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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...

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01 Dec 2023

Otago celebrates 20 years of Pacific Voices


The Pacific Voices (PV) Symposium has long served as a site of growth, empowerme...

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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...

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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...

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29 Nov 2023

Professor Suzanne Pitama receives Indigenous medical education award


University of Otago, Christchurch, Dean and Head of Campus Professor Suzanne Pit...

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29 Nov 2023

Te Poutama Māori grants for Humanities


Te Kete Aronui Division of Humanities received three of the six annual Te Poutam...

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28 Nov 2023

Inclusive education champion recognised at awards


An illustrious career advocating for inclusive education was celebrated at the r...

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28 Nov 2023

Otago part of national research platform


The University of Otago is a key member of a newly developed research platform d...

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24 Nov 2023

Chaplaincy celebrates 60 years


The size of the University’s chaplaincy has grown and changed since it first sta...

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24 Nov 2023

Staff celebrate season of giving


Staff across the University are doing their bit to support those in need ahead o...

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24 Nov 2023

Research impact: Supporting scholarly impact


Research plays a vital role within academia; it advances knowledge for further s...

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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,...

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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...

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21 Nov 2023

Celebrating 20 years of Neuroendocrinology Centre


The Centre for Neuroendocrinology (CNE) will be hosting a 20th Anniversary Sympo...

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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...

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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...

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20 Nov 2023

'We're just a moment in time'


The University’s careers service may have grown from one person assisting studen...

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16 Nov 2023

Dedication to student safety recognised


The University of Otago has won a Risk Reduction Award from Fire and Emergency N...

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15 Nov 2023

Otago researcher awarded 2023 Hector Medal


A University of Otago Professor from the Department of Physics has been awarded...

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14 Nov 2023

Staff excellence recognised


Commitment to climate change, increasing student support and ensuring the campus...

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14 Nov 2023

Conference explores contributing to global health


Aotearoa’s international contributions to global health will be the focus of thi...

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13 Nov 2023

Seed library inspires to grow


Inflation and the cost of living was the driver behind the set-up of a community...

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13 Nov 2023

FEATURE: Flagship research centre celebrates 20th anniversary


Making a real difference to the lives of people affected by diabetes and obesity...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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08 Nov 2023

Connecting Pacific communities with their “not-so-buried treasure”


A Pacific academic has endeavoured to build a bridge between indigenous peoples...

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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,...

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07 Nov 2023

Sustainability champions win


It is official, our University’s Sustainability Office Engagement Team Lead Jes...

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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...

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06 Nov 2023

Reconnecting communities and cetaceans


Exploring the sacred relationship between Oceanic peoples and whales and dolphin...

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03 Nov 2023

Anatomy Department provide care packages for tauira


Two Department of Anatomy academics have gone beyond the lecture theatre to ensu...

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02 Nov 2023

Otago 2023 Marsden recipients announced


Established and emerging Otago researchers have won prestigious research funding...

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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...

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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...

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30 Oct 2023

Otago academic elected to TEU Committee


Professor Siân Halcrow, from the Department of Anatomy, has been elected as Te T...

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30 Oct 2023

Otago researchers receive Fellowships


The impact of housing on mental health and how hormones regulate parents’ behavi...

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30 Oct 2023

Pop Up Productions back with ‘Spring Awakening’


Pop Up Productions, founded by Otago duo Professional Practice Fellow in Voice A...

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27 Oct 2023

Te Rangihīroa College officially opens


The University’s first new purpose-built residential college in more than 50 yea...

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27 Oct 2023

Shef Rogers appointed Donald Collie Chair


Associate Professor Shef Rogers has been appointed as the English and Linguistic...

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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...

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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...

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25 Oct 2023

The way we care


A documentary on palliative care which follows five families as they care for a...

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25 Oct 2023

Dunedin Study appoints new Director


Associate Professor Moana Theodore (Ngāpuhi) has been appointed as the new Direc...

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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...

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24 Oct 2023

New online Science Communication degrees for 2024


Launching an online programme that appeals to a wide cohort of tauira including...

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20 Oct 2023

Māori lecturers selected for prestigious programme


Dr Wahineata Smith (Ngāti Korokī Kahukura, Waikato, Ngāti Ranginui), and PhD can...

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20 Oct 2023

Physicists create new antenna


Otago physicists have used a small glass bulb containing an atomic vapor to demo...

