initiative
The World Health Organisation launched a Global Initiative on Digital Health at...
15 Sep 2023
Coming back to the Hocken
Kirstie Ross has a special place for Hocken Collections in her compendium of mem...
15 Sep 2023
Aotearoa’s GP workforce issues a ‘perfect storm’
New Zealand’s general practice workforce is under-resourced, under-valued, poorl...
15 Sep 2023
Translational Research Grant 2023 winners developing intervention for pre-stage cervical cancer
Winners of the Translational Research Grant 2023 will use the $50,000 prize mone...
14 Sep 2023
A great place to work
After having four mini-strokes without realising the effects on him until a more...
14 Sep 2023
Government invests in tiny tech with global potential
An ambitious and internationally-connected programme to leverage New Zealand’s n...
14 Sep 2023
Otago Staff Women’s Caucus – supporting women’s growth
Recognising the need for women at Otago to come together to support each other a...
13 Sep 2023
Otago Professor new chair of Health Research Council’s Māori Health Committee
The University of Otago’s Professor Emma Wyeth (Kāi Tahu, Te Ātiawa, Ngāti Tama,...
12 Sep 2023
Reflections from a career studying Aotearoa New Zealand’s reptiles
Emeritus Professor Alison Cree’s move to Dunedin in 1991 was to fill a temporary...
12 Sep 2023
Awards celebrate ‘stellar’ Otago students
A powerlifter has won top prize at this year’s Blues and Golds Awards after brea...
05 Sep 2023
Lecturers celebrated for ‘making a difference’
University of Otago lecturers have today been recognised for their teaching exce...
05 Sep 2023
Professor Debbie Hay made new Associate Dean Space
Professor Debbie Hay has been appointed the new Associate Dean (AD) Space for th...
29 Aug 2023
Saving species from extinction
High-quality sequencing of nearly the entire kākāpō population, funded through a...
29 Aug 2023
From Chile to New Zealand and beyond, doing science from a wheelchair
Originally from Chile, Karla Araya-Castro is a biotechnologist and visiting post...
25 Aug 2023
Te Rangihīroa: Otago’s first college build in 50 years
Otago will next year welcome 450 students to a new residential college, Te Rangi...
25 Aug 2023
Ketamine may help treat depression but use should not become widespread
OPINION: Ketamine can be used to manage treatment-resistant depression but resea...
24 Aug 2023
First HSFY Admissions event a success
The Division of Health Sciences recently hosted the first of what will become an...
24 Aug 2023
Newly Appointed Associate Dean (Pacific) secures funding for research that helps Pasifika families grow
Dr Edmond Fehoko wants to empower Pacific couples to talk freely about their str...
23 Aug 2023
In a league of their own
Otago was the first university in Aotearoa New Zealand to establish a rugby leag...
22 Aug 2023
Mummification practice of ancient populations latest focus of Otago bioarchaeologist
Professor Siân Halcrow’s work has taken her to some of the most significant arch...
21 Aug 2023
Full of surprises: a life in paediatrics
Actors are warned against working with children because of their unpredictabilit...
18 Aug 2023
Two MBAs, a baby and a rescue cat – a tale of learning and love
Zilin Zhang and Ting Li are delighted to be graduating in person in Dunedin this...