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06 May 2025

Prime Minister’s prizes awarded to two Otago academics


Work on managing anxiety and managing viruses has resulted in two Otago academics receiving Prime Minister’s Science Pri...

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01 May 2025

International recognition for Otago’s doctoral supervision programme


Otago excellence is in the international spotlight once again, this time highlighting the innovative work around support...

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...

An aerial shot of Queenstown.

27 Mar 2025

Resourcing issues in the spotlight at Tourism Policy School


Tourism industry, government and research leaders are set to gather at the Otago Tourism Policy School in Queenstown nex...

Dr Aline Boer, who will be traveling to Germany to research one of the hormones influencing obesity.

26 Mar 2025

New Zealand-Germany collaboration will boost studies into obesity


Dr Aline Boer is one of several early career New Zealand researchers about to head to Germany to work on a collaborative...

Associate Professor Aniruddha Chatterjee says supervising tauira and seeing them succeed is hugely rewarding.

19 Mar 2025

DSM supervisor’s top-notch skills recognised


A Dunedin School of Medicine researcher has been recognised internationally for his sterling supervision of postgraduate...

Professor Stephanie Hughes receives a Rare Disorders Research Award from Cindy Kiro, Governor-General of New Zealand,

18 Mar 2025

Batten Disease research efforts recognised


Professor Stephanie Hughes’s work on a rare childhood disease has been nationally recognised.

17 Mar 2025

Otago alumni in America support fossil project


Carefully collected by Geology researchers over the past 150 years, the University of Otago’s Geology Museum holds more...

Sport-related subjects at Otago has been ranked 11th in the world in the latest QS World University Rankings by Subject.

13 Mar 2025

Otago success in QS World Rankings


The University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka is home to New Zealand’s highest ranked subject area in the latest QS Wor...

Former University of Otago Burns Fellow Emma Neale

06 Mar 2025

OUP titles shortlisted in Ockham Book Awards


Two books published by Otago University Press (OUP) have been shortlisted for the country’s top literary honours.

Pro-Vice-Chancellor Maree Thyne at the Otago Business School looking ANZMAC-ready.

17 Feb 2025

ANZMAC appointment keeping tradition alive


Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Commerce and Dean of the Otago Business School, Professor Maree Thyne, is continuing a stellar Ot...

Te Takarangi curators, from left, Angela Wanhalla, Jacinta Ruru and Jeanette Wikaira welcome people to celebrate the release of Books of Mana with them at a special event at the Hocken Library on 12 February. Photo: Dean Johnston

10 Feb 2025

‘Books of Mana’ a tribute to significant Māori writing


A carefully curated reading list of Māori non-fiction books has become the inspiration for a book of its own.

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