The University of Otago is in a strong position to get a slice of the extra $70 million the Government has put towards what it sees as New Zealand's most important science challenges, deputy vice-chancellor, research and enterprise, Prof Richard Blaikie says.
The $29 million site redevelopment at Speight's brewery in Dunedin is on track to be completed by the end of this year, as planned.
The University of Otago took a ''very serious'' look at the implications of hosting the Dalai Lama before deciding to let him speak on campus during his visit to Dunedin next month.
Work is almost complete on the Otago Regional Council's new chambers, with the cost of construction expected to come in about $176,000 under budget.
A worked-up crowd of Brighton residents made it clear to 2degrees it will have a fight on its hands if it continues with plans to erect a cellphone tower in the community.
Workplace health and safety is getting worse in New Zealand and the Government must do more to stop people being killed and injured at work, Dunedin South MP Clare Curran says.
The signing of an agreement between Dunedin City and Otago University Students' Association (OUSA) yesterday will ensure students' voices are heard, Dunedin Mayor Dave Cull says.
The University of Otago must keep investing in its campus environment if it is to stay ahead of the competition, student services director David Richardson says.
The Otago University Students' Association (OUSA) is confident a pilot project allowing local students to apply for volunteering jobs on the Student Job Search website will be a success.
Otago Polytechnic is working on plans for two building projects worth a combined total of more than $20 million, including a new 200- to 235-room hall of residence.
The former Montecillo war veterans' home in Dunedin is being demolished to make way for a housing development.
The University of Otago ramped up the amount it fined misbehaving students last year, with the proctor dishing out fines totalling $14,860.
The Otago University Debating Society has tasted success once again, with its top team beating some of the world's most prestigious universities at two tournaments in the United States this month.
Once the thorn in the side of many Otago rugby teams, former All Black Adrian Cashmore has made the move south to Dunedin after investing in a local business.
A visiting climate change sceptic took aim at the scientific community and governments when he spoke in Dunedin yesterday.
A group of Brighton residents has pledged to fight the erection of a 2degrees cellphone tower over concerns the signals it produces could be harmful.
A Dunedin ''food rescue'' charity has a University of Otago MBA student to help develop the organisation and make sure more food ends up in the mouths of those who need it, instead of at the tip.
A proposal to replace the decaying century-old pilot's wharf at Aramoana has hit a snag, with a local conservation group concerned a new wharf would scare off the New Zealand sea lion population in the area.
The decision to find Flight Lieutenant Dan Pezaro not guilty of wrongdoing in a helicopter crash north of Wellington which claimed three lives on Anzac Day 2010, was the right one, a University of Otago professor who gave evidence in the tribunal says.
The Otago Fish and Game Council wholeheartedly supports a raft of proposed changes to fishing licence categories aimed at making them ''better value for money''.
