‘Learn from the past to inform the future’
“I’m a big fan of ‘those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it’,” PhD candidate Megan Southorn says. “Learn from the past to inform the future.”
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16 Nov 2023
University's Future Hydrogen Leader
Otago PhD candidate Mohsin Ijaz feels “very honoured” to have been named as a Fu...
16 Nov 2023
Researching intuitive eating amongst mid-age women
Why do we eat the way we do? That’s just part of what PhD candidate Hannah Marti...
02 Nov 2023
Bringing the retreat to you
Would you attend a virtual wellness retreat? You could find yourself eating hea...
02 Nov 2023
From the farmlands of India to Aotearoa's hotel rooms – water conservation matters
In the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic, managed isolation in New Zealand’s...
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...
02 Nov 2023
Synthesising space crystals for NASA
An Otago PhD candidate is forming crystals possibly found on Titan – Saturn’s la...
25 Oct 2023
A fascination with memory formation and degradation
One University of Otago Honours student hopes understanding how the brain forms...
20 Oct 2023
OUSA Supervisor of the Year 2023
Associate Professor Julia Albrecht, of the Department of Tourism, has won the Ot...
18 Oct 2023
OUSA postgrad rep for 2024, Hanna Friedlander
Newly elected OUSA postgraduate representative for 2024 Hanna Friedlander would...
18 Oct 2023
‘Learn from the past to inform the future’
“I’m a big fan of ‘those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it’,” PhD cand...
17 Oct 2023
Student winners impress in Writer2023
An English Literature PhD candidate and a public health/neuroscience student are...
17 Oct 2023
Manaaki Scholars celebrate at Completion Ceremony
COVID -19, imposter syndrome, and even slang barriers were not enough to dissuad...
11 Oct 2023
Ella deserves a round of a-paws
She’s been a great source of comfort for many students having a ruff day, but no...
09 Oct 2023
Introducing postgraduate SGSC: Aaron Hu
PhD candidate Aaron Hu is looking into the mental health struggles members of th...
18 Sep 2023
Introducing postgraduate SGSC: Charlotte Bruce Kells
Over time society has shifted from communities raising children together to a mo...
12 Sep 2023
Awards celebrate ‘stellar’ Otago students
A powerlifter has won top prize at this year’s Blues and Golds Awards after brea...
30 Aug 2023
What impact will climate change have on the microbial ecosystem in Antarctica?
Adapting a hydrometeorological modelling system to track changes in glacier melt...
28 Aug 2023
A story of whānau in the health system, in te reo Māori
Kahurangi Tipene (Waikato) has always wanted to advocate for and uplift others,...
28 Aug 2023
Introducing postgraduate SGSC: Erin Silver
Could Aotearoa New Zealand’s social service NGOs play a role within transformati...
25 Aug 2023
Single-use packaging ban 'not enough'
The ban on single-use packaging in Aotearoa New Zealand is not going far enough...
21 Aug 2023
Managing migraines and breaking bread at this year’s 3MT®
Migraines are more than a bad headache says the Doctoral winner of this year’s T...
18 Aug 2023
PhD grad on new evidence for eye drops used in preterm infants
Lisa Kremer’s (Kāi Tahu, Kāti Māmoe, and Waitaha) walk across the graduation sta...
17 Aug 2023
Otago’s first community-based PhD oral defences graduate
Having supported each other through their studies, Terina Raureti (Ngāti Raukawa...
16 Aug 2023
Possum contraceptive to protect the environment
PhD graduand Ravneel Chand caps off his postdoctoral studies this weekend, havin...
15 Aug 2023
Many Operations Group staff on the move
Many Operations Group staff will be relocating to the Plaza Building in Anzac Av...
07 Aug 2023
Catching up with Keegan Wells, OUSA Postgraduate Rep
Getting more people along to student-organised events and throwing her support b...
25 Jul 2023
‘Body of Evidence’ exhibition in Richardson Building
19 Jul 2023
Making an impact in women's football through research and community work
With her contagious energy, it’s little surprise to learn that Master of Science...
18 Jul 2023
DIY skatepark fostering community
Flynn Acworth spends a lot of his time staring at computers for both work and st...
17 Jul 2023
Food insecurity a 'very complex' problem
When coming up with solutions for food insecurity, it’s important that the peopl...
30 Jun 2023
Future cardiologists gain funding from A H Couch Trust Heart Foundation Scholarship
Future cardiologists hope their work will have a positive impact on heart health...
22 Jun 2023
Palaeontologist’s penguin proficiency features in upcoming videogame
Big ones, little ones, prehistoric ones, modern ones – all sorts of penguins wil...
21 Jun 2023
Landslides taking glacier research into uncharted territory
Satellite imaging is being used by an Otago Master’s student to measure how much...
