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UC artist-in-residence to examine museum’s Pacific taonga
Thursday, 4 June 2020, 9:57 am | University of Canterbury
Nina Oberg Humphries has been announced as the 2020 Pacific Artist in Residence at the University of Canterbury’s Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies . More >>
Scholarships Open Up World Of Possibilities For Canterbury Graduates
Tuesday, 2 June 2020, 10:36 am | University of Canterbury
University of Canterbury (UC) graduate Maui Brennan is looking forward to eating pizza and gelato while studying economics in Milan, Italy next year after being awarded a $90,000 academic scholarship. He is one of three UC graduates to receive a coveted ... More >>
New UC Technology Doubling Ventilator Capacity Could Save Thousands Of Covid-19 Patients
Wednesday, 20 May 2020, 3:53 pm | University of Canterbury
A simple, low-cost technology developed by University of Canterbury (UC) engineers could save thousands of patients’ lives around the world by doubling the capacity of ventilators in hospital intensive care units, boosting their capacity to treat ... More >>
Digital Doctors’ HealthPod Puts Healthcare In The Community #entrepreneurship #health
Tuesday, 19 May 2020, 11:08 am | University of Canterbury
Imagining a HealthPod located in the community, where patients with chronic illnesses could more easily monitor their symptoms, has won a team of health students the University of Canterbury Centre for Entrepreneurship (UCE) Digital Doctors Disrupt Challenge ... More >>
New Science Podcast Launches Out Of Lockdown
Monday, 18 May 2020, 3:29 pm | University of Canterbury
The University of Canterbury (UC) has launched a new science podcast series to meet public demand for answers to the big issues facing our world. UC Science Radio is a new weekly podcast featuring interviews with UC scientists on topical issues relating ... More >>
UC Connect Public Talk - Interstellar Worlds: Tiny Arrivals From Other Stars | Dr Michele Bannister
Friday, 15 May 2020, 4:28 pm | University of Canterbury
Internationally renowned University of Canterbury (UC) astrophysicist Dr Michele Bannister will take us on a journey to explore interstellar worlds in her upcoming free UC Connect public talk at the University of Canterbury. “We are now in an ... More >>
New Learn-to-read Series Supports Learning At Home After Lockdown
Friday, 15 May 2020, 1:02 pm | University of Canterbury
Many parents will have enjoyed sharing books and stories with their whānau during lockdown. This is a wonderful way to support young children learning to read. A new series of stories for young Kiwis, released by the University of Canterbury (UC) ... More >>
Innovations In Teaching Overcome Lockdown Challenges
Thursday, 14 May 2020, 11:24 am | University of Canterbury
When New Zealand went into COVID-19 lockdown, University of Canterbury staff had to quickly find new ways to teach and support students remotely. This was a particular challenge for lab based courses. However, unique solutions have enabled students ... More >>
Mimicking Nature’s Best Medicine Opens Door To New Treatments
Wednesday, 13 May 2020, 10:22 am | University of Canterbury
Discoveries made by a University of Canterbury (UC) organic chemist could be a springboard to new treatments for cancers and antibiotic resistant infections. Dr Daniel Foley , a lecturer in UC’s College of Science, has found ways to quickly create synthetic ... More >>
Lockdown Study Sheds Light On Pasifika Achievement In Education
Tuesday, 12 May 2020, 9:22 am | University of Canterbury
Learning at home under lockdown has tested parents up and down the country as they attempt to support children’s online learning, often while juggling work and other demands. Maintaining schedules, trying not to overload the broadband and finding ... More >>
UC Launches FutureU $7500 Grants For Businesses, Employees Affected By COVID-19
Monday, 11 May 2020, 10:21 am | University of Canterbury
People facing redundancy, suspension or significant reductions in work hours as a result of the economic impact of COVID-19 can now upskill or change careers with the help of a University of Canterbury Study Grant. Called FutureU, the UC initiative ... More >>
NZ Planet-hunters Discover New ‘one In A Million’ Super-Earth
Monday, 11 May 2020, 8:44 am | University of Canterbury
Astronomers at the University of Canterbury (UC) have found an incredibly rare new Super-Earth planet towards the centre of the galaxy. The planet is one of only a handful that have been discovered with both size and orbit comparable to that of ... More >>
NZ Researchers Lead New International Book On Human-Robot Interaction
Friday, 8 May 2020, 1:34 pm | University of Canterbury
An expert international consortium, including University of Canterbury (UC) researchers, has written the first textbook on Human-Robot Interaction to be published by Cambridge University Press in May 2020. Researchers from the University of Canterbury (New ... More >>
UC student beats communication barriers with filmmaking
Thursday, 7 May 2020, 10:48 am | University of Canterbury
A still from Ricky Townsend’s TRUTH.exe which won Best Student Film at the 2020 Miami International Science Fiction Film Festival. More >>
Environmental And Ecological Research To Benefit From Generous Bequest To UC
Thursday, 7 May 2020, 10:26 am | University of Canterbury
The late Emeritus Professor Peter Holland, who was a leading expert in biogeography and environmental change, has left a bequest of over $1million that will benefit science research at the University of Canterbury for generations to come. Starting ... More >>
New Fast-track To Professional Engineering Degree For Ex-pilots, Technicians
Tuesday, 5 May 2020, 1:16 pm | University of Canterbury
The University of Canterbury’s College of Engineering is offering a new opportunity that fast-tracks entry into a professional engineering degree, especially tailored for technically skilled workers whose jobs may have been impacted by the pandemic. ... More >>
UC Discovery Could Help Monitor Inflammation In Heart Disease And SARS-like Diseases
Monday, 4 May 2020, 10:27 am | University of Canterbury
A University of Canterbury (UC) research team has found that measuring antioxidant chemicals generated by white blood cells is important for monitoring inflammation and free radical damage during diseases such as heart disease or SARS. Antioxidants ... More >>
UC Engineers Aid Development Of Thermal Imaging Cameras To Spot COVID-19 Symptoms
Friday, 1 May 2020, 2:42 pm | University of Canterbury
The University of Canterbury’s Mechanical Engineering experts are among the Kiwi innovators battling against COVID-19. While commercial devices for crowd fever detection exist, the global pandemic has made them hard to come by. The Cacophony Project and ... More >>
University Of Canterbury Invention Could ‘beam Up’ Faster 3D Printing
Thursday, 30 April 2020, 11:05 am | University of Canterbury
High speed, accurate 3D printing is becoming a reality thanks to new technology being developed by a University of Canterbury (UC) mechanical engineer. UC Mechanical Engineering Senior Lecturer Dr Yilei Zhang is working on a prototype of a 3D printer ... More >>
Astronomers Discover The Science Behind Star Bursts That Light Up The Sky
Thursday, 23 April 2020, 2:44 pm | University of Canterbury
University of Canterbury (UC) astronomers are part of an international team that has revealed how explosions on the surface of a white dwarf star can increase its brightness by thousands or millions of times making it look like a new star. For ... More >>
