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New Mâori and Pacific Island Scholarships
Wednesday, 19 October 2005, 2:25 pm | University of Otago
The University of Otago is offering new scholarships to promising Mâori and Pacific Islands secondary school students to encourage them to take up university study at Otago, Vice-Chancellor Professor David Skegg announced today. More >>
Otago University Announces 2006 Arts Fellows
Wednesday, 12 October 2005, 11:47 am | University of Otago
An Auckland artist who works with innovative three dimensional fibreglass “canvases” and the Dunedin author of a critically-acclaimed first novel are the new recipients of the University of Otago’s 2006 Arts Fellowships. More >>
Innovative New Methods for Assessing Concussion
Monday, 10 October 2005, 9:40 am | University of Otago
Every year more than 20,000 New Zealanders sustain a mild head injury or concussion. However, often it is difficult for clinicians to determine exactly how badly they have been injured, or how well they will recover, and how quickly. More >>
Otago University Appoints New Enterprise Director
Tuesday, 4 October 2005, 9:31 am | University of Otago
The University of Otago has appointed a leading biotechnology sector figure as the new Director (Enterprise) in its Research & Enterprise Office. More >>
Performing Under Pressure
Friday, 30 September 2005, 4:02 pm | University of Otago
Otago sports psychology expert called on to help Winter Olympic Team It’s not quite time to put away the winter woollies yet for University of Otago sport psychology lecturer and researcher Ken Hodge, following a call-up to the New Zealand Winter ... More >>
Otago To Host Unesco Ethics Conference
Thursday, 29 September 2005, 4:58 pm | University of Otago
The University of Otago has been chosen to host an important United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Ethics of Knowledge Production Conference in February. More >>
Economist Rates Otago Mba Amongst World’s Top 100
Monday, 26 September 2005, 3:48 pm | University of Otago
The University of Otago School of Business has been officially recognised as the leading provider of MBAs in New Zealand. More >>
Global and National Political Issues in Spotlight
Monday, 26 September 2005, 3:47 pm | University of Otago
Hot on the heels of an exciting election, the world of politics will be under examination at the 53rd Australasian Political Studies Association Conference held in Dunedin, New Zealand from 28–30 September 2005. More >>
New Zealand’s Oldest University Captures its Past
Monday, 26 September 2005, 3:47 pm | University of Otago
Stories of the University of Otago’s past are being collected by a new History of the University Unit, launched by Vice-Chancellor David Skegg today. More >>
Home Treatment Of Pneumonia Effective
Monday, 12 September 2005, 12:07 am | University of Otago
Mild to moderately severe pneumonia has always been treated in hospital. Now research from the Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Otago, shows that in many cases home treatment is an effective alternative to being cared ... More >>
Otago’s Research Excellence
Friday, 9 September 2005, 2:04 pm | University of Otago
University of Otago researchers have won 18 Marsden Fund contracts worth nearly $11 million to undertake fundamental research. More >>
From Torsos To Tsunamis
Wednesday, 31 August 2005, 9:41 am | University of Otago
Most people’s understanding of anatomy is somewhat limited: charts of body parts with impossibly long Latin names, television police shows in which the all-knowing coroner says “Look, the bullet has penetrated the pectoralis major…”. More >>
Planning Needed Now To Protect GPs In Next Pandemic
Tuesday, 30 August 2005, 10:47 am | University of Otago
General Practitioners and other primary healthcare workers are going to get sick and some are likely to die during the next flu pandemic, and steps need to be taken now to minimise the impact, a University of Otago Public health researcher says. More >>
Mental Health Researchers In Top Rank
Friday, 19 August 2005, 9:44 am | University of Otago
Researchers from the University of Otago’s Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences and Dunedin School of Medicine have ranked highly in a recent assessment of New Zealand and Australian mental health research. More >>
Does Aid Work?
Wednesday, 17 August 2005, 11:55 am | University of Otago
The recent G8 summit in Scotland highlighted the need for the industrialised world to support economic development in Africa and other areas of the developing world, and yet the question remains: Does aid really work? More >>
Authors Challenge State's Relationship with Mäori
Monday, 15 August 2005, 12:09 am | University of Otago
Is it possible to recognise the equally legitimate, often contradictory, claims of indigenous peoples and their colonisers? More >>
University Honours World-leading Legal Philosopher
Friday, 12 August 2005, 6:36 pm | University of Otago
Professor Jeremy Waldron, an internationally renowned legal and political philosopher based at Columbia University in the United States, will receive an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Otago at next weekend’s graduation ceremony. More >>
Health Education Compromised By School Fundraising
Tuesday, 9 August 2005, 3:45 pm | University of Otago
High-fat, sugar foods in schools too often the price paid for lucrative sponsorships, study finds More >>
Urinary Tract Infections And Antibiotic Resistance
Monday, 8 August 2005, 10:39 am | University of Otago
Novel research results by the Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Otago University, shows how difficult it can be for GPs to decide whether or not to prescribe antibiotics for common symptoms of Urinary Tract Infections (UTI) in ... More >>
Polling, Politicians And Public Perceptions
Wednesday, 3 August 2005, 12:46 am | University of Otago
Polling expert says good public affairs practice critical to healthy democracy More >>
