When Canadian researcher Joanna Cooper began geophysics PhD studies at the University of Otago last year, she never dreamed she would soon be carrying out seismic hazard identification work in Christchurch, after a devastating earthquake.
A change of heart in New Zealand's overall "legal culture" may be needed if lengthy delays in processing some civil cases through the courts are to be reduced, a report by the University of Otago Legal Issues Centre says.
The Otago Settlers Museum will close to the public on May 1, but work is continuing behind the scenes on a backlog of cleaning and restoration work involving many artefacts, including a much-loved trolley bus.
Slate roofs will be brought back to the University of Otago's historic professorial houses, in keeping with the original design, as part of a maintenance and restoration project.
Shellfish with surprisingly strong teeth could hold the key to a new era of smarter, stronger materials, including for use in building construction and surgical implants, Kate McGrath says.
The resignation of ACC chief executive Dr Jan White raises further concerns about the future of the ACC scheme, Dunedin ACC campaigner Denise Powell says.
A University of Otago law student team has won its way into the international final of a World Trade Organisation mooting competition, to be held in Europe next month.
The Otago Museum is maintaining an extensive education programme for school pupils throughout Otago, despite a recent reduction in Ministry of Education funding.
Several colourful characters from the University of Otago's past staged a dramatic comeback to the campus this week during a historical re-enactment to celebrate the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day.
At a time when ACC finances are coming under growing scrutiny, a Dunedin family is worried about what they see as excessive equipment-related costs being charged by a provider firm.
More government-funded research is needed to investigate health concerns arising from fluoridation, says a United States anti-fluoride campaigner, who visited Dunedin recently.
Sixty years of memories came flooding back for Sylvia Hyslop yesterday, when she received a long service badge from the Mid-Otago Federation of Women's Institutes.
Overseas scientists are taking a growing interest in an unusual Dunedin geological research project that has tumbled stones in a concrete mixer to gain new insights into rock strength and erosion rates.
Dunedin ACC campaigner Denise Powell says ACC's credibility has recently "taken a hammering" over some controversial elective surgery decisions, and an external review is needed to restore public faith in the corporation.
This weekend more than 200 Maori cultural treasures will be together for the last time, when the "Mo Tatou" exhibition finally closes, after five years on the road.
Prof David Lont, who has been promoted to a full professor of accountancy at the University of Otago, says the university is strongly placed to boost its research into the complex world of accounting and company behaviour.
The genetic knowledge and associated new technologies flowing from the Human Genome Project will result in greatly improved cancer diagnosis and treatment, Prof Edison Liu, a distinguished scientist from Singapore, says.
Several recycling roadshow performers may have been talking rubbish on a recent visit to Dunedin, but were very happy to do so.
University of Otago students are watching or listening to many more of their lectures through podcast transmissions, as a big trend towards "mobile education" gathers momentum on campus.
University of Otago Japan Club members are working hard to raise funds in support of two Red Cross appeals in the aftermath of recent earthquakes in Christchurch and Japan.