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Uni South Dunedin dental service cut
The University of Otago has pulled the pin on a South Dunedin dental service, citing a strengthening of provision for Māori in its own faculty clinics.
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Students lend perspective to Cargill’s redevelopment
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Students lend perspective to Cargill’s redevelopment
Otago Polytechnic’s second-year architecture students have spent the semester imagining what to do with the historic Cargill’s Castle.
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Sport subjects at Otago Uni ranked highly
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Sport subjects at Otago Uni ranked highly
Sports-related subjects and anatomy research at the University of Otago remain near the top of their fields, the latest world rankings reveal.
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Combination depression treatment to be trialled
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Combination depression treatment to be trialled
Mixing cough suppressant with an atypical antidepressant and smoking cessation drug may hold the key to helping people with treatment-resistant depression.
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Call for uni to cut ties with Israel-linked tech firm
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Call for uni to cut ties with Israel-linked tech firm
A group of University of Otago academics are calling for the institution to reconsider its ties to Palo Alto Networks (PANW) in the wake of the company’s connections to the war in Gaza.
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Celebrated composer retires from academia but music will continue
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Celebrated composer retires from academia but music will continue
Anthony Ritchie may be retiring from the University of Otago, but that does not mean the prominent composer will be repurposing his copious quantities of empty manuscript.
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Weapons not part of any future NZDF contracts: Uni
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Weapons not part of any future NZDF contracts: Uni
The University of Otago is not planning to build weapons as part of any partnership with the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF), it says.
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Uni’s Defence Force ambitions ‘shameful’
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Otago University's Defence Force ambitions ‘shameful’
The University of Otago has been accused of being "desperate" and "shameful" in chasing a contract with the New Zealand Defence Force, which includes helping to develop weapons.
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Cheating, collusion hits over 100 cases
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Cheating, collusion hits over 100 cases
Academic misconduct breaches at the University of Otago topped 100 during the past year.
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Poly head ready for settled year
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Poly head ready for settled year
Otago Polytechnic’s new boss says there are no planned major restructures for this year, as the institution looks to get back on track after a turbulent period.
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Otago prof to co-lead brain health partnership
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Otago prof to co-lead brain health partnership
Neurological and mental health disorders have now surpassed cardiovascular diseases as the leading causes of disability and mortality, affecting more than 3 billion people globally.
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Art, composition fellowships returning
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Art, composition fellowships returning
After a 12-month hiatus in the Frances Hodgkins visual art and Mozart composition fellowships, the University of Otago has announced they will be resuming next year.
Rural health push can do more: study
Rural health push can do more: study
Rural health professional programmes are successfully getting more doctors into rural medical practices, but research has found the programmes need to be expanded.
Caught sleeping on porch
Caught sleeping on porch
Police are urging Dunedin’s student population to lock their flats and report suspicious activity after a middle-aged man returned to a flat where he was previously caught sleeping outside.
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Finding ways to reduce food waste
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Finding ways to reduce food waste
Eyes widened to the size of dinner plates when Elena Piere managed to save 13.1 tonnes of food waste from going to landfill last year.
Porch sleeper prompts plea from police
Porch sleeper prompts plea from police
Police are urging Dunedin’s student population to lock their flats and report suspicious activity after a middle-aged man returned to a flat where he was previously caught sleeping outside.
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Father decries law change: 'We just don't want other people to die'
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Father decries law change: 'We just don't want other people to die'
The father of a University of Otago student crushed to death at a Dunedin flat party says a law change would stand in the way of his efforts to make the city a safer place.
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Police pleased with St Paddy’s Day antics
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Police pleased with St Paddy’s Day antics
This year’s St Patrick’s Day celebrations have left police happy as the day finished with no fires and no serious injuries.
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Mapping system of avalanche risk being developed
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Mapping system of avalanche risk being developed
Heading off into the mountainous back country of the South Island is becoming increasingly dangerous as climate change increases uncertainty about snow and avalanche conditions.
Paddy's Day revellers behaving but 'hours' of drinking left
Paddy's Day revellers behaving but 'hours' of drinking left
Police are reporting St Patrick’s celebrations in Dunedin’s student quarter are "so far, so good".