John Gibb

After working at the University of Otago for about 20 years, Dr Claire Matthewson is stepping down as Otago summer school and continuing education director.

Controversial comments by the Employers and Manufacturers Association's former chief executive have "touched a deep nerve" over women's pay equity issues, Green MP Catherine Delahunty says.

Research into a mysterious underground zone linked to the origins of big earthquakes is one of a number of University of Otago projects boosted by $17.8 million in grants from the latest "extremely competitive" Marsden Fund round.

University of Otago scientists have made a big advance in their efforts to combat tuberculosis and other infectious diseases by taking delivery of a state-of-the-art containment laboratory.

University of Otago psychologist Cliff Abraham gained $985,000 over three years to study the role of new nerve cells in memory in the latest Marsden Fund round.

University of Otago researchers are preparing to begin an internationally innovative study of the health impacts on rescuers, firefighters and other frontline workers responding to the Christchurch earthquakes.

About 50 dogs, a couple of rabbits, a cat, a hen and one particularly striking sulphur-crested cockatoo were among the animal stars at the annual Francistide Celebration of Pets at St Paul's Cathedral, Dunedin, yesterday.

Former Dunedin man Philip Chronican, who is the chief executive, Australia, of the ANZ Banking Group, remains optimistic about the city's future.

Scots-born Jock Rae (91), who these days lives at Slough, in England, has enjoyed three very big slices of luck in his life.

University of Otago Prof Allan Herbison, an internationally leading researcher into how the brain controls fertility, has been awarded the university's highest research honour, the Distinguished Research Medal.

University of Otago microbiologist Prof Gregory Cook has been awarded a prestigious James Cook Research Fellowship to pursue research linked to a powerful new way to combat tuberculosis.

Nobel Prize-winning scientist Prof Robert Grubbs is predicting a big future for green chemistry in helping develop a more sustainable world.

The Otago Settlers Museum has had to ditch plans to display a large banner - heralding the museum's $35 million redevelopment - on its Cumberland St frontage, citing insurance and safety concerns.

Chemistry Nobel Prize winner Prof Robert Grubbs, who is giving a public lecture at the University of Otago on Friday, clearly has a good memory and an eye for detail.

Controversial legislation to cut mandatory membership of student associations could harm Dunedin's tertiary education industry and damage many university campuses, Green Party tertiary spokesman Gareth Hughes warns.

University of Otago senior lecturer John Harraway has been elected president of the International Association for Statistical Education at a recent World Statistics Congress in Dublin.

University of Otago scientists are striving to develop a smart new way of attacking a bacterial pathogen that is damaging New Zealand kiwifruit production.