Te Pānui Taura - Issue 8, December 2024
New but familiar faces at Graduate Research School, mixing flowers with finance, award for immunology researcher and more!
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19 Dec 2024
'A lightbulb can't shine if the cable is broken'
When a light goes out, people often assume the bulb is blown. But what if someth...
16 Dec 2024
Graduate shining light on 'hidden epidemic of suffering'
Dr Michelle Walker wasn’t prepared for the effect writing her PhD thesis would h...
13 Dec 2024
Māori and Pacific literature in spotlight
Patricia Grace and puffer fish spacecraft will feature on the reading list for a...
12 Dec 2024
Sense of belonging 'crucial' for immigrants
Hussain Raissi, a refugee from Afghanistan, will graduate with a PhD on Saturday...
11 Dec 2024
Pacific Marine Science PhD graduate finds her ‘village’
During her school years in Fiji, studying marine science was never on Namrata (N...
08 Dec 2024
Community need drives specialisation
After graduating in 2018, Jonathan Martin (Tūhoe, Ngāti Whakaue, Ngāti Kahungunu...
06 Dec 2024
Going beyond extractions
Working as a dentist in a rural practice in Ōpōtiki, Shayden Bell (Tainui, Ngāti...
05 Dec 2024
Congratulations doctor, doctor, doctor
If you think graduating once as a doctor is a big achievement, try three times.
02 Dec 2024
‘Overwhelming response’ to Summer School finance paper
Kiwis, how’s your emergency and retirement fund looking? If FINC204 Personal Fin...
28 Nov 2024
Emerging Otago researchers gain $2.8m funding
Sixteen University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka researchers have received $2....
27 Nov 2024
Young scientist award for immunology researcher
Otago School of Biomedical Sciences Postdoctoral Fellow Dr Nils Birkholz has bee...
22 Nov 2024
Mixing flowers with finance
There’s probably not many people who need extensive knowledge on quadruple witch...