The 2010 Rutherford Medal has been awarded to internationally renowned University of Otago molecular biologist Prof Warren Tate.
Have vandals been attacking some of England's oldest books?
University of Otago senior scientist Emeritus Prof Brian Robinson has been awarded a Marsden Medal by the New Zealand Association of Scientists.
One of Otago Settlers Museum's best-known and most popular artefacts, an ornate carved desk which long graced a Dunedin bank building, is being dismantled for storage and conservation.
Pharmaceutical companies are likely to follow up the discovery of a new drug therapy for stroke victims by soon developing a compound more suitable for testing in humans, University of Otago researcher Dr Andrew Clarkson believes.
University of Otago and American researchers have discovered a new drug therapy which could dramatically help stroke victims by unlocking paralysed arms and legs and restoring much of their lost mobility.
As the Government prepares to introduce a major Alcohol Reform Bill, a new University of Otago study has highlighted an association between higher numbers of nearby liquor outlets and increased risk of binge drinking.
New Zealand is facing serious health problems because of the large amounts of sugar added to processed foods and soft drinks, University of Otago biochemist Associate Prof Tony Merriman warned yesterday.
An Otago Museum-organised exhibition which opens at Melbourne's Immigration Museum next week could open the door for other Otago shows to go to Australia, organisers say.
The Dunedin City Council will start a new parking enforcement campaign this week after receiving complaints about cars parking on footpaths in the Octagon.
University of Otago physics student Michael Price and Otago chemistry graduate Jake Howe have been awarded prestigious scholarships from the Rutherford Foundation to undertake PhD study at the University of Cambridge, England.
The 10th anniversary of the Mana Pounamu Young Achievers Awards was celebrated in Dunedin last night.
Despite tough economic times, CCS Disability Action Otago's financial performance has improved strongly, and increased bequest income has helped boost the organisation's reserves in its 75th year.
Issues involving the balance of copyright law are of "increasing concern" to artists, given the tougher legal provisions being sought by some industry groups, Wellington artist Bronwyn Holloway-Smith says.
The Otago University Students Association executive has voted to seek downgraded "associate membership" of the New Zealand Union of Students' Associations (NZUSA), in a move which could badly damage the national student body.
Presbyterian Support Otago (PSO) has achieved positive social and financial results, against a background of continually rising costs and recession-fuelled demand for services, its annual meeting heard this week.
A University of Otago geology graduate, Dr James Scott, has been awarded a postdoctoral fellowship from the Foundation for Research, Science and Technology to study the Alpine Fault's underlying mantle layers.
The "Grain Brains", a team of four Kavanagh College pupils, has won the top award in Dunedin's inaugural food science challenge, with a novel product, partly made from recycled pages of the Otago Daily Times.
Dr Wendy Busby, a clinical senior lecturer in medicine at the University of Otago's Dunedin School of Medicine, this week received the senior staff award for quality in teaching at the school's annual teaching awards function.
Limited funds mean Otago Museum authorities face a "challenging decision" over the future of a southern right whale dolphin skeleton.