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Art Project Fosters Resilience And Knowledge Across Pacific
Thursday, 18 September 2025, 10:49 am | University of Canterbury
Distinguished Professor Steven Ratuva, UC Pro Vice-Chancellor Pacific, said her appointment was a significant addition to the University’s creative and cultural landscape. More >>
World First For Literacy Teaching In Specialist Schools
Wednesday, 17 September 2025, 10:41 am | University of Canterbury
Aotearoa is leading the way, implementing a structured literacy approach developed at UC, in all specialist schools. More >>
Mountaineers Should Pack Out Their Poo, Says A New Video, “Climb It Clean”
Thursday, 4 September 2025, 8:14 pm | University of Canterbury
Our research into mountaineers revealed that many are unaware of the available products and how easy and hassle-free it can be to carry out their waste. This video offers a compelling nudge in the right direction, says Dr Lynette McLeod. More >>
Innovative Tech Unlocks Antarctic Wildlife Secrets
Friday, 22 August 2025, 10:55 am | University of Canterbury
UC Antarctic Ecology experts can now monitor wildlife even through the long darkness of winter thanks to groundbreaking new digital tools. More >>
Student Art Exhibition Puts Partnership In The Frame
Wednesday, 13 August 2025, 10:51 am | University of Canterbury
Work by Canterbury art students from two different institutions is hanging side-by-side in a new exhibition at CoCA More >>
UC Students Receive Top Honours At International Student Awards
Monday, 11 August 2025, 9:37 am | University of Canterbury
Kien Ngo won the Supreme & Cultural Ambassador Awards, and Ruowei (Winnie) Chen won the Leader & Mentor Award at Canterbury’s 2025 International Student Awards. More >>
New UC Book Explores An Urgent Issue For NZ’s Justice System
Thursday, 7 August 2025, 11:03 am | University of Canterbury
The ground-breaking publication will support a new Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Criminal Justice course, “Mental health and criminal justice”, being offered at UC from Semester 2 this year. More >>
Big Ideas Shared In Just Three Minutes
Thursday, 7 August 2025, 11:00 am | University of Canterbury
The live 3MT finals saw the winners of each faculty heat compete for the $3,000 first prize and a place in the Asia-Pacific final, hosted by the University of Queensland. The competition challenges students to sum up their thesis in three minutes in front ... More >>
Transformative Programme Equips Students For Success
Wednesday, 6 August 2025, 10:46 am | University of Canterbury
A new online onboarding course is helping students at the University of Canterbury start strong and thrive. More >>
UC Students Landing Internship At NASA’s JPL
Tuesday, 5 August 2025, 10:13 am | University of Canterbury
University of Canterbury (UC) PhD candidates Felix Goddard and Jack Patterson are working alongside scientists and engineers involved in world-leading NASA missions during their prestigious three-month internship at JPL. More >>
New Book Tells The Story Of The Manapōuri Hydro Project
Friday, 1 August 2025, 12:04 pm | University of Canterbury
The book’s author, oral historian Rosemary Baird, became interested in the Manapōuri project while researching her PhD thesis at Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury. More >>
UC Students Step Into The World Of Stop-Motion Animation
Wednesday, 30 July 2025, 11:19 am | University of Canterbury
Two UC students are turning creative ambitions into practical experience through an internship with the award-winning Kiri and Lou production team. More >>
UC Scientist To Serve On United Nations Panel
Thursday, 24 July 2025, 12:45 pm | University of Canterbury
Laura Revell, Associate Professor in Atmospheric Chemistry at Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury (UC), is the only New Zealand representative on the independent Scientific Panel on the Effects of Nuclear War. More >>
International Animator Draws In UC Students
Thursday, 24 July 2025, 10:00 am | University of Canterbury
Michaela Ternasky-Holland, who specialises in creating installations and animated films using emerging technology such as artificial intelligence and extended reality (XR), is in Aotearoa New Zealand for the Doc Edge Festival, where her international ... More >>
UC Launches New Degree To Meet Needs Of New Zealand’s Health Sector
Wednesday, 23 July 2025, 10:39 am | University of Canterbury
The new Bachelor of Health will support New Zealand’s most pressing health challenges and focus on employability and flexibility for graduates who will contribute to improvement health outcomes. More >>
Partnership PhDs Will Deliver Solutions For Communities
Friday, 18 July 2025, 10:42 am | University of Canterbury
Businesses and community organisations are backing UC Connect Doctoral scholarships to tackle real-world challenges and deliver sustainable solutions for communities. More >>
Eyes In The Sky: Using Drones To Safeguard Our Forests
Thursday, 17 July 2025, 9:37 am | University of Canterbury
Using drone-mounted light detection and ranging (LiDAR) & multispectral sensors, and high-resolution satellite imagery from trial sites across Marlborough & North Canterbury, he is developing a new model to detect & quantify the spatial extent, ... More >>
UC Course Uses AI Models To Train Next Gen Flood Forecasters
Wednesday, 16 July 2025, 10:45 am | University of Canterbury
A new UC course is giving engineering students hands-on AI experience for real-world challenges like flood forecasting, with potential to save lives. More >>
Tree Cover For Kiwi Towns And Cities Spotlit In New Study
Wednesday, 2 July 2025, 9:52 am | University of Canterbury
The results show that urban tree canopy cover across the 75 towns and cities ranges from 7.5% in Hāwera to nearly 59% in Picton, highlighting significant variation and the potential for future planting. The average across all towns and cities was ... More >>
Study Hooks Into Efforts To Save Critically Endangered Fish
Thursday, 26 June 2025, 10:58 am | University of Canterbury
Ancient and endemic river resident galaxiids are close relatives of whitebait, but unlike their migratory cousins, they spend their entire lives in the same stream - sometimes even the same pool. More >>
