@Otago issue 39
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Inspirational alumni and staff recognised in King’s Birthday Honours
From snow sports to archery, law to orthopaedics, 19 University of Otago alumni...
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Distinguished Malaysian alumnus cherishes life skills learned at Otago
Arriving in Aotearoa/New Zealand in 2002, with insufficient funds, sleeping on a...
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A pressing future
Frustrated at not being able to produce his own record, Otago alumnus Ben Wallac...
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Building a global business around a merino T-shirt
Just a couple of years after graduating with his Master of Commerce at Otago in...
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First Otago winner announced for NZ Superfund scholarship
The New Zealand Superfund has awarded its first Sustainable Finance scholarships...
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Generous gift to benefit medical research at Christchurch campus
A substantial gift from Canterbury farmer James Hobson Smedley has opened up exc...
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Return to Nepal and support from Otago leads to prestigious US scholarship
Inspired by a trip to Nepal in 2015, Christchurch medical student Roshit Bothara...
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Hot Picks Issue 39
Be entertained and feed your mind with our Hot Picks. You can relax in the comfo...
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Otago Images Issue 39
It’s the mid-year exam period, so we thought we’d look back and bring some colou...
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Alumni in the News Issue 39
University of Otago Professor of Politics Robert Patman has been named the winne...
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Networks & Events Issue 39
In an exciting development for Otago, the Kiribati Alumni Chapter was launched i...
University of Otago Professor of Politics Robert Patman has been named the winner of the 2024 Critic and Conscience of Society Award for his outstanding commitment to educating the public and decision-makers about issues relating to international relations.
Professor Patman plans to use part of the $50,000 funding to secure research assistance to progress two literature projects, a book titled Rethinking the Global Impact of 9/11 and a co-authored volume called Why Political Leaders are Poor at Learning from History.
Read more: https://www.otago.ac.nz/news/newsroom/academic-wins-esteemed-critic-and-conscience-award
Otago alumnae and former Gore High School students Sammy Heyward and Beth Scott were selected for the Ice Fernz squad that competed in the IIHF World Women’s Division 2, Group B championship in Istanbul.
Read more https://www.odt.co.nz/southland/the-ensign/grizzlies-together-nz
Otago Forensic Anthropologist Dr Jade De La Paz (PhD, 2022) is one of only four people from Aotearoa to be made a Fellow in the American Academy of Forensic Sciences.
She teaches and mentors the country’s only undergraduate Forensic Science programme at Otago.
Otago alumnus Shah Aslam is chief executive of Ocean Flyer, which signed a $700 million deal to bring 25 all-electric seagliders to New Zealand. The zero-emission, high-speed, low-flying vessels have been developed by a team of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) graduates and ex-Boeing engineers.
The company, which is backed by high-profile investors Peter Thiel and Mark Cuban, and airlines such as Japan Airlines and Hawaiian, has an order book of $15 billion.
Read more: https://www.odt.co.nz/business/entrepreneur%E2%80%99s-vision-future-travel
Otago alumnus Hamish Prince (MSc Geography, 2021) is working for NASA while completing his PhD on a Fulbright Scholarship at the University of Wisconsin.