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Rare Hourglass dolphin a find for marine research
Monday, 13 September 2010, 12:46 pm | Massey University
A rare hourglass dolphin underwent a post-mortem on Friday at Massey's Coastal-Marine Pathology Unit at Albany. It is one of only a handful of carcasses of the species ever examined by scientists. More >>
Globe-crossing godwits fly to tight schedule
Thursday, 9 September 2010, 4:41 pm | Massey University
New research has shown bar-tailed godwits are hard-wired to keep to tight schedules for their extraordinary annual 30,000km return journey between New Zealand and Alaska. More >>
Coping with psychological aftermath of earthquake
Tuesday, 7 September 2010, 4:22 pm | Massey University
The Joint Centre for Disaster Research, based at the School of Psychology, has prepared fact sheets for different sectors of the population dealing with impacts of the Canterbury earthquake. More >>
Massey Students Stung With Fee Increases In 2011
Sunday, 5 September 2010, 3:18 pm | Massey University
Students at Massey University will be hit hard with the maximum possible tuition fee increase in 2011, as well as increased student services levies, a new scholarship levy, and increased enrolment fees. More >>
Drug use trends detected in survey
Wednesday, 1 September 2010, 3:41 pm | Massey University
Prices for methamphetamine are on the increase, at the same time a notorious drug identified with the 1960s, LSD, could be making a comeback new research has found. More >>
Electrode inventor wins national innovation award
Wednesday, 25 August 2010, 4:29 pm | Massey University
Professor Simon Hall, a professor of electrochemistry and director of Massey's Anzode Research Centre, has won this year's Bayer Innovators Award for research and development. More >>
Massey biologist to save Darwin's mockingbird muse
Monday, 23 August 2010, 12:52 pm | Massey University
Massey University conservation biologist Luis Ortiz-Catedral is going to the Galapagos Islands to help save one of the rarest birds in the world, he critically endangered Floreana mocklngbird. More >>
NZ food innovators take centre stage
Friday, 20 August 2010, 12:35 pm | Massey University
New Zealand’s most innovative food products will be easily identifiable in the future, with the introduction of the new Food Awards mark. More >>
Alcohol harm under academic scrutiny
Tuesday, 17 August 2010, 10:27 am | Massey University
The western world’s complex relationship with alcohol is the subject of a conference organised by the University's Social and Health Outcomes Research and Evaluation (SHORE) Centre on Thursday at Te Papa in Wellington. More >>
Professor of animal welfare gains top fellowship
Tuesday, 17 August 2010, 10:20 am | Massey University
Professor Kevin Stafford has been made a fellow of the Australian College of Veterinary Scientists. The fellowship recognises him as a specialist in the field of animal welfare science, ethics and law. More >>
Story of loss inspires Pacific scholarships
Thursday, 12 August 2010, 12:07 pm | Massey University
Massey University is establishing special scholarships for Pasifika people to train in disaster management – a move applauded by a Samoan academic who lost 14 family members in last September's tsunami. More >>
Massey vet probes cat cancer link
Wednesday, 11 August 2010, 1:57 pm | Massey University
A Massey researcher is a step closer to developing a vaccine for a common form of skin cancer in cats. More >>
Examining Responses To Natural Disasters
Tuesday, 10 August 2010, 3:54 pm | Massey University
The emergency management response to some of the world’s most devastating disasters of the past 18 months is the subject of a university-led conference at Te Papa, Wellington, from tomorrow. More >>
Church support crucial for Korean migrants
Monday, 9 August 2010, 8:49 am | Massey University
Korean migrants, one of the fastest-growing ethnic populations in New Zealand, are flocking to Christian churches for support, fellowship and business networking, according to new research released today. More >>
Ages of charcoal launches public lecture series
Monday, 2 August 2010, 10:32 am | Massey University
Charcoal’s changing use over time is the subject of the first talk in a series of public lectures being held at the Wellington campus in 2010. More >>
Entrepreneurial consultant wins top US scholarship
Thursday, 29 July 2010, 12:20 pm | Massey University
Carl Sanders-Edwards’ entrepreneurial skills have seen him go from selling marmalade in Australia to advising some of the world's biggest companies in the world. More >>
Evaluation backs scheme to encourage health career
Tuesday, 27 July 2010, 11:13 am | Massey University
A pilot scheme to give Hawke's Bay secondary school pupils insights into health sector jobs has been praised by Massey University researchers for addressing shortages in the health workforce. More >>
Study Highlights Complexity Of Same Sex Identity
Friday, 23 July 2010, 5:35 pm | Massey University
The author of New Zealand's most comprehensive study of gay, lesbians and bisexuals says that it would be inappropriate to link childhood trauma with a tendency to same-sex sexual identity based on a just-published Otago University study. More >>
Study suggests less poison needed to kill bush rat
Wednesday, 21 July 2010, 3:38 pm | Massey University
A conservation researcher's success in eradicating rats using half the standard amount of poison suggests pest control could be achieved at half the cost and half the environmental impact. More >>
Defence studies contract with Brunei Army secured
Monday, 19 July 2010, 3:33 pm | Massey University
The University's Centre for Defence and Security Studies will offer postgraduate diploma studies to members of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces under a three-year contract expected to earn several hundred thousand dollars. More >>