21 Jun 2023
Master’s student staying curious about the world
There’s no way master’s student Geoff Hughes is ever going to get stuck in a rut...
21 Jun 2023
Introducing postgraduate SGSC: Sandhiya Gounder
Cultural and traditional approaches to achieving national unity in Fiji would be...
19 Jun 2023
Scholarships support vital conservation-based research
Aotearoa New Zealand’s wildlife and natural environment will benefit from three...
16 Jun 2023
Triathlon success takes student by surprise
After injuries and illness, Otago medical student Hannah Maher felt just making...
12 Jun 2023
Promoting physical activity in young adults
Encouraging adolescents to develop good physical activity behaviours is the focu...
01 Jun 2023
Elsa wins 2023 photo competition
Otago’s resident “Elsa” embodied the spirit of Disney’s ‘Let it go’, jumping int...
01 Jun 2023
Challenging expedition peak of young tramper’s career so far
Bashing through the bush on one Aotearoa New Zealand’s lesser-known walking rout...
31 May 2023
Understanding the brain mechanisms underlying anxiety
Aliesha Kemp likes to keep busy. And pausing part-way through a medical degree t...
23 May 2023
It’s about time
What is time? It is a question people often struggle to answer, says Jean Campos...
22 May 2023
Life’s more fun if it’s “not a straight line”
Otago medical student Josiah Edwin believes that sometimes you must stumble to s...
19 May 2023
Saane Fakapulia awarded Well-Being prize for research on Pasifika Anatomy students’ experiences
Saane Fakapulia, a Master of Science (Anatomy), student has been awarded the 202...
17 May 2023
Music a way to forget about everything that’s going on
For one University of Otago honours student, music is a creative outlet that all...
16 May 2023
Balancing salt and iodine intake
Increasing the iodine content in table salt or diversifying the sources of food...
12 May 2023
Introducing postgraduate SGSC: Sonja Bohn
A potential silver lining of the COVID-19 pandemic could be the changes taking p...
11 May 2023
Photos give men a voice to discuss mental distress
An innovative research project at the University of Otago, Wellington, is using...
10 May 2023
Who is responsible for AI outcomes?
When something goes wrong, we intuitively want to hold someone accountable and h...
10 May 2023
Good support improves autistic students' education experience
Autistic students are three times more likely to be stood down or suspended from...
27 Apr 2023
Ground breaking research on elite snow sport athletes
A Master of Science student is conducting ground-breaking research into the forc...
26 Apr 2023
Introducing postgraduate SGSC: Jordan Dougherty
Are we really educating people the best way about how to prevent sexual violence...
17 Apr 2023
Inspiring others to look after Antarctica
Lucy Davidson is likely to be one of few people who can claim they celebrated th...
17 Apr 2023
Tenaya Brown awarded prestigious 28th Māori Battalion Scholarship
Tenaya Brown (Te Aitanga a Hauiti ki Uawa) has received a Ngarimu VC and 28th Mā...
06 Apr 2023
Q&A with Millie Mannering – 20Twenties 2022 recipient
From the Caribbean to the High Arctic, since leaving Otago Millie has travelled...
05 Apr 2023
When a language disappears, the whole world loses
Preserving a language is crucial because it’s not just language, but the preserv...
04 Apr 2023
Introducing postgraduate SGSC: Joshua James
Queer people aligning themselves with the far-right can be doing it out of fear...
31 Mar 2023
Suggestion you could walk around your neighbourhood good for mental health
Even just knowing you could walk around the area you in live in if you want to c...
23 Mar 2023
Jamie Green, out
After 15 years at Radio One, breakfast host Jamie Green is calling it a day....
23 Mar 2023
Pacific PhD candidate follows in father’s footsteps at Cambridge
PhD candidate Wanda Ieremia-Allan would spend Sunday afternoons delivering O Le...
22 Mar 2023
Department of Anatomy embraces Te Tiriti
The importance of acknowledging and accepting Tiriti-partnership is a key motiva...
20 Mar 2023
Scholarship for Ozone Hole research
A University of Otago PhD candidate has been chosen as the only person from Aote...
20 Mar 2023
Student group 'Hold On To Your Friends' to host North Dunedin clean-up day
A new student-led group aims to figure out what students can do to help work tow...
07 Mar 2023
Scholarships “super helpful” for conservation related master’s projects
University of Otago master’s candidates investigating parasites in sea lion poo,...
07 Mar 2023
New display highlights the importance of student wellbeing
The unveiling of a display in Otago University’s Ōtepoti Link this week will rea...
24 Feb 2023
New GRS manager
New graduate research school (GRS) manager Bronwen Stephens is no stranger to th...
