SUBSCRIBER
Te Pukenga break-up Bill being introduced
Legislation breaking up mega-polytechnic Te Pūkenga will be brought to Parliament this week, but questions still remain about the eventual structure.
Dunedin
SUBSCRIBER
Graduation marks double success
SUBSCRIBER
Graduation marks double success
American twins who crossed the world to get to Dunedin together had the special honour of graduating with their respective master’s degrees together.
SUBSCRIBER
Rare diagnosis sparked uni goal
SUBSCRIBER
Rare diagnosis sparked uni goal
How would you react if you were diagnosed with a rare degenerative muscle disease?
10,000 NZers may have lost vision due to toxoplasmosis
10,000 NZers may have lost vision due to toxoplasmosis
Otago University researchers estimate 40,000 New Zealanders are affected by ocular toxoplasmosis, a parasite spread by cats.
Staff call for Israel ties to be cut
Staff call for Israel ties to be cut
The University of Otago has played a straight bat to a group of academics’ demands to boycott and divest academic and financial ties to Israel.
Uni joins SAR to protect scholars
Uni joins SAR to protect scholars
During times of war, academics often become targets and suffer grave threats to their lives and liberty.
SUBSCRIBER
A most revealing cooking show
SUBSCRIBER
A most revealing cooking show
Were it not for the sight being so mentally scarring, Diane Kenwright’s cooking show might make a great new dieting regime.
SUBSCRIBER
Uni was ‘the time of our lives’
SUBSCRIBER
Uni was ‘the time of our lives’
A group of graduates, now living in the big smoke, will look back on their years at the University of Otago as "the time of our lives".
SUBSCRIBER
Uni wants to demo award winning building
SUBSCRIBER
DCC may thwart plan to demolish 'unique and special' lecture theatres
Plans to demolish award winning University of Otago lecture theatres have hit a snag as the city council moves to protect the building.
SUBSCRIBER
PhD work improves superbug knowledge
SUBSCRIBER
PhD work improves superbug knowledge
In a previous life, Saki Baleivanualala was a microbiologist, working in a Fijian hospital where he saw many people dying from antibiotic resistant bacterial infections.
University of Otago graduands, 1pm ceremony
University of Otago graduands, 1pm ceremony
At a ceremony in the Dunedin Town Hall starting at 1pm today, 298 people will graduate in person from the University of Otago with qualifications in a wide range of subjects, including philosophy,...
University of Otago graduands, 4pm ceremony
University of Otago graduands, 4pm ceremony
In a ceremony at the Dunedin Town Hall at 4pm today, 307 people will graduate in person from the University of Otago with qualifications in subjects including medicine, science, arts, law and commerce.
SUBSCRIBER
University arts fellowships on ‘hold’
SUBSCRIBER
University arts fellowships on ‘hold’
The arts community is reeling over the University of Otago’s decision to "pause" two prominent fellowships which have launched the careers of some of the country’s most notable artists.
SUBSCRIBER
Tobacco Transparency Bill ‘will benefit all’
SUBSCRIBER
Tobacco Transparency Bill ‘will benefit all’
When the government repealed smokefree legislation last year, questions were raised in the health and research sectors about why it was done, and if parties in the coalition government benefited...
Alumnus returns to uni to speak at graduation ceremony
Alumnus returns to uni to speak at graduation ceremony
As one of the world’s leading cardiac neurobiologists, Prof David Paterson will be very aware of his slightly elevated brain and heart activity when he gives the graduation address at the second of...
Ultimatum on student needs delivered
Ultimatum on student needs delivered
The Dunedin City Council ignores university students’ needs at its peril - or else, they will study in Christchurch instead.
Student’s career as composer takes wing
Student’s career as composer takes wing
Cameron Monteath enjoys playing with others.
Bubble tea shop falls foul of cup ban
Bubble tea shop falls foul of cup ban
A bubble tea shop in the Link at the University of Otago says it is being unfairly targeted by the university’s disposable cup ban.
SUBSCRIBER
Walk and Talk ‘sort of a living library’
SUBSCRIBER
Walk and Talk ‘sort of a living library’
Anything you want to talk about, Dmitry Zavialov is keen to hear about. But you'll have to tell him about it while you are walking.
SUBSCRIBER
Prof ‘shocked’ to get science prize
SUBSCRIBER
Prof ‘shocked’ to get science prize
Jemma Geoghegan never planned to become a science communicator.