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Joint PhD with Chinese Academy
Monday, 20 July 2015, 2:23 pm | Lincoln University
20 July 2015 - for immediate release Joint PhD with Chinese Academy High-calibre post graduate students from China could soon be completing parts of their PhD at Lincoln, boosting an already high proportion of doctoral candidates among the student ... More >>
Expert’s visit fruition of relationship cultivation
Thursday, 16 July 2015, 1:37 pm | Lincoln University
Expert’s visit fruition of relationship cultivation Feijoas and Kiwifruit have been on the menu as Lincoln hosted a plant specialist recently to initiate closer working ties around food production with a Chinese province of 90 million people. ... More >>
Soil maps lead way to better farming
Thursday, 16 July 2015, 10:03 am | Lincoln University
Soil maps lead way to better farming Producing detailed soil maps of New Zealand farms could help improve food production across the country, as well as reduce nitrate leaching, a Lincoln University report suggests. A group of Lincoln students recently ... More >>
Lincoln University begins search for new Vice-Chancellor
Tuesday, 14 July 2015, 1:24 pm | Lincoln University
14 July 2015 - for immediate release Lincoln University begins international search for new Vice-Chancellor More >>
Residential property problem looming for CBD
Friday, 10 July 2015, 10:17 am | Lincoln University
Residential property problem looming for CBD A Lincoln University property expert says demand for office space is being met by projects already underway or outside the core CBD so residential property is the only hope now for large areas of central ... More >>
High Christchurch car numbers hurt green prospects
Thursday, 9 July 2015, 10:27 am | Lincoln University
High Christchurch car numbers hurt green prospects Christchurch needs to address how many cars are on its roads if it wants to become a green city, a visiting expert at Lincoln University says. Dr Sergi Nuss Girona recently gained his PhD on low-carbon ... More >>
Choosing the right crew for Antarctic expeditions
Monday, 6 July 2015, 1:58 pm | Lincoln University
Choosing the right crew for Antarctic expeditions A Lincoln University PhD student is conducting a research study that aims to determine the individual characteristics best suited for people embarking on winter Antarctic missions. The unique environment ... More >>
Booze left on the shelf after 2011 earthquake
Friday, 3 July 2015, 12:42 pm | Lincoln University
New research taken from the scanning of goods in Christchurch supermarkets is showing we didn’t turn to the bottle to cope with the earthquakes — at least not immediately. Lincoln University Senior Marketing Lecturer Dr Sharon Forbes used bar code scanner ... More >>
Lincoln University’s Vice-Chancellor Resigns
Friday, 26 June 2015, 2:21 pm | Lincoln University
26 June 2015 - for immediate release Lincoln University’s Vice-Chancellor Resigns Dr Andrew West today resigned as Vice-Chancellor of Lincoln University. More >>
Farm debt pressures being surveyed
Tuesday, 23 June 2015, 11:28 am | Lincoln University
Lincoln University researchers want to know how farmers and their families are dealing with being in debt and the stress it can bring. Bruce Greig, Dr Kevin Old and Dr Peter Nuthall, from the University’s Faculty of Agribusiness and Commerce, are ... More >>
Student body more feminine
Monday, 22 June 2015, 12:42 pm | Lincoln University
Student body more feminine A bastion of blokedom has been breached — Lincoln University has gone girly. This year student numbers show if you check the names on the gumboots outside the Library you are more likely to find Hannah than Hamish scrawled on them. ... More >>
Principal Māori academic appointed
Friday, 19 June 2015, 2:40 pm | Lincoln University
19 June 2015 - for immediate release Principal Māori academic appointed Lincoln University – New Zealand’s specialist land-based University – today announced the appointment of Professor Hirini Matunga (Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Mamoe, Ngāti Porou, ... More >>
Agricultural Economics strengthened at Lincoln
Thursday, 18 June 2015, 12:59 pm | Lincoln University
Agricultural Economics strengthened at Lincoln New Zealand’s specialist land-based university today announced the appointment of Dr Alan Renwick as Professor of Agricultural Economics to further strengthen Lincoln University’s teaching and research. Dr ... More >>
United Nations uses research to highlight global issue
Thursday, 11 June 2015, 3:05 pm | Lincoln University
Lincoln University Professor Steve Wratten is one of a multi-national cohort whose work is being used by the United Nations to show how enhancing nature’s services in agriculture can help feed a burgeoning world population. Professor Wratten, who ... More >>
Helping to grow knowledge in garden rooted in past
Wednesday, 10 June 2015, 2:33 pm | Lincoln University
Helping to grow knowledge in garden rooted in past Lincoln University experts are helping to seed 21st century know-how into a Banks Peninsula iwi market garden with roots dating back to the 19th century. The University is supporting a collaborative ... More >>
Partnership reaches ‘important milestone’
Wednesday, 10 June 2015, 10:09 am | Lincoln University
Partnership reaches ‘important milestone’ A Chinese dairy company and its New Zealand subsidiary have established a new research and development centre at Lincoln University following a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signing last year. Lincoln ... More >>
Mission to help disability centre in Tonga
Monday, 8 June 2015, 2:45 pm | Lincoln University
A group of Lincoln University students hope their upcoming mission trip to Tonga will help raise awareness of the challenges faced by Pacific Islanders with disabilities. More >>
Biowaste key ingredient for growing profits
Friday, 5 June 2015, 3:07 pm | Lincoln University
Biowaste key ingredient for growing profits New research at Lincoln University suggests biowaste can be utilised on former pine plantations to generate big economic returns. Four years of research in a greenhouse environment found the waste, which might include ... More >>
Rethink needed over how altitude affects athletes
Friday, 5 June 2015, 12:07 pm | Lincoln University
An athlete’s performance may be affected by altitude at a level hundreds of metres lower what was previously thought, a new study suggests. Lincoln University Associate Professor Mike Hamlin was one of the authors of the “Effects of altitude on performance ... More >>
Helping to beat Cook Islands obesity epidemic
Thursday, 4 June 2015, 1:58 pm | Lincoln University
Helping to beat Cook Islands obesity epidemic Many of the resources we take for granted in New Zealand schools are scarce in the Cook Islands, says Lincoln University ecology professor Steve Wratten. Following a recent trip to Rarotonga to talk about ... More >>
