About 300 Otago Polytechnic graduands, staff members and other supporters walked through George St, Dunedin, yesterday in an incident-free academic procession before a graduation ceremony at the Dunedin Town Hall.
A cure for Alzheimer's disease may not be found within 10 years, but significantly better treatments will be available by then, University of Otago psychologist Prof Cliff Abraham said yesterday.
Deb Sutton has mixed feelings these days - well aware that she and many others are losing their jobs with the imminent closure of Fisher and Paykel's Mosgiel factory, but also excited to be graduating from Otago Polytechnic with a degree today.
Disciplinary action will be taken against perpetrators after disorder at the student Orientation toga parade "brought disgrace to the university", vice-chancellor Prof David Skegg said yesterday.
A University of Otago Campus Watch member was allegedly assaulted, two young people were arrested by police and a couch was set alight in Castle St, as a crowd of students gathered in north Dunedin last night.
A nationwide survey launched by the University of Otago Legal Issues Centre this week is likely to shed new light on problems with delays and often substantial legal costs in the court system.
A global strategy to eliminate tuberculosis disease by 2050 will not succeed unless more can be done to prevent infection from progressing to disease, Prof Philip Hill says.
The delight Dunedin painter Clive Humphreys derives from the Otago Museum's Animal Attic has contributed to an exhibition of his "paintings, drawings, silhouettes and objects" in the museum gallery.
Nigerian paediatrician Dr Uzoh Egere is a long way from home, but there was one familiar face when he arrived in Dunedin recently.
A major international study led by New Zealand clinicians and scientists will contribute to changes in the diagnosis and treatment of infective endocarditis (IE), researchers say.
The University of Otago has extended the proctor's powers to direct a student who is a "disruptive nuisance" not to visit part of the university or any of its residential colleges.
Four University of Otago students have gained $7000 scholarships to support their bachelor of applied science studies.
An exhibition at the Otago Museum is celebrating the life and achievements of Charles Brasch, the late Dunedin poet, pioneering literary editor and cultural benefactor, 100 years after his birth.
The University of Otago student roll is likely to reach record levels this year, after a higher-than-projected 2.6% rise in student numbers early in the first semester.
Dunedin Mayor Peter Chin yesterday threw his support behind the Dame Malvina Major Foundation's newly formed Otago branch.
Close links with the University of Otago are helping to further improve the quality of tertiary education in Samoa, the Samoan Head of State, His Highness Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese Ta'isi Efi, says.
Businessman Jim Casey says that a photograph of a student car, painted in beer brand colours, and upturned in a North Dunedin street on Thursday, vindicates his concerns about "in your face" beer giveaway promotions.
A Speight's beer promotion in Dunedin's student quarter has run into problems after a landlord complained notices stapled to doors had damaged his flats, and a car painted in the company's colours for the promotion was overturned in the middle of Castle St.
New Zealand law should be changed to avoid potentially damaging restrictions on medical research arising from overseas genome-related patents, University of Otago researchers recommend.
Building consents have dropped again as the economic downturn continues, but a relatively modest fall in new housing consents in Dunedin and Queenstown has highlighted Otago's economic resiliency.
