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UC Celebrates Exclusive With Wallace And Gromit Creators
Wednesday, 17 April 2024, 1:29 pm | University of Canterbury
University of Canterbury (UC) have signed a multi-year agreement with the training arm of Academy Award® winning Aardman Animations. More >>
Tolerate Online Abuse Or Resign: How The Law Fails Women MPs
Wednesday, 17 April 2024, 12:26 pm | University of Canterbury
As women MPs face social media vitriol, where are the plans to combat it? Human rights law expert Dr Cassandra Mudgway explores the global issue in a free talk. More >>
Sweet Deals of Extra Cash And Freebies Raise Suspicions, Canterbury-led Study Shows
Tuesday, 16 April 2024, 12:48 pm | University of Canterbury
If it looks too good to be true, then it probably is – that’s a life lesson most people have learned when it comes to offers of free cash or gifts. More >>
New Book Celebrates NZ’s ‘six-legged Ghosts’
Monday, 8 April 2024, 1:17 pm | University of Canterbury
New Zealand insects, whose lives are often invisible to city-dwellers, are put under the microscope in a new, richly illustrated book. More >>
Self-compassion Could Help Endometriosis Sufferers
Tuesday, 26 March 2024, 11:02 am | University of Canterbury
New research shows endometriosis sufferers in New Zealand are likely to show some improvement in quality of life if they practise self-compassion. Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury (UC) doctoral candidate Chelsea Skinner surveyed ... More >>
Safe-guarding An Ethical Future For AI
Friday, 15 March 2024, 4:26 pm | University of Canterbury
Digital literacy experts are advocating for the need to change the way we engage with and teach Artificial Intelligence (AI), setting students up for success in the future. Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury (UC) Associate Professor ... More >>
Using ‘random Forest’ To Gain New Insights On Public Health
Thursday, 7 March 2024, 10:41 am | University of Canterbury
A UC-led public health study with city-wide participation generated a mountain of raw data, and researchers turned to machine learning to analyse it all. Healthy lifestyles are central to our wellbeing and it’s no secret that wider societal factors can ... More >>
Online Surveys Under Threat: How AI Can Corrupt Society
Wednesday, 6 March 2024, 11:25 am | University of Canterbury
Canterbury researchers have found that neither humans nor AI detection programmes are reliable or accurate for spotting the use of software used to manipulate online survey responses. Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury (UC) Associate ... More >>
University To Provide Special Olympics Village
Tuesday, 5 March 2024, 10:10 am | University of Canterbury
Hundreds of Special Olympics athletes, volunteers and coaches will be housed by the University of Canterbury next year after a new partnership was agreed. Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury (UC) has signed a memorandum of understanding ... More >>
Pandemic Put Antarctic Research On Ice
Monday, 4 March 2024, 3:09 pm | University of Canterbury
Covid-19 had a profound impact on scientific research, tourism and policy-making in Antarctica, new Canterbury-led research has found. Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury (UC) School of Earth and Environment Associate Professor ... More >>
Out Of This World: NZ Research To Fly On ISS For First Time
Monday, 4 March 2024, 10:31 am | University of Canterbury
In a historic first, University of Canterbury research experiments will soon orbit Earth in microgravity aboard the International Space Station (ISS). A research facility small enough to fit in your hand is scheduled to launch on SpaceX’s Commercial ... More >>
New Book Celebrates Connecting Indigenous And Western Knowledge
Friday, 16 February 2024, 6:30 pm | University of Canterbury
Published by Canterbury University Press, He Awa Whiria: Braiding the knowledge streams in research, policy and practice explores a groundbreaking bicultural approach. A view of the unique braided rivers of Waitaha Canterbury from the window of a plane ... More >>
Bacterial Genus Endemic To Aotearoa Is Like Discovering A “microbial Kiwi” Among Microorganisms.
Thursday, 15 February 2024, 8:36 am | University of Canterbury
Scientists discover microbe unique to NZ More >>
$1.3 Million For Research To Indigenise Health System
Tuesday, 13 February 2024, 10:30 am | University of Canterbury
Recent University of Canterbury funding success could help inform Aotearoa health policy, practice and systems. Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury (UC) Associate Professor and Co-Director of the Child Well-being Research Institute ... More >>
Japan Bound: UC’s First Global Internship Course
Tuesday, 30 January 2024, 10:29 am | University of Canterbury
Seven UC students are in northern Japan on a new international internship course - a four-week enriching work and cultural experience. Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury (UC) offers a range of Ako ā-Mahi | Work-Integrated Learning ... More >>
Award-winning System Aims To Make Pharmacies Safer
Monday, 22 January 2024, 4:15 pm | University of Canterbury
An innovative Canterbury start-up that harnesses AI and other new tech tools to reduce medicine-related errors in pharmacies has won an international business award. Script Sense is the brainchild of two Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of ... More >>
Mapping 140,000 Landslides For Safer Communities
Monday, 22 January 2024, 12:04 pm | University of Canterbury
Canterbury researchers and students have mapped 140,000 landslides triggered by Cyclone Gabrielle in a bid to create models for future weather events. New Zealand now boasts one of the largest single-event inventories of landslides globally. Te ... More >>
Legal Change A Positive Step For NZ’s Braided Rivers
Thursday, 18 January 2024, 9:26 am | University of Canterbury
New research highlighting the vulnerability of braided rivers has contributed to a recent law change acknowledging their uniqueness. Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury (UC) Professor Ann Brower of the School of Earth and Environment, ... More >>
New Research Aims To Protect Communities Against Wildfires
Wednesday, 17 January 2024, 11:51 am | University of Canterbury
Canterbury researchers are building models to give more accurate predictions of where large wildfires could spread as they burn. Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury (UC) Associate Professor in Atmospheric Dynamics Marwan Katurji, who ... More >>
New Researching Charging The Way For National Power Savings
Thursday, 11 January 2024, 11:02 am | University of Canterbury
Renewable energy solutions could change the way we store solar and wind. An environmentally friendly and safer alternative to lithium-ion batteries, redox-flow batteries are used for grid storage, but they are big —usually the size of a shipping container—slow ... More >>
