News

03 Apr 2025
Otago travel award sparks Swedish pharmacy connection
Geographically, the University of Otago and Sweden’s University of Uppsala couldn’t be much further apart.

18 Mar 2025
Science showcase Samoa bound
An Otago academic is heading to Samoa to share a showcase about the science of medicines with communities.

13 Mar 2025
Pharmacy clinic meets street festival
Kaimahi at Otago’s Pharmacy Clinic He Rau Kawakawa Whare Haumanu were determined to make themselves known at this year’s...

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...

26 Feb 2025
SWU students get taste of life at Otago
Otago’s School of Pharmacy hosted a short pharmaceutical science course for 21 students from China’s Southwest Universit...

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...

04 Jan 2025
Learnings from Nepal subject of new book
The method the then Himalayan kingdom of Nepal used to eradicate smallpox in the 1960s might seem far removed from how A...

15 Nov 2024
New Pharmacy Dean excited for the future
Professor Bruce R Russell has been appointed the new Dean of the School of Pharmacy.

12 Nov 2024
Collaboration key at Pharmacy Research Symposium
Collaboration for success was the key theme of this year’s School of Pharmacy Research Symposium.

24 Oct 2024
Otago PhD Student Wins Early Career Researcher Award
Otago neuroscience doctoral candidate Shivankar Nair’s research into improving recovery from stroke has been internation...

03 Oct 2024
Cancer-drug delivery focus of research
A novel way to deliver anti-cancer medication could change the lives of cancer patients forever, according to Otago Asso...

01 Oct 2024
Māori Early Career Awardees investigating physical and mental health
Both mental and physical health are on the agenda for the two kaimahi who won this year’s University of Otago Māori Earl...