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15 May 2025
From Nepal to New Zealand: a journey bound by tectonic forces
Govinda Niroula grew up in Nepal alongside the Himalayan Frontal Thrust, a major geological fault line spanning 2,500 ki...
13 May 2025
Hands-On at Otago brings big benefits
Recent feedback shows Otago’s annual, week-long immersive programme for senior secondary students does have a big impact...
12 May 2025
Arts and science both in the DNA
Graduate Finlay Anderson is used to people commenting on his “unusual” choice of majors, but to him the combination make...
08 May 2025
Otago ‘laid the foundation’ for outstanding career
An internationally-renowned cardiac neurobiologist who spent his formative years in Dunedin will be recognised with one...
08 May 2025
From India to Aotearoa: graduand cultivates a future in food
It’s all in the timing, and for international student Chris Thomas that timing couldn’t have been better.
06 May 2025
Prime Minister’s prizes awarded to two Otago academics
Work on managing anxiety and managing viruses has resulted in two Otago academics receiving Prime Minister’s Science Pri...
08 Apr 2025
Eye health linked to dementia risk
A new University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka study has found a link between our eye health and dementia.
03 Apr 2025
Championing the ‘cute underdog’ of the plant world
There’s more to mosses than most might imagine, PhD candidate Jess Paull says.
03 Apr 2025
Celebrating 75 years of physical education graduates
“A little more grey – or just less – hair, a little slower moving around, reluctantly a little wiser, but with the same...
29 Mar 2025
Study will improve predictions of ice sheet movement
A University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka-led study is developing innovative methods to accurately predict how ice sh...
27 Mar 2025
Tauira invited to leaf their advice
Otago staff and tauira have been sharing their words of wisdom for new tauira in libraries around the Dunedin campus.
26 Mar 2025
Antarctic trip a dream come true for marine science student
Marine Science doctorate student Pluto Liu recently joined the National Geographic Explorer ship to the Antarctic Penins...