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Associate Professor Wayne Morriss, right, with Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland, May 2023.

16 Apr 2025

Two major awards for UOC anaesthetist


University of Otago, Christchurch, Associate Professor Wayne Morriss has been awarded two major Trans-Tasman awards for...

11 Apr 2025

UOC student wins prestigious American Chemical Society Award


Postdoctoral Fellow Dr Max Yavitt, from the University of Otago, Christchurch’s, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and M...

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10 Apr 2025

Fulbright fellow focuses on underserved populations


We catch up with medical alumna Dr Sainimere Boladuadua who was awarded a prestigious Fulbright Science and Innovation G...

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09 Apr 2025

Whānau at the forefront for researchers


Whānau is at the heart of cancer research projects set to be undertaken by three Otago scholarship recipients.

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09 Apr 2025

App makes playground selection a walk in the park


Just in time for the school holidays, a University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka academic has released a web app to he...

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09 Apr 2025

Otago part of international collaboration on deepfake AI research


An Otago researcher is part of an international collaboration working to protect democracy, identity, and business from...

Garreth Taylor and Esther Valmadre at Te Oraka

08 Apr 2025

E-rescue brings new lease of life for outdated tech


Otago’s upping the sustainability stakes, adding another ‘r’ to the lineup with rescue.

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04 Apr 2025

Department of Conservation exploring user charges


The Department of Conservation (DOC) is testing new ways of working to grow visitor numbers at popular tourist attractio...

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03 Apr 2025

Otago’s second annual Pay Gap Report released


The University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka has released its second annual Pay Gap report, which reveals a mixed resu...

03 Apr 2025

Otago travel award sparks Swedish pharmacy connection


Geographically, the University of Otago and Sweden’s University of Uppsala couldn’t be much further apart.

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03 Apr 2025

Celebrating 75 years of physical education graduates


“A little more grey – or just less – hair, a little slower moving around, reluctantly a little wiser, but with the same...

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01 Apr 2025

Naming the nameless


Identifying human remains isn’t for the faint-hearted, but it’s crucial work according to Professor Warwick Duncan.

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