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Capacity crowds for University public lectures
Monday, 15 August 2016, 2:45 pm | University of Canterbury
Two public talks at the University of Canterbury will have capacity audiences after both of tomorrow’s UC Connect lectures sold out of tickets early. More >>
UC alumni represent NZ at Rio Olympics 2016
Thursday, 11 August 2016, 3:24 pm | University of Canterbury
The University of Canterbury is proud to be associated with the New Zealand Olympic team, with 14 past or present students competing in the Rio Games. More >>
University of Canterbury welcomes new Deputy Vice-Chancellor
Thursday, 11 August 2016, 12:27 pm | University of Canterbury
Following an international search and selection process, Professor Ian Wright will take up the role of University of Canterbury Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Research and Innovation, from 22 August. Professor Wright brings to the University of Canterbury ... More >>
UC researchers take leaf from nature to catch CO2
Wednesday, 10 August 2016, 11:24 am | University of Canterbury
UC researchers have been awarded research funding from the Royal Society of NZ Catalyst Fund to create a synthetic leaf to use or consume the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide. More >>
UC hits record number of Doctoral students
Monday, 8 August 2016, 2:41 pm | University of Canterbury
The University of Canterbury continues to punch above its weight in postgraduate achievement and research excellence with record numbers of doctoral candidates and thousands of postgraduates enrolled by mid-year. More >>
Exploring off the earth, for the earth
Friday, 5 August 2016, 12:54 pm | University of Canterbury
University of Canterbury students got a chance to pick the brains of one of the United States’ most influential scientists, NASA Deputy Administrator Dr Dava Newman. More >>
UC marine scientists come to aid of lost Orca calf
Friday, 5 August 2016, 11:58 am | University of Canterbury
A baby orca separated from its family is the focus of a rescue mission uniting University of Canterbury marine scientists, DOC staff, local Iwi and residents on the North Island’s east coast. Marine mammal scientist Dr Ingrid Visser, Director of the ... More >>
Ancient meets hi-tech as UC 3D-prints antiquities
Wednesday, 3 August 2016, 1:31 pm | University of Canterbury
The University of Canterbury is using modern 3D-printing technology to preserve and study rare classical antiquities, many dating back more than three millennia. More >>
Māori UC student teacher wins Kupe scholarship
Thursday, 28 July 2016, 2:08 pm | University of Canterbury
An outstanding University of Canterbury Māori student teacher has been awarded a Kupe Scholarship for providing a strong role model of success in education, it was announced in Parliament this week. More >>
Incompetency and Competency Training in Making Decisions
Thursday, 28 July 2016, 10:47 am | University of Canterbury
An upcoming public lecture from an American professor of marketing will look at the wisdom behind the quote: “It's not what we don't know that hurts. It's what we know that ain't so.” (Will Rodgers). More >>
NZ political scientist to join UN scientific Climate Change
Wednesday, 27 July 2016, 1:25 pm | University of Canterbury
University of Canterbury political scientist Bronwyn Hayward has been invited to join a crucial planning meeting to advise how the world’s scientific community should respond to the challenge of limiting global warming. More >>
UC quake research in world-first ‘Ferrari’ overbridge
Monday, 25 July 2016, 11:37 am | University of Canterbury
In a significant advance in engineering, Christchurch’s newest overpass features a world-first in quake-resilient technology described as the “Ferrari” of bridges, developed in Christchurch by University of Canterbury engineers. The innovative, ... More >>
Clinton vs. Trump and the impact on New Zealand
Thursday, 21 July 2016, 1:58 pm | University of Canterbury
An upcoming UC Connect free public lecture will focus on the raucous 2016 Presidential election in the United States, which is causing headlines around the world. More >>
Lab-on-a-chip unlocks world of possibilities
Thursday, 14 July 2016, 1:55 pm | University of Canterbury
Saving kauri trees, detecting bacteria in milk, addressing disease and infection and slowing the progress of cancer or multiple sclerosis are all future possibilities thanks to new technology called laboratory-on-a–chip. More >>
School students ‘adopt’ a scientist from UC
Wednesday, 13 July 2016, 3:05 pm | University of Canterbury
New science needs new thinking, supported by the wisdom of experience, and a Canterbury school and the University of Canterbury are helping make this concept a reality. Already making their contribution to science as teenagers, four Lincoln High School ... More >>
Fellow from Hawaii to teach Te Reo at UC
Tuesday, 12 July 2016, 9:43 am | University of Canterbury
The University of Canterbury’s Te Reo programme in Aotahi: School of Māori and Indigenous Studies welcomed its first ever Visiting Canterbury Fellow yesterday. Dr Te Raukura Roa (Waikato-Tainui), from the University of Hawaii at Mānoa, will ... More >>
UC Connect: Feminism and Rape Awareness in New Zealand
Friday, 8 July 2016, 3:13 pm | University of Canterbury
In an upcoming UC Connect public lecture, University of Canterbury criminologist Professor Greg Newbold looks at rape awareness campaigns of the 1970s and 1980s and at the impact these campaigns have had on rape consciousness and rape law in New ... More >>
UC expert welcomes 'important' digital curriculum
Friday, 8 July 2016, 10:36 am | University of Canterbury
Computer science education expert University of Canterbury Professor Tim Bell has welcomed the news that New Zealand’s school curriculum is changing to embrace the subject of digital technologies. More >>
UC tech projects open young minds to science
Thursday, 7 July 2016, 10:34 am | University of Canterbury
The University of Canterbury has won funding for two projects that aim to bring science and technology to young people and local communities, as part of the government’s 2016 Unlocking Curious Minds fund. More >>
Good vibrations: bolder building solutions
Thursday, 7 July 2016, 10:20 am | University of Canterbury
Building solutions that challenge conventional construction wisdom are being researched, modelled and tested by University of Canterbury academic Dr Geoffrey Rodgers as he re-examines what defines a ‘strong’ building. More >>
