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Researcher Documents Climate Impacts In Samoa Ahead Of COP27
Wednesday, 9 November 2022, 1:49 pm | University of Canterbury
Dr Christina Tausa, Research Manager at the Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies, University of Canterbury (UC), wants to see the Global North commit to the promises of the Paris Agreement at COP27, the 27th annual UN meeting on climate, which started ... More >>
Looking Into The Depths Of A Cosmic Monster
Sunday, 6 November 2022, 5:28 am | University of Canterbury
Researchers at the University of Canterbury are part of an international team of scientists which has found high-energy neutrinos coming from a nearby active galaxy called NGC 1068. Active galaxies are powered by supermassive black-holes swallowing ... More >>
UC Professors’ Exceptional Contribution Recognised
Friday, 4 November 2022, 10:52 am | University of Canterbury
Outstanding professors who have retired from the University of Canterbury (UC) over the past year but continue to contribute and inspire have been acknowledged at a celebration event. UC has appointed seven Emeritus Professors in the last 12 months, ... More >>
Canterbury Geotech Engineer Wins Medal For Quake Research
Thursday, 3 November 2022, 11:04 am | University of Canterbury
Surviving a 6.1 magnitude earthquake as a child set an academic researcher on the path to becoming an international expert in quake engineering based in Ōtautahi Christchurch. Professor Misko Cubrinovski , from the University of Canterbury (UC) ... More >>
From Solving The South Island High Country Puzzle To Medallist
Monday, 31 October 2022, 6:18 pm | University of Canterbury
A passion for the environment and problem-solving sparked Professor Ann Brower’s interest in New Zealand’s land tenure review process, research that culminated in the passing of new legislation earlier this year. University of Canterbury (UC) ... More >>
UC Partners With Local Farm For More Sustainable Milk
Monday, 31 October 2022, 6:16 pm | University of Canterbury
University of Canterbury (UC) staff will enjoy sustainable, local milk in their morning cup of tea from 2 November. Lunchroom fridges across Ilam and Dovedale campuses will be stocked with Canterbury’s Choice, the region’s only supplier of pasteurised ... More >>
Innovative $2.4m Research Into Microplastics, Antarctic Predators, Respiratory Function
Thursday, 27 October 2022, 2:52 pm | University of Canterbury
Three innovative, groundbreaking University of Canterbury researchers have been awarded $800,000 Rutherford Discovery Fellowships announced today by the Royal Society Te Apārangi. Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research Professor Ian Wright is delighted with ... More >>
UC Soon To Be Home To Largest Quake Simulator In Southern Hemisphere
Tuesday, 25 October 2022, 9:47 am | University of Canterbury
A new University of Canterbury (UC) earthquake simulator will be the first large-scale reconfigurable ‘shake table’ in New Zealand and the biggest in the Southern Hemisphere. The UC Structural Engineering Laboratory (SEL) will be home to the first facility ... More >>
Former Lawn Produces Hundreds Of Kilos Of Veggies For Students
Thursday, 20 October 2022, 9:53 am | University of Canterbury
Two decades of planting and growing has seen a former lawn transformed into an abundant garden that produces hundreds of kilograms of produce each year for University of Canterbury (UC) students. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2210/47aa57d48175f7db26f3.jpeg" ... More >>
Researchers Share Knowledge Worth Millions
Thursday, 13 October 2022, 9:05 am | University of Canterbury
After receiving $6 million in funding to unlock significant hydrogen concepts Aotearoa researchers are joining forces with community initiatives to ensure positive gains for tamariki and rangatahi (children and young people). Researchers from the University ... More >>
Engineers Launch New Building System To Protect Houses In A Quake
Wednesday, 12 October 2022, 10:58 am | University of Canterbury
Canterbury engineers are moving forward with plans to manufacture a new base isolation system that will make Kiwi houses safer in an earthquake. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2210/3b126826f236804cf80a.jpeg" width="720" height="479"> University of Canterbury postdoctoral ... More >>
Joyful Nature: The Ethics Of Animal Emotions
Thursday, 6 October 2022, 9:31 am | University of Canterbury
Can animals feel emotions? When we look into the eyes of the creatures around us, even ones as distantly related to us as birds, we often feel there are emotions hidden beneath the surface. But is this intuition correct? In her upcoming Tauhere UC Connect ... More >>
Developing A Resilient Electrical Grid For New Zealand
Tuesday, 4 October 2022, 9:43 am | University of Canterbury
University of Canterbury Professor Neville Watson is two years into leading a seven-year project to integrate renewable energy into Aotearoa New Zealand’s century-old electrical grid. The project aims to turn the country’s power grid into an optimum system ... More >>
City Partnership A World Leader In Climate Change Planning
Monday, 3 October 2022, 9:45 am | University of Canterbury
A partnership between the University of Canterbury (UC) and Christchurch City Council is leading the world in understanding and adapting to risk from climate change. UC Civil Systems Engineering lecturer Dr Tom Logan , who specialises in how cities and ... More >>
NZ Police And University Of Canterbury Forging Closer Ties
Friday, 30 September 2022, 3:19 pm | University of Canterbury
A positive partnership between the University of Canterbury (UC) and the New Zealand Police has been formalised with a signed agreement today. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed by UC Tumu Whakarae | ViceChancellor Professor Cheryl de la Rey ... More >>
Unique Child/Family Psychology Training Celebrates 20 Years
Friday, 30 September 2022, 12:15 pm | University of Canterbury
The University of Canterbury (UC) celebrates 20 years of the Child and Family Psychology programme today. The sought-after qualification trains psychologists specifically to work with children, adolescents and families, and remains unique in Aotearoa. ... More >>
Canterbury Astronomers Involved In NASA DART Mission
Tuesday, 27 September 2022, 2:10 pm | University of Canterbury
University of Canterbury astronomers and students keenly watched the DART mission in real time at a watch party on campus, including UC researchers who are part of the DART mission. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2209/5fbd95ba0f0ba3f53ef5.jpeg" ... More >>
Isolation, Darkness And Science – The First Winter At Vanda Station
Tuesday, 20 September 2022, 1:43 pm | University of Canterbury
Temperatures dropping to -57°C, 16 weeks of darkness, isolation stretching to eight months and logistical challenges – this is what five men faced during the first winter-over at New Zealand’s Vanda Station, Antarctica. Now the subject of a new ... More >>
Spying Seals From Space – Citizen Science In Antarctica
Monday, 19 September 2022, 1:42 pm | University of Canterbury
Late last year, an international research team led by a University of Canterbury Antarctic scientist completed the world’s first global population estimate of Weddell seals in Antarctica, showing that there are significantly fewer seals than previously ... More >>
‘Massive Social Experiment’ Leading To Cyber Hate Says Expert
Friday, 16 September 2022, 10:41 am | University of Canterbury
The internet has changed how we relate and communicate in unimaginable ways, says University of Canterbury (UC) Associate Professor Mike Grimshaw in a new web series about cyber hate and freedom of speech in Aotearoa launched this week. “We are ... More >>
