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Bioengineering aids recovery for swallowing disorders
Wednesday, 5 April 2017, 1:44 pm | University of Canterbury
University of Canterbury researchers at the Rose Centre for Stroke Recovery and Research have revealed an innovative new treatment for people with swallowing impairments. More >>
Ground-breaking project to boost Christchurch whitebait
Monday, 3 April 2017, 2:03 pm | University of Canterbury
A large-scale initiative to help identify and improve īnaka (whitebait) spawning areas on Ōtautahi Christchurch waterways in the post-earthquake environment has attracted considerable community support. More >>
Why matter still matters for digital-age workers
Monday, 27 March 2017, 1:10 pm | University of Canterbury
The world of work and the experiences people have at work have changed radically as digital tools and online ways of working have become more prevalent. More >>
Making children proud to be Great KIWI learners
Friday, 24 March 2017, 12:10 pm | University of Canterbury
Measuring children’s progress in New Zealand schools has just become a bit more distinctly and competitively KIWI. More >>
Beware of Centaurs (and others) Bearing Rocks
Thursday, 23 March 2017, 10:14 am | University of Canterbury
An upcoming University of Canterbury public guest lecture, Beware of Centaurs (and others) Bearing Rocks, has been thousands of years in the making. More >>
UC earthquake researcher receives PM’s science honour
Tuesday, 21 March 2017, 4:49 pm | University of Canterbury
A University of Canterbury professor leading worldwide research into the effects of ground-shaking caused by earthquakes has been presented with one of New Zealand’s top science prizes. More >>
UC Eco-marathon team wins international design award
Tuesday, 21 March 2017, 2:52 pm | University of Canterbury
A little red, fully recyclable eco-car designed and built by University of Canterbury students has won a major international design excellence award in New Zealand’s first entry into the competition. More >>
UC students discover native birds thriving on Ilam campus
Friday, 17 March 2017, 1:18 pm | University of Canterbury
A chance discovery and a new survey by University of Canterbury students have shown that both the range and abundance of native bird species have increased at the university’s Ilam campus almost 500 per cent in the last 26 years. More >>
Learning from recent earthquakes
Friday, 10 March 2017, 4:43 pm | University of Canterbury
After the magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Canterbury on 4 September 2010, most media reports initially claimed that no lives had been lost. In fact, this first earthquake killed at least 3000 chickens, eight cows, one dog, a lemur and 150 aquarium fish, ... More >>
University of Canterbury student numbers increase for 2017
Friday, 10 March 2017, 2:18 pm | University of Canterbury
The University of Canterbury campus is booming once again, reflecting the increase in enrolments to attend UC in 2017, with an especially significant rise in international students. More >>
3D-design experts to show students imagination is the limit
Thursday, 9 March 2017, 2:52 pm | University of Canterbury
University of Canterbury 3D printing and scanning experts are keen to show high-school pupils that with modern technology the only limit is your imagination. More >>
Students take recyclable, electric car to Singapore
Friday, 3 March 2017, 12:11 pm | University of Canterbury
A team of University of Canterbury engineering students gave their fully recyclable, electric car its final test run, today, in preparation to compete at the Shell Eco-marathon Asia, in Singapore. More >>
NZ Fine Arts student features in Venice exhibition
Thursday, 2 March 2017, 4:55 pm | University of Canterbury
University of Canterbury Fine Arts Master’s student Jen Bowmast has been selected as a finalist in a prestigious international art competition with her artwork to be part of the Arte Languna exhibition at the Arsenale of Venice, in Italy, this ... More >>
UC mathematicians get crafty around New Zealand
Wednesday, 1 March 2017, 1:55 pm | University of Canterbury
Armed with knitting needles and origami paper, University of Canterbury mathematicians Dr Jeanette McLeod and Dr Phil Wilson are on a mission to bring maths to the masses, through craft. More >>
Effects of the Kaikoura quakes on coastal marine systems
Friday, 24 February 2017, 5:06 pm | University of Canterbury
UC Connect public lecture on the effects of the Kaikoura quakes on coastal marine systems: More >>
UC marine scientist named NZ's first Pew Conservation Fellow
Thursday, 23 February 2017, 4:40 pm | University of Canterbury
University of Canterbury Antarctic marine scientist Dr Regina Eisert has been recognised for her work protecting the world’s oceans with a prestigious Pew Marine Conservation Fellowship. More >>
UC planet hunters search the galaxy’s centre
Thursday, 23 February 2017, 10:06 am | University of Canterbury
With the help of international researchers and three identical telescopes in Chile, Australia and South Africa, the UC Physics and Astronomy team is helping answer some of the great unknowns about the planets in our galaxy. More >>
UC academic to write Global Warming Special Report for UN
Wednesday, 22 February 2017, 2:58 pm | University of Canterbury
University of Canterbury (UC) Associate Professor Bronwyn Hayward is the only New Zealander among the world experts appointed by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate change (IPCC) to prepare the Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C. More >>
UC physicists take a (nano)chip off the old block
Wednesday, 22 February 2017, 10:09 am | University of Canterbury
Computer components can’t just keep getting smaller forever. So how does the computer then continue to become faster, lighter and more energy efficient? A team of University of Canterbury physicists think they have the answer – in the human brain. More >>
UC research: Are we all intuitive maths geniuses?
Tuesday, 21 February 2017, 12:47 pm | University of Canterbury
Is there mathematical knowledge built in to how we perceive the world? Are all of us essentially geniuses at maths, even if we didn’t do well at maths in school? University of Canterbury psychologists have a Marsden Grant of $705,000 to conduct ... More >>
