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Sport-related subjects at Otago has been ranked 11th in the world in the latest QS World University Rankings by Subject.

13 Mar 2025

Otago success in QS World Rankings


The University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka is home to New Zealand’s highest ranked subject area in the latest QS Wor...

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31 Jan 2025

Poison Centre marks 60 years of service


In 1963, Dr Jack Dacre, of the University’s Chemistry Department, took a sabbatical in America where he noticed poison c...

Seafarers rugby sevens players made the most of all opportunities when they competed in the Fijian Cup last month.

29 Dec 2024

Seafarers navigate way to home of sevens


Visiting the iconic Sigatoka Sand Dunes where the Fijian rugby sevens players train was just one of the highlights of ta...

Tayla and her family when she graduated with her Bachelor of Pharmacy before starting her Master of Clinical Pharmacy focussing on indigenous experiences of healthcare in rural areas.

30 Sep 2024

Love and other drugs


When she’s not working part-time as a hospital pharmacist, part-time as an equity pharmacist, or studying for her Master...

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19 Sep 2024

Otago honours exceptional researchers


The outstanding scholarly achievement and community contributions of University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka research...

Posters presentation place getters from left, Mathew Anscombe (Physiology), Kartik Rawat (Microbiology & Immunology) and Joan Chan (Physiology) with BMS Dean Lisa Matisoo-Smith.

22 Aug 2024

BMS postgraduate symposium an outstanding success


What better way to showcase the University’s emerging biomedical talent than to bring together a bunch of outstanding po...

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04 Apr 2024

Hidden worlds of Otago’s new Royal Society Fellows


University of Otago academics awarded Fellowships from the Royal Society Te Apārangi have been focusing on hidden worlds...

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02 Feb 2024

The case for cannabidiol inhalers


Professor Shyamal Das has secured funding to investigate how cannabidiol can be administered via a dry powder inhaler.

PhD graduand Ravneel Chand

16 Aug 2023

Possum contraceptive to protect the environment


PhD graduand Ravneel Chand caps off his postdoctoral studies this weekend, having achieved what he came to Ōtepoti Duned...

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17 May 2023

On-campus support and prevention services combatting sexual violence


The statistics back up the critical need for the services the University’s sexual violence support and prevention centre...

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16 May 2023

International student Yi Zhen Tan graduates with so much more than a Master’s


“Dare to dream, dare to commit, and dare to make it come true,” says Yi Zhen Tan, as she reflects on the recent completi...

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16 Dec 2022

PhD graduate Jamie Kok on using seaweed to fight skin disease


Could seaweed be a part of the next treatment for eczema?

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