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Cricket researcher makes game-changing app
Wednesday, 12 October 2016, 12:20 pm | University of Canterbury
A University of Canterbury (UC) sport scientist has released a new mobile app that is set to change and improve the way cricket bowlers train. More >>
Hunting the elusive neutrino in Antarctica
Wednesday, 12 October 2016, 11:19 am | University of Canterbury
Every second of every hour of every day, 100 trillion neutrinos pass through the tip of your thumb – in fact through every square centimetre of your body. These neutrinos are streaming out of the centre of the sun. Star stuff streams through ... More >>
Cochlear scholarship winner aims to fight injustice
Tuesday, 11 October 2016, 12:18 pm | University of Canterbury
A University of Canterbury law student has been recognised as one of the most outstanding young people with a Cochlear implant in Australasia. More >>
NZ’s aspiring astronaut returns from NASA inspired
Monday, 10 October 2016, 11:19 am | University of Canterbury
Dr Sarah Kessans, the postdoctoral fellow at the University of Canterbury who is in the top 1% of applicants shortlisted by NASA to become an astronaut, recently returned from initial interviews for NASA's Astronaut Candidate Class of 2017 in ... More >>
Rewriting Judgments: Feminism in Action
Friday, 7 October 2016, 12:04 pm | University of Canterbury
New Zealand lawyers and legal academics are part of a global project in which they are challenged to think about the law in a different way to rewrite key judgments. More >>
UC in NZ’s first autonomous e-vehicle trial
Tuesday, 4 October 2016, 12:05 pm | University of Canterbury
The University of Canterbury’s hi-tech researchers are playing a vital part in trialling New Zealand’s first fully autonomous electric vehicle. More >>
Canterbury earthquake engineers win international honour
Tuesday, 4 October 2016, 10:57 am | University of Canterbury
Two University of Canterbury (UC) earthquake engineers have been honoured at an American convention for the world-class excellence of their post-quake research assessing liquefaction hazards in Christchurch. More >>
NZ school rugby teaching lacks character and values
Friday, 30 September 2016, 10:34 am | University of Canterbury
New research from the University of Canterbury reveals that rugby in New Zealand secondary schools has no clear educative or social intention, focusing on building technical skills rather than developing character, social skills or resilience. More >>
Lectures focus on Māori experience of trauma
Thursday, 29 September 2016, 10:28 am | University of Canterbury
The Ngai Tahu Research Centre at the University of Canterbury is hosting a lecture series , He Kokonga Whare - Māori and the Transmission of Historical Trauma, on the high rates of trauma that generations of Māori have experienced. More >>
UC researchers awarded $5 million for smart ideas
Wednesday, 28 September 2016, 12:15 pm | University of Canterbury
University of Canterbury researchers have been the most successful of all the New Zealand research institutes and universities in the MBIE Smart Ideas investment process, with five new scientific research projects awarded $5 million in funding. More >>
Schools students test quake resilient design at UC
Tuesday, 27 September 2016, 1:01 pm | University of Canterbury
High school students will be able to use the University of Canterbury’s state-of the-art Structural Engineering Laboratory (SEL) to test the quake resilience of their mini-house prototypes these school holidays as part of a new design challenge. More >>
UC PhD student takes on land speed record again
Monday, 26 September 2016, 11:37 am | University of Canterbury
An engineer studying for his PhD at the University of Canterbury is simultaneously researching the aerodynamics of asymmetrical vehicles and setting new world land-speed records. More >>
Restoring the world’s first recorded computer music
Monday, 26 September 2016, 11:37 am | University of Canterbury
University of Canterbury Distinguished Professor Jack Copeland and UC alumni and composer Jason Long have restored the earliest known recording of computer-generated music, created more than 65 years ago using programming techniques devised by Alan ... More >>
UC Connect lecture: Rob Fyfe - Dare to be Different
Thursday, 22 September 2016, 11:02 am | University of Canterbury
In an upcoming UC Connect public lecture, Icebreaker chief executive and University of Canterbury alumni and honorary doctorate recipient Rob Fyfe will share his experience leading three very different companies over the last 15 years, his unique approach ... More >>
UC scientists make biomolecular breakthrough
Tuesday, 20 September 2016, 10:04 am | University of Canterbury
A team of University of Canterbury researchers has made a scientific breakthrough in biomolecular interactions, which will help discover the determinants of gene expression, in new research published today. More >>
UC Test Range enabling new drone technology
Friday, 16 September 2016, 10:00 am | University of Canterbury
UC Test Range enabling new drone technology The University of Canterbury’s (UC) Spatial Engineering Research Centre is helping to lead the way in the development of drones for industry, due to the activation of a new test range for unmanned aerial ... More >>
O le malaga malosi tele - a very strong journey
Thursday, 15 September 2016, 12:42 pm | University of Canterbury
Showcasing work produced by Ioane Ioane during his 2016 Creative New Zealand/Macmillan Brown Pacific Artist Residency, O le malaga malosi tele provides a glimpse into Samoa’s navigational past while expanding an ancient art form within a contemporary context. More >>
UC student wins scholarship to Cambridge
Wednesday, 14 September 2016, 12:25 pm | University of Canterbury
University of Canterbury Master’s student Amy Hill has been awarded a prestigious Woolf Fisher Scholarship to fund her future doctorate studies at the University of Cambridge in England. More >>
UC students organise family wellbeing event
Monday, 12 September 2016, 2:33 pm | University of Canterbury
University of Canterbury students are promoting mental health as a ‘resource for life’ through a weekend amble in the Botanic Gardens. More >>
‘EQ f***ing C’ – A Revenge Comedy in the making
Friday, 9 September 2016, 10:48 am | University of Canterbury
In this upcoming UC Connect public lecture, University of Canterbury academic, playwright and director Dr Christina Stachurski will discuss the process of researching, planning and writing a comedy especially for (and of) our city. More >>
