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.
University of Otago seismologist Dr Andrew Gorman was recently part of a scientific expedition which generated the first acoustic imagery of seafloor geology east of Christchurch, after that city's recent major earthquake.
Ryan Ammar's dream of one day representing New Zealand as an overseas-based diplomat may have moved closer to fruition, thanks to a prestigious scholarship to study at Cambridge University.
Otago Settlers Museum organisers are keen to further develop a popular chindogu exhibition which has been running at the museum, in association with the 2011 Dunedin Fringe Festival. The show features inventions based on the strange Japanese art of chindogu.
These devices aim to make everyday life a little easier, but are so impractical they are almost useless.
Otago Settlers Museum organisers plan to work hard explaining the looming 18-month closure of the institution to the public, including by using banners.
Dunedin tourist operator Steve McNulty is disappointed the Otago Settlers Museum will close for up to 18 months, but understands why it is happening.
Fifth-year University of Otago dental student Grace Lee has won a prestigious international dental research award at a scientific conference in San Diego, in the United States.
Leading American ethicist Prof Ronald Green disagrees with the view gene-doping will increase fairness in sport.
Any issues involving Otago Museum chief executive Shimrath Paul's reporting to the Otago Museum Trust Board are ultimately matters for the board to consider, Dunedin Mayor Dave Cull says.
Descendants of Maori prisoners from Taranaki who died while working in Dunedin in the 19th century touched a memorial stone in their honour after its unveiling in the Southern Cemetery yesterday.
The University of Otago has been ranked first among New Zealand research institutions for the number of papers published in the prestigious Nature and Nature Research journals last year.
Novel therapies could one day boost functional recovery from strokes by restoring contact with "silent brain cells", University of Otago researcher Dr Andrew Clarkson says.
Previous opposition to "gene doping" should be rethought and such forms of genetic enhancement embraced as a potentially healthier alternative to performance-enhancing drugs, Scottish ethicist Prof Andy Miah says.
Dunedin city councillors will this month consider a proposal that could result in the Otago Settlers Museum closing to the public for about 18 months, until the museum redevelopment project is completed.
University of Otago researchers Dr Liana Machado, Dr Graeme Hammond-Tooke, Dr Andrew Clarkson and Dr Louise Parr-Brownlie, will give free public talks at the university's Castle St lecture theatre complex tomorrow to mark national Brain Day.
An international scientific team, including University of Otago geologists, has successfully drilled through the Alpine Fault on the West Coast, starting an ambitious project to learn more about earthquake mechanisms there.
University of Otago Prof Jean Fleming has been elected a Companion of the Royal Society of New Zealand, recognising her "outstanding leadership in science".
A confidential Dunedin City Council report has questioned the nature of Otago Museum chief executive Shimrath Paul's reporting to his board and raised the "wider issue" of the relationship between the council and museum.
The value of the University' of Otago's bachelor of medical science honours programme in the university's overall health science education has been emphasised by health sciences pro-vice-chancellor Prof Peter Crampton.
