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He's not a hypocrite

Meet your OUSA Postgraduate Representative for 2026 - Fergus Parks.

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08 Oct 2026

Returning to Otago to achieve past goal

Due to graduate at the end of this year, Medical Laboratory Science student Katrina Gale proves you don’t need to compro...

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06 Oct 2026

Modelling Alzheimer’s and defining success at 3MT® finals

Jim Davies says that aside from the lead role in his school play The Highwayman in Year 5, and winning a speech competit...

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05 Oct 2026

One magic granddad equals passion for maths

Mathematics Master’s tauira Megan Macdiarmid does some of her best problem-solving when she’s tramping outdoors.

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01 Oct 2026

From dental crowns to diamond-encrusted business crowns

With the Otago MBA 50th Anniversary Celebration drawing near (12 – 14 November 2026) we thought we’d check in with Assoc...

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22 Sep 2026

Whitebait found to have secret weapon for fast evolution

Ashleigh Iwikau (Ngāti Tūwharetoa) didn’t think her Master’s in Genetics was going to involve studying whitebait.

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21 Sep 2026

Mystical gemstones with a future in space exploration

PhD candidate Natalia Seliutina has followed gemstones from the negative 30-degree temperatures of Siberia to the carvin...

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18 Sep 2026

Tauira giving back through Tāmanu programme

What started as an opportunity to gain real-life experience inside a biomedical research laboratory has become a full-ci...

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17 Sep 2026

The business of birds

With voting soon to close in the annual Bird of the Year (BOTY) competition, we thought we’d check in with Commerce doct...

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08 Sep 2026

Smitten and bitten by the harlequin gecko

“It sounds a bit cringey, but it was Steve Irwin that got me into lizards,” says Zoology PhD candidate Jon Rolfes.

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07 Sep 2026

Biomedical students’ research in the spotlight

One of the highlights of the Faculty of Biomedical Sciences (BMS) calendar is its student-lead research symposium, showc...

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27 Aug 2026

Patient PhD grad overcomes challenging delays

After a delayed start brought about a challenging beginning to her PhD journey, this Otago graduate couldn’t be more ela...

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26 Aug 2026

Celebrating Māori academic success

Māori academic success takes many forms, from emerging postgraduate researchers to established professors.

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