Medical researchers involved in three different study areas joined forces at a University of Otago research meeting yesterday to explore new ways of tackling several important challenges, including treating gout and kidney disease.
People should not tolerate ''the sort of society that keeps people poor'', Major Campbell Roberts, of the Salvation Army, told University of Otago graduates yesterday.
Graduation from the University of Otago will be a family affair for Margi MacMurdo-Reading and her son Walker MacMurdo today.
University of Otago senior law lecturer Ceri Warnock has become the 2013 New Zealand Law Foundation International Research Fellow.
The Otago Farmers Market has made a big difference to Steve McArthur's Outram horticulture business.
Record numbers of students graduating from the University of Otago and Otago Polytechnic and a big scientific conference are expected to pump millions of dollars into Dunedin's economy over the next month.
Academics on both sides of the Tasman, led by University of Otago senior lecturer Dr Erika Pearson, have joined forces in an innovative project to create an electronic textbook in a single weekend.
Former storeman Richard Sutton still isn't leaping tall buildings with a single bound, but is well aware that a recent double lung transplant has saved his life.
Health professionals must avoid excessive pride in scientific and professional matters, and science alone cannot make decisions on policy matters, or in medicine, Prof Peter Gluckman says.
Geological drilling should be undertaken near New Zealand to check for key new tsunami risk factors recently discovered by scientists investigating Japan's devastating tsunami, geologist Dr Virginia Toy says.
Dave Richards, a former member of the British Army's elite Red Devils parachute display team, will complete a remarkable journey today, gaining a University of Otago dentistry degree after overcoming dyslexia.
Dunedin general practitioner Dr Katharine Wallis becomes ''doctor doctor'' today when she graduates from the University of Otago with a PhD to add to her earlier Otago medical qualifications.
University of Otago researchers have shed new light on the damage caused by women smoking while pregnant by showing severe DNA damage to cells in the placenta.
The University of Otago will award an honorary doctorate of science degree to one of its most distinguished graduates, Prof Sir Peter Gluckman, this weekend.
Toitu Otago Settlers Museum staff are working to clear a backlog of more than 1400 items destined for its collection, most given during a three-year freeze on new acquisitions.
Educationist Prof Jeff Smith has urged University of Otago graduates to seek the truth, but also to follow ''your own path'' and to strive to help others.
Storm force winds gusting over 50 knots prevented two large cruise ships, including Voyager of the Seas, from entering Otago Harbour yesterday, in a ''disappointing'' day for Dunedin's visitor industry.
Sisters Joella and Xanda Eves will have plenty to celebrate when they gain diploma for graduates qualifications from the University of Otago today.
It has taken about 25 years, but botanist Dr Janice Lord's dream is finally coming true.
Pastoral care and peacemaking remain key parts of an ancient tradition of chaplaincy, Emeritus Prof Colin Gibson said last night.
