
by Staff Reporter | 12:55 am, 06/09/2010
The NZ Drug Foundation has cited the University of Otago as a case study on binge drinking in its latest publication.
by Gregor Whyte | 12:45 am, 06/09/2010
The President-elect of the Oxford University Union James Langman is facing calls to resign after his behaviour led to him leaving a prestigious summer internship with multinational firm Morgan Stanley.
by Staff Reporter | 12:43 am, 06/09/2010
Two University of Otago graduates won national awards at the annual Dietitians New Zealand awards ceremony, the Otago Daily Times reports.
by Gregor Whyte | 12:42 am, 06/09/2010
German researchers have found that old people enjoy reading news reports that cast young people in a negative light.
by Rory MacDonald | 3:32 am, 26/08/2010
The Students for Environmental Action will hold their sixth annual Organic Festival at Sammy’s this Saturday.
by Kat Guise | 11:40 pm 25/07/2010
Researchers at the University of Otago have been awarded $3.2 million by the Foundation for Research, Science and Technology.
The funding is part of a $48 million Government initiative to support research that could potentially benefit the economy. A team from the Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology will utilise the funding to develop a treatment for age-related mobility loss. A group in the Department of Oral Sciences, headed by Dr. Kyoko Niimi, hopes to find a solution to the problem of drench resistance in livestock parasites. Meanwhile the Department of Chemistry’s Professor Keith Gordon is leading research that aims to develop long-life solar panels consisting of self-repairing organic materials.