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20 Oct 2023

Remembering Emeritus Professor Richie Poulton


Emeritus Distinguished Professor Richie Poulton (CNZM,FRSNZ), Director of the Du...

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17 Oct 2023

New Dean takes the stage at Christ Church Cathedral


Alongside Theology, university studies in Theatre and Teaching have provided val...

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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...

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17 Oct 2023

Metiria Stanton Turei gifts artwork to University


An artwork created by law academic and artist Metiria Stanton Turei (Ngāti Kahun...

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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...

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16 Oct 2023

Tall Blacks doctor enjoys basketball culture


For someone who has never played basketball, Dr Hamish Osborne knows a lot about...

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16 Oct 2023

Hundreds of hands, one masterpiece


The 300 hands that contributed to Caroline Freeman College’s (CFC) new masi (Fij...

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13 Oct 2023

A Fijian love letter to Otago


A song released by the Otago Fijian Islands Students’ Association (OFISA) is mak...

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13 Oct 2023

Significant day as pou whenua unveiled


The University’s newly unveiled pou whenua will inspire tauira in their learning...

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11 Oct 2023

University’s Energy Analytics programme supreme winner


Otago’s Energy Analytics programme was the supreme winner at the Tertiary Inform...

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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...

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10 Oct 2023

Professor Philippa Howden-Chapman honoured by Distinguished Research Medal


Housing and health researcher Poutoko Taiea Sesquicentennial Distinguished Profe...

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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...

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09 Oct 2023

New senior warden


The role of senior warden of colleges has been filled by Ruben Katigbak, a man w...

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09 Oct 2023

Our University community slashing carbon emissions


The latest statistics show our University slashed coal boiler’s emissions by 98...

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06 Oct 2023

Bringing research impact to the forefront


While the outcomes and benefits of academic research have always been a part of...

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29 Sep 2023

$1.1m for Otago researchers


Otago researchers will be getting to the heart of one of New Zealand’s biggest h...

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29 Sep 2023

Centre for Neuroendocrinology wins Otago Research Group Award


Te Pokapū Mātai Taiāki Iaia, the Centre for Neuroendocrinology (CNE), believes t...

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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...

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27 Sep 2023

New faces for Sciences Pacific Support Team


The new Associate Dean Pacific for the Division of Sciences, Dr Edmond Fehoko, h...

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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...

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22 Sep 2023

Otago author wins American Astronautical Society book award


Otago Honorary Associate Professor Hugh Slotten has been awarded the 2022 Eugene...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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20 Sep 2023

University of Otago announces 2024 Arts Fellows


The recipients of the University of Otago’s prestigious Arts Fellowships for 202...

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19 Sep 2023

Dedication to addressing Māori health inequities recognised


Professor Suzanne Pitama (Ngāti Kahungunu) has been acknowledged for her signifi...

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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...

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18 Sep 2023

Dr Chris Paton on WHO’s Digital Health Initiative


The World Health Organisation launched a Global Initiative on Digital Health at...

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15 Sep 2023

Coming back to the Hocken


Kirstie Ross has a special place for Hocken Collections in her compendium of mem...

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15 Sep 2023

Aotearoa’s GP workforce issues a ‘perfect storm’


New Zealand’s general practice workforce is under-resourced, under-valued, poorl...

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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...

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14 Sep 2023

A great place to work


After having four mini-strokes without realising the effects on him until a more...

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14 Sep 2023

Government invests in tiny tech with global potential


An ambitious and internationally-connected programme to leverage New Zealand’s n...

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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...

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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,...

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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...

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12 Sep 2023

Awards celebrate ‘stellar’ Otago students


A powerlifter has won top prize at this year’s Blues and Golds Awards after brea...

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05 Sep 2023

Lecturers celebrated for ‘making a difference’


University of Otago lecturers have today been recognised for their teaching exce...

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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...

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29 Aug 2023

Saving species from extinction


High-quality sequencing of nearly the entire kākāpō population, funded through a...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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24 Aug 2023

First HSFY Admissions event a success


The Division of Health Sciences recently hosted the first of what will become an...

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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...

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23 Aug 2023

In a league of their own


Otago was the first university in Aotearoa New Zealand to establish a rugby leag...

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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...

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21 Aug 2023

Full of surprises: a life in paediatrics


Actors are warned against working with children because of their unpredictabilit...

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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...

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