University of Otago research into cancer-enabling genes could be used to help develop therapies to fight certain cancers, including kidney and ovarian cancer.
Three University of Otago staff have opted for voluntary severance but forced redundancies have not been needed in the restructuring of the university's former social work and community development department.
University of Otago vice-chancellor Prof Sir David Skegg has urged Otago graduates to make the most of their talents but also warned them to "expect the unexpected".
University of Otago College of Education teaching fellow David Berg on Saturday became the first person to graduate with a recently established Otago doctor of education degree.
Facing tough challenges during their University of Otago social work studies has brought Zimbabwean couple Stan and Dzivi Chirenda closer together.
How many students can say they have already held two government cabinet portfolios before they have even graduated?
Some of the old Walt Disney magic seemed to have rubbed off this week on many of the 80 University of Otago students who learned more about work opportunities at Disney World.
Yellow bell-bottom trousers from the 1970s, and stranger garb, could end up in Otago Settlers Museum collections, after a change in collecting policy is implemented.
A locomotive viewing shed, just south of the Dunedin Railway Station, will be built next year to attract thousands of new visitors to the redeveloped Otago Settlers Museum.
The great bus hunt is over. The Otago Settlers Museum has long been searching for a bus from the late 1930s to accompany the museum's Art Deco NZR bus station when it reopens to the public late next year, after the museum's $35 million redevelopment is completed.
Canadian Daryl Copeland, an advocate of "guerrilla diplomacy" - which seeks to resolve international issues by non-traditional means - will be among the leading speakers at the University of Otago's latest Foreign Policy School.
The last of the Citibus Leyland buses left the firm's Dunedin depot yesterday, marking the end of an era in the city's public transport history.
An Air New Zealand senior manager, Vanessa Stoddart, has urged University of Otago graduates to "have the courage to dream" and to take a positive approach to fulfilling their potential.
When many people celebrate a birthday they burn a few candles on a cake, but when Frank Robertson recently turned 70, the fire engines arrived.
The University of Otago's latest graduation ceremony today will be very much a family affair for twins Anna and Sophie Ingram and their sister Mikaela.
The magical world of Walt Disney wants to wave a wand over student recruits from the University of Otago.
Five University of Otago students have been awarded Freemasons scholarships, totalling $34,000, to support study in several academic disciplines.
University Students Association president Harriet Geoghegan says the association is in good heart and will not be damaged by her early resignation.
The human race needs science to resolve the "massive mess our species has gotten itself and other species into", award-winning scientist Dr Andrew West says.
Former Black Ferns prop Beth Mallard is happy to help explode a few myths about the much-maligned intellect of rugby tight forwards.