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21 May 2026
Award-winning Otago space physicist joins 'mighty Kiwi'
A University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka space physicist is following in the footsteps of a “global science giant” a...
23 Jan 2026
Taking on the notorious Cook Strait
An accidental phone call has snowballed into Professor David Hutchinson’s boldest mission yet. Next week, he’ll jump in...
22 Dec 2025
Govt funding for Otago’s Antarctica research
Two Otago-led projects investigating Antarctica’s sea ice decline and exploring groundwater movements are part of an int...
10 Dec 2025
‘Graduating is a big milestone’
It’s been said ‘if you can do a PhD, you can do anything’.
10 Dec 2025
Otago announces 32 new professors
Twenty-six University of Otago - Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka academics are being promoted to the position of Professor, with a...
26 Nov 2025
A meeting of bright young minds
This is what you might call a very high-powered lunch.
05 Nov 2025
Otago research in outer space
A mission to search for the origin-of-life on Titan, Saturn's largest moon, will be aided by University of Otago – Ōtāko...
31 Oct 2025
Four-year fellowship for quantum memory research
A University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka researcher whose mahi involves investigating the way crystals can be used i...
04 Sep 2025
$41 million funding success for Otago scientists
Otago is celebrating the success of its researchers in the latest Endeavour Fund investment round.
01 Sep 2025
Electric vehicles will increase winter electricity peaks – study
New University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka research shows electric vehicle owners will need to charge their cars mor...
21 Aug 2025
Study maps New Zealand’s residential carbon emissions
Taranaki and the upper West Coast have the most potential to reduce heat-related carbon emissions and reliance on natura...
29 May 2025
There and back again
As Otago’s longest-serving Deputy Vice-Chancellor, and newest Emeritus Professor, Richard Blaikie has many a fond memory...