Otago graduate takes national role in Botswana
The first student to graduate with a PhD from the University of Otago’s Centre for International Health has taken up a top position in Botswana.
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Walk in honour of late cousin
Walk in honour of late cousin
When Salote Makasini graduates from the University of Otago today she will carry across the Dunedin Town Hall stage a photograph of her Tongan cousin Rima Sikei, who was fatally stabbed...
Health sciences flush with professors
Health sciences flush with professors
Newly-released figures from the University of Otago show its health sciences division is leading the way in terms of senior-level academics, with six times as many professors as the division of...
Otago gets the Rainbow Tick
Otago gets the Rainbow Tick
University of Otago human resources director Kevin Seales and university vice-chancellor Harlene Hayne hold the university’s new certificate from the Rainbow Tick programme, an independently...
Hundreds swarm Dunedin streets before graduations
Hundreds swarm Dunedin streets before graduations
More than 730 graduands will graduate in person from Otago Polytechnic in two ceremonies this afternoon after marching down the main street with friends and family earlier today.
17 Otago academics made professors
17 Otago academics made professors
Seventeen University of Otago academics are being promoted to the position of professor.
Happy to graduate after overcoming challenges
Happy to graduate after overcoming challenges
Once only a heartbeat away from disaster, Kathy Howard has plenty to celebrate when she graduates from Otago Polytechnic today.
Hundreds take to the street before graduations
Hundreds take to the street before graduations
More than 620 graduands and their families took to Dunedin's main street to march in the parade before two University of Otago graduation ceremonies today.
Otago students advised to get immunised over break
Otago students advised to get immunised over break
University of Otago students are being urged to get immunised against meningococcal disease over the summer break as the number of cases of the disease continues to rise.
OUSA purchases Starters bar
OUSA purchases Starters bar
The Otago University Students' Association has bought one of the last remaining bars near the Dunedin campus.
Licence to swill led to severe alcohol problem
Licence to swill led to severe alcohol problem
James Bond, the secret agent with a licence to swill, drank his way to a severe alcohol use disorder, according to University of Otago researchers.
Visitors left impressed by graduation parade
Sydney visitors left impressed by city graduation parade
The stars aligned for both Dunedin and visitors when the peak day of the cruise ship season coincided with the start of the city’s record December graduation ceremonies.
Graduates urged to ‘link with all humanity’
Graduates urged to ‘link with all humanity’
Univiersity of Otago graduates should celebrate and maintain the "bonds of love" and their "links with all humanity and all life"on the planet, Prof Peter Crampton says.
Happy to be wearing a mortar board again
Happy to be wearing a mortar board again
After fitting thousands of University of Otago graduates with their pre-graduation mortar boards, Rebecca Harding will wear one herself today when she graduates from the university.
Updated oath to be used today
Updated oath to be used today
The latest graduating University of Otago medical students will this morning recite for the first time an updated oath which includes an undertaking they will attend to their own health as well as that of their patients.
Heavy drinking at Otago Uni falls
Heavy drinking at Otago Uni falls
Scarfies are getting drunk less often, but they are still drinking to intoxication more than students at other universities, a new study suggests.
Hart gives $10m towards facility
Hart gives $10m towards facility
A $10 million donation to the University of Otago by New Zealand’s richest man will help the institution open a new $28.2 million dental teaching facility in South Auckland.
Record 2850 graduates boost for city
Record 2850 graduates boost for city
A record-setting surge of about 2850 Dunedin tertiary students will graduate this month, generating "fantastic" benefits by sparking higher demand for hotel beds and restaurants, and boosting the economy.
Graduating dental surgeon proud of Maori heritage
Graduating dental surgeon proud of Maori heritage
Many people might feel out of their depth if they encountered someone with facial injuries, but University of Otago graduate Rob Mane loves helping to make a life-changing difference for such patients.
NZ's richest man gifts Otago Uni $10m
NZ's richest man gifts Otago Uni $10m
A $10 million donation to the University of Otago by New Zealand's richest man will help the institution open a new $28.2 million dental teaching facility.