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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 >>
Can Contact Tracing Apps Save Us From COVID-19?
Tuesday, 7 April 2020, 1:32 pm | University of Canterbury
Contact tracing technology has entered the discussion about COVID-19– a health and medical geography expert at the University of Canterbury looks at the possibilities and why contact tracing is vital for combating the virus. Associate Professor in ... More >>
UC Student Event Planners Innovate In Time Of Change
Thursday, 2 April 2020, 11:18 am | University of Canterbury
University of Canterbury (UC) students challenged to create a “non-contact” event for the Covid-19 environment have come up with an online careers hub that uses leading-edge gaming technology. Six teams of students took part in the Event Marketing ... More >>
How To ‘lead With’ In A Fast-changing World
Friday, 20 March 2020, 10:44 am | University of Canterbury
How does today’s education system prepare young people for a world that is rapidly changing in ways we may not yet fully comprehend? From COVID-19’s community implications to climate change to technology-driven disruption to work, ... More >>
Surprising Public Perceptions Of Surrogacy Influencing Law Change
Monday, 16 March 2020, 9:28 am | University of Canterbury
Surprising results from a University of Canterbury (UC) study into public perceptions of surrogacy in New Zealand is being used to inform law changes in the United Kingdom, and may potentially impact on a private member’s bill here in New Zealand. Associate ... More >>
UC Leads Research Into Support For Health Workers Post-15 March Attacks
Friday, 13 March 2020, 4:01 pm | University of Canterbury
The University of Canterbury (UC) is leading research into the psychological wellbeing and support of health workers who were among the first responders after the mosque attacks on 15 March 2019. UC Senior Lecturer and Canterbury District Health Board ... More >>
More Support Needed For Children Born Very Pre-term
Monday, 9 March 2020, 9:30 am | University of Canterbury
There is a need for the health and education system to adopt a more proactive approach in addressing the developmental needs of children born very pre-term, a University of Canterbury (UC) child health development expert says. Professor Lianne Woodward ... More >>
UC Connect Public Lecture: Ableism – Same Struggle, Different Differences
Friday, 6 March 2020, 9:26 am | University of Canterbury
“A community that excludes even one member is no community at all.” In this upcoming free UC Connect public lecture, Ableism – Same Struggle, Different Differences , visiting American activists, authors and compelling storytellers Janice ... More >>
UC Commits To Gender Pay Parity Research And Action
Thursday, 5 March 2020, 9:49 am | University of Canterbury
The University of Canterbury (UC) is investigating gender pay parity for academics following recent findings by UC researchers Associate Professor Ann Brower and Associate Professor Alex James showing that female academics in New Zealand are likely to earn ... More >>
Research Facilitates Positive Change For ‘brutal Old Days’ Of Rape Trials
Wednesday, 26 February 2020, 11:24 am | University of Canterbury
Cross-examination strategies in rape trials remain resistant to reforms, which continues to negatively impact on complainants despite initiatives to improve the legal process, a University of Canterbury (UC) expert says. Professor Elisabeth McDonald specialises ... More >>
UC Connect Public Talk: A Cross-examination Of Rape Myths
Thursday, 20 February 2020, 9:53 am | University of Canterbury
Despite more than 40 years of law reform aimed at improving the experience of giving evidence for adult rape complainants, Ministry of Justice research in 2018 re-confirmed that the process remains distressing and re-traumatising. According to experts, more ... More >>
Early Environmentalists Had More Chance Of Success
Thursday, 13 February 2020, 9:21 am | University of Canterbury
A collection of environmental campaign case studies published 45 years ago has been reprinted by Routledge, surprising and delighting co-editor Professor Jeremy Richardson, former Oxford University Professor of Comparative European Politics and currently ... More >>
Climate Change Throws Tree Seeding Out Of Sync – New Study
Tuesday, 11 February 2020, 7:07 am | University of Canterbury
Climate change is negatively affecting tree reproduction by throwing seed production systems out of synchronisation, according to a new international study co-authored by a University of Canterbury scientist. Many tree species worldwide produce large ... More >>
