Alumni news and events
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01 Dec 2023
Hot Picks issue 37
Be entertained and feed your mind with our Hot Picks. You can relax in the comfo...
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01 Dec 2023
Chasing an Olympic dream
Otago alumnus Kobe Miller (22) is targeting a place in the New Zealand rowing te...
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01 Dec 2023
Alumni in the News issue 37
Legendary netball coach Robyn Broughton ONZM (pictured) honoured
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01 Dec 2023
Otago celebrates 20 years of Pacific Voices
The Pacific Voices (PV) Symposium has long served as a site of growth, empowerme...
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01 Dec 2023
Peacebuilder Award honours support for students and global peace projects
The visionary work of Rei Foundation, towards supporting students and building p...
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29 Nov 2023
The ‘Most Influential’ Mai Chen receives Otago honour
For one of New Zealand’s leading legal minds, returning to her alma mater to rec...
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08 Nov 2023
Rhodes Scholarship for excellence, leadership and commitment to community
Huge congratulations to Otago graduate Isaac Heron who has been awarded a Rhodes...
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27 Oct 2023
Te Rangihīroa College officially opens
The University’s first new purpose-built residential college in more than 50 yea...
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25 Oct 2023
Dame Carolyn Burns Fellowship a chance to give back
It’s more than 20 years since Professor Ross Thompson graduated from Otago, but...
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24 Oct 2023
Otago alumnus Professor Chris Greening awarded prestigious Australian Prime Minister’s Science Prize
Warmest congratulations to Otago alumnus and Monash University Professor Chris G...
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19 Oct 2023
Solo cycle across America scoops desert writing prize
With no cycling experience and no fitness training, Otago alumna Anna Welch boug...
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17 Oct 2023
Writer 2023 results: Alumni winners delight judge
What do a science fiction story about the appearance of a strange object in Lond...