21 Feb 2023
Free medicine assessment for LGBTQIA+ proves popular
The School of Pharmacy hosted a free “Rainbow Pharmacy” pop-up clinic event for...
21 Feb 2023
PhD candidate’s “once in a lifetime opportunity” to visit Antarctica
This year is set to be a big one for bioengineering PhD candidate Gretel Major....
21 Feb 2023
Pacific Tauira gain coveted spots in immersive medical programme
Pacific medical students are preparing to learn the art of making do....
20 Feb 2023
Vision 2040 - A new strategic direction
In the final part of the Bulletin's deep dive into Vision 2040, we hear from Dep...
17 Feb 2023
Be counted – participate in Census 2023
It is time to be seen Otago! Census day is on 7 March, and there are many good r...
17 Feb 2023
Commitment of Cook Islands’ doctors recognised
With a father who worked in health administration in the Cook Islands, it’s prob...
15 Feb 2023
Oral pathologist Professor Alison Rich retires after 25 years
Oral pathologist Professor Alison Rich has retired after more than 25 years at t...
13 Feb 2023
Professor Sheila Skeaff wins OUSA Supervisor of the Year Award
When Nan Xin Wang arrived in Dunedin to start her PhD studies in the Department...
07 Feb 2023
Making sense of new religions
New Religious Movements is one of the more intriguing papers on offer at the Uni...
03 Feb 2023
Represented Otago at World Universities Debating Championship
Competing in the World Universities Debating Championship was a great way to get...
02 Feb 2023
Wetlands crucial for wellbeing of environment
Wetlands play a crucial role within the world’s ecosystems, but their wellbeing...
30 Jan 2023
Podcast conversations aim to trigger curiosity and understanding
Otago international PhD graduate Amir Amini’s fascination for different viewpoin...
26 Jan 2023
Can you spot the rip? Doing so could save your life
Rachel Irvine’s summer spent on the beach will bring valuable insight into rip c...
23 Jan 2023
Proud to be a commissioner
Being the first Māori commissioner on the New Zealand Productivity Commission Te...
17 Jan 2023
Stephie Loncar’s academic journey around the globe and back again
A graduate of Otago is back at the University as a researcher this year after a...
16 Jan 2023
Giving Taranaki students a chance to attend Hands-On at Otago
Hands-On at Otago was such a valuable experience for one Otago student that he i...
12 Jan 2023
Sovereign rights to health and wellbeing
A passion for upholding sovereign rights to health and wellbeing for tangata whe...
11 Jan 2023
The whakapapa, mātauranga and tikanga of water safety
A University of Otago researcher is having a major influence on the rethinking a...
10 Jan 2023
Titanic teacher
At first glance it is hard to see what Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, could teach...
10 Jan 2023
Extracting stories from teeth
Dr Carolina Loch is interested in stories – specifically those which an animal’s...
06 Jan 2023
Improving type 1 diabetes control in Pasifika children
Dr Isaiah Immanuel is conducting a one-year study, funded by Research for Childr...
06 Jan 2023
Bringing the heart online
Dr Susan Wardell (Social Anthropology) has been researching moral and social asp...
06 Jan 2023
Focusing on LGBTIQ+ homelessness
As a young campaigner on social justice and LGBTIQ+ rights, Dr Brodie Fraser has...
21 Dec 2022
Otago's leaders of tomorrow receive awards
Forty-one students graduated with their University of Otago Student Leadership A...
16 Dec 2022
Otago’s first ni-Vanuatu health sciences PhD candidate receives grant from the HRC
The worship of a mite that spreads a potentially life-threatening disease in Van...
15 Dec 2022
Leading the way – 20Twenties Young Alumni Awards 2022
We are delighted to announce this year’s 20Twenties Young Alumni Award winners....
12 Dec 2022
Educating the public on misrepresented leopard seals
Educating the public about leopard seals, which have generally been misrepresent...
07 Dec 2022
The rising tide: Three friends, one dream
They say good things come in threes. Kaitlyn Cocker-Valu, Brenetta Pogi and Fuat...
23 Nov 2022
Wellington PhD candidate wins international 3MT competition
Wellington PhD candidate Yasmin Nouri has won first place in the international M...
09 Nov 2022
Otago’s annual symposium highlighting Pacific-led research
Pacific voices were front and centre at Otago’s annual symposium highlighting Pa...
08 Nov 2022
Members of Microbiology (final edition): Meet Sakiusa Baleivanualala
Over the course of 2022, the Department of Microbiology and Immunology has been...
07 Nov 2022
Members of Microbiology: Brad Devery
Brad Devery has combined his passion for cancer research with his interest in in...
04 Nov 2022
Campaigning for the return of postgraduate student allowance
Re-introducing a postgraduate student allowance is one of the highest priorities...