![Murat Genc](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0028/581248/Murat-Genc-thumbnail-650.png)
17 Jul 2024
World Bridge Games champ?
Come October, Department of Economics Associate Professor Murat Genç, will park...
![Professor Philip Nel](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0027/581319/Philip-Nel-thumbnail.png)
17 Jul 2024
Illustrious career recognised with emeritus status
Philip Nel will be an Emeritus Professor when he retires from Otago’s Politics p...
![Writer 2024](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0025/581146/Writer-2024-thumbnail-650.png)
17 Jul 2024
Creative writing competition opens
The University’s annual creative writing competition opens for entries today, wi...
![Man vaping thumbnail](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0033/580929/man-vaping-thumbnail.png)
16 Jul 2024
Strong emotions, intense cravings and daily disruption: young people’s experiences of vaping
Young people in Aotearoa New Zealand are struggling with the effects of vaping a...
![Pic of many generic pills](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0033/580848/Generic-drug-thumbnail.png)
15 Jul 2024
Research to make lithium safer for BD patients
A University of Otago academic is working to ‘cage’ lithium to make it a safer a...
![Yusuf Cakmak](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0028/580465/Yusuf-Cakmak-thumbnail-650.png)
11 Jul 2024
Prestigious Royal Society award to neuroprosthetics academic
An Otago researcher investigating an innovative approach to help people manage d...
![Paul Pearce](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0032/580469/Paul-Pearce-thumbnail-650.png)
11 Jul 2024
Honouring a lifelong dedication to learning and teaching
If there’s one thing that Paul Pearce believes, it’s that teaching others to imp...
![UOC staff and students handing over winter pyjamas.](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0024/580326/Pjs-image-650.png)
10 Jul 2024
UOC generosity keeping kids warm in winter
Tamariki attending Christchurch Hospital this winter will soon be cosy and warm,...
![an illustration of the new building Wai Ora](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0019/580303/Wai-Ora-thumbnail.png)
10 Jul 2024
New UOC building named at Matariki staff awards
The new campus building under construction in Christchurch has been gifted the n...
![Prajesh Chhanabhai and Tane Whitehead](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0040/579199/Prajesh-and-Tane-thumbnail-650.png)
09 Jul 2024
Sharing baskets of knowledge
The transition from school to university can be an overwhelming time for many st...
![Image of person holding older person's hand](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0021/578001/Elder-abuse-thumbnail.png)
09 Jul 2024
Call for better criteria for suspicion of elder abuse
Despite one in six older adults being a victim of elder abuse, its prevalence is...
![Rebecca performing at the 2024 Queenstown Salsa Festival.](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0035/578546/Rebecca-image-650.png)
08 Jul 2024
The business of salsa
It doesn’t take much sleuthing to work out how Rebecca Connaughton spends much o...