A university of Otago PhD researcher, Andrew Highton, has won a Nuffield postdoctoral fellowship to Oxford University, where he will continue his immunology research.
Rising young soprano star Isabella Moore has won the Dame Malvina Major Foundation Aria Competition in Dunedin, adding that title to a string of other recent singing successes.
Young New Zealanders will grow up in a world in which cancer is much less life-threatening than it is today, University of Otago researcher Prof Parry Guilford believes.
University of Otago student Chris Harris has won the Otago Medical School Research Society's prize for writing.
As a major University of Otago building boom draws near, questions are being asked about the robustness of university management systems, after cost overruns or pressures involving several smaller projects.
Hundreds more lives can be saved if ''serious failings'' in the New Zealand coronial system are addressed, including by boosting resources, improving information sharing and changing the law, a Dunedin academic says.
An ''exceptional'' performance by Otago Polytechnic, including a rapidly rising student roll, and three national teaching awards, means big benefits for Dunedin's economy and its tertiary education industry.
University of Otago researchers have gained more than $31.3 million in new Health Research Council (HRC) funding, more than double the comparable Otago funding last year, to undertake more cutting-edge health studies.
Otago has a rich history of establishing firsts, leading the way in many fields. University of Otago researchers are attracting international attention, with some granted millions of dollars for cutting-edge projects. So what are they up to? Reporter John Gibb does his own research on the researchers.
Recently-retired Mosgiel postie Rob Urquhart is delighted the future of the Mosgiel and District Lions Club is looking much brighter these days, as it roars back into life.
Asociate Prof Keith Probert, a former head of the University of Otago marine science department, has won a national award, recognising his ''outstanding contribution'' to marine science.
Tom Higham
Oxford University research, led by Prof Tom Higham, has shed new light on when the last Neanderthals died out, and strongly suggests they were not rapidly replaced by modern humans.
Prof Higham is the deputy director of the Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit, at Oxford University, England, and is a University of Otago graduate in archaeology.
Otago has a rich history of establishing firsts, leading the way in many fields. University of Otago researchers are attracting international attention, with some granted millions of dollars for cutting-edge projects. So what are they up to? Reporter John Gibb does his own research on the researchers.
Understanding foreign languages and cultures is ultimately ''vital'' for New Zealand trade and commerce, Pat Duffy, of the University of Otago, says.
ACC claimant support group Acclaim Otago plans to raise its growing concerns about access to justice issues at a United Nations committee hearing in Switzerland next month.
A single drinking binge in late pregnancy could harm child development, research on rats from the University of Otago suggests.
Many myths about energy use in Dunedin households, and elsewhere were exploded in a lively discussion at the University of Otago yesterday.
Mature student Wallie Waudby is ''over the moon'' to be graduating from the University of Otago with a BA in history today.
University of Otago senior academic Prof Richie Poulton has urged Otago graduates to make their own luck and become ''expert'' listeners, learning from the ''wise people'' around them.
University of Otago researcher Glenn Walker has highlighted a new way of attacking dental pathogens that result in $US20 billion a year in dental treatment bills in the United States alone.