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27 Feb 2025
Researchers call for end to futile CPR
To reduce unnecessary harm, staff in aged residential care facilities should not be forced to provide chest compressions...
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20 Feb 2025
Govt invests $25m in Otago-led genomics research
A major new investment into genomics research highlights the importance of genomics to New Zealand’s future wellbeing an...
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19 Feb 2025
Repeated invasions shape NZ’s bird life
New University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka research shows Aotearoa has been increasingly accepting new bird species...
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14 Feb 2025
Funding freeze severely affecting people with intellectual disability
Concerns are growing among clinicians in Aotearoa New Zealand over the “severe and adverse” impacts of recent government...
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13 Feb 2025
Impact of drinking on mood and wellbeing
Excessive drinking not only impacts young adults’ physical health the following day, but also their emotional wellness,...
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11 Feb 2025
Otago treasures under the lens in new exhibition
Antique botanical treasures from the University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka Department of Botany have inspired a new...
Undergraduate news (Te Aka Tauira)
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28 Feb 2025
Med student on the fast track
Third-year Otago medical student Annise Boothroyd loves a challenge.
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26 Feb 2025
SWU students get taste of life at Otago
Otago’s School of Pharmacy hosted a short pharmaceutical science course for 21 students from China’s Southwest Universit...
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19 Feb 2025
World of deliciousness on menu at food fest
Break out your comfy pants, the OUSA International Food Festival is back.
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17 Feb 2025
Locals programme not just for locals
Don’t let the name fool you – the Locals programme is not just for tauira from Ōtepoti.
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12 Feb 2025
Removing barriers so tauira can reach potential
Whether you have a disability, impairment, medical condition or temporary injury that impacts your studies, the Disabili...
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31 Jan 2025
Pacific students get taste of Otago
Forty Pacific high school students swapped the classroom for campus, getting a taste of life at the University of Otago...
Postgraduate news (Te Pānui Taura)
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27 Feb 2025
Speaking at World Endometriosis Congress
An Otago PhD candidate has made it through a ‘highly competitive selection process’ to present at an international congr...
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26 Feb 2025
SWU students get taste of life at Otago
Otago’s School of Pharmacy hosted a short pharmaceutical science course for 21 students from China’s Southwest Universit...
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19 Feb 2025
World of deliciousness on menu at food fest
Break out your comfy pants, the OUSA International Food Festival is back.
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14 Feb 2025
Getting educational frog resource off the ground
A year's work came to fruition for two Otago Master of Science students when a new bilingual resource they spearheaded w...
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12 Feb 2025
Removing barriers so tauira can reach potential
Whether you have a disability, impairment, medical condition or temporary injury that impacts your studies, the Disabili...
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12 Feb 2025
Win highlights the importance of ‘empathy, integrity and putting people first’
Winning this year’s Richard Kammann Wellbeing Prize is bittersweet for Bale Kito.
Bulletin Board and staff news
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28 Feb 2025
Voice scholarship celebrates legacy of Honor McKellar
A new scholarship to remember the life and work of the late voice teacher and performer Honor McKellar is being establis...
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27 Feb 2025
Speaking at World Endometriosis Congress
An Otago PhD candidate has made it through a ‘highly competitive selection process’ to present at an international congr...
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26 Feb 2025
SWU students get taste of life at Otago
Otago’s School of Pharmacy hosted a short pharmaceutical science course for 21 students from China’s Southwest Universit...
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26 Feb 2025
Pro-Vice-Chancellor appointed for Te Kete Aronui Division of Humanities
Professor Hugh Campbell has been appointed as Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Te Kete Aronui - Division of Humanities, following an...
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25 Feb 2025
Otago charting the future of private law
The evolving landscape of private law in Aotearoa New Zealand was the focus of a symposium hosted by Otago’s Faculty of...
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25 Feb 2025
New professors for primary health care
The Wellington campus has welcomed four new professors in the Department of Primary Health Care and General Practice thi...
Alumni news
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28 Feb 2025
Voice scholarship celebrates legacy of Honor McKellar
A new scholarship to remember the life and work of the late voice teacher and performer Honor McKellar is being establis...
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13 Feb 2025
Summer research scholarships a real game changer
Students, sponsors and supervisors all agree that Otago’s Summer Research Scholarship Programme is “a real game changer”...
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29 Jan 2025
From karate to Kyoto – graduate keeps teaching real
Blake Turnbull’s interest in Japan and the Japanese language began with karate class in Dunedin at the age of four.
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13 Jan 2025
Alumni and staff celebrated for outstanding service in New Year Honours
Ngā mihi nui to the 25 University of Otago alumni and staff who have been recognised in this year’s New Year Honours lis...
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19 Dec 2024
GP internship creates a wider lens for medical trainees
A new internship offered through the University of Otago provides Trainee Interns with the opportunity to broaden their...
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17 Dec 2024
Finding her wavelength
At the start of her second year at Otago, Bonnie Harrison says she “found her people” when she joined the team at Radio...