Pre-bedtime advice called into question
Just when we thought we had pre-bedtime routines all worked out, new research suggests avoiding screen time, exercise and food for an hour before sleep may not actually help.
Dunedin
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Firearms incidents costing $322m a year: study
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Firearms incidents costing $322m a year: study
As the govt reviews gun control laws, Otago Uni researchers hope the panel will take notice of their latest study, which has found firearms incidents are costing NZ $322 million a year.
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Award-winner ‘humbled and grateful’
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Award-winner ‘humbled and grateful’
Artificial intelligence (AI) can do many amazing things, but it failed to predict David Rozado would win a major research award at the Aotearoa AI Awards.
Varsity’s online MBA course high in world rankings
Varsity’s online MBA course high in world rankings
The University of Otago is showing it means business, after its online master of business administration (MBA) degree was recognised as one of the best in the world.
Up to tricks
Up to tricks
Canterbury resident Seth Buckley, 20, shreds a trick on a rail in the middle of the University of Otago campus during a Otago University Snow Sports Club and Red Bull Rail Jam at Union Lawn yesterday.
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University event celebrates, promotes te reo Māori
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University event celebrates, promotes te reo Māori
Tears were shed by a generation denied access to te reo when they heard the language sung loudly and proudly by Māori students at the University of Otago.
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Uni aims to return to surplus in two years
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Uni aims to return to surplus in two years
The University of Otago aims to be in surplus over the next couple of years, despite "major" funding issues.
Many teens worried about drug use
Many teens worried about drug use
While it appears smoking and drinking are ways for teens to rebel, Otago researchers have been stunned to find many of them are actually worried about their own use of drugs, including alcohol.
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Uni's 'streamlining' plans stoke concern
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Otago Uni's 'streamlining' plans stoke concern
The financially stretched University of Otago is taking a hard look at papers and programmes which do not meet "market needs".
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Further smear bid over moa ‘de-extinction’ criticism
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Further smear bid over moa ‘de-extinction’ criticism
An Otago paleogenetics researcher who has been critical of Colossal Biosciences’ plan to "de-extinct" the giant moa, continues to be targeted by online articles aimed at discrediting him.
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$2m professorship to investigate skeletons
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$2m professorship to investigate skeletons
The poor, working class, women, children, the enslaved and those under colonial rule — many of their skeletons are in closets all over the world.
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Lung cancer researcher granted $80,000 to help find biomarker
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Lung cancer researcher granted $80,000 to help find biomarker
An accurate, easy and fast test for lung cancer could be within reach in the next decade, after a Dunedin cancer researcher was awarded a major funding grant to collaborate with a world-renowned...
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Student rep hoping to continue role
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Student rep hoping to continue role
An embattled student representative is hoping to remain in his role after receiving a formal letter to resign from the Otago University Students’ Association (OUSA) executive.
Sweet success
Sweet success
Desmond-Emila Makasini, 26, celebrates with his daughter Aliana Makasini, 6, after graduating from Otago Polytechnic with a master’s of architecture at the Dunedin Town Hall.
Standards wanted for indoor air quality
Standards wanted for indoor air quality
Public health researchers have warned poor air quality inside hospitals, schools, workplaces, public buildings and homes is "a major, but largely invisible, health risk".
Lambing it up for the camera
Lambing it up for the camera
Aleisha had a little lamb, and all the students flocked to it.
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Warning more job losses possible at Otago Polytech
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Warning more job losses possible at Otago Polytech
The tertiary institutions’ financial watchdog has hinted at further job losses for Otago Polytechnic if it wishes to remain autonomous next year.
Celebrating the moment
Celebrating the moment
Dean Jones plays traditional Japanese music on the koto while Victoria Pryde celebrates hanami, the traditional Japanese custom of enjoying the temporary beauty of blossoms.
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Aim to improve health system
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Aim to improve health system
Changing public policy to improve New Zealand’s health system may sound like a very tall order, if not just a dream in the present economic climate.
Apprentice Challenge win came down to the wire
Apprentice Challenge win came down to the wire
There is no rest for the wicked, or the winner, as Kase Rawson found out yesterday.