University of Waikato - Latest News [Page 28]
Funding hopes from award victory
Thursday, 26 June 2014, 2:04 pm | University of Waikato
A national titanium technology grouping, based at the University of Waikato, has won a major award at the second annual KiwiNet Research Commercialisation Awards. More >>
Waikato engineering students win Beca Awards
Wednesday, 25 June 2014, 4:33 pm | University of Waikato
Three University of Waikato students have received Beca Awards for academic excellence and potential as a promising engineer. The annual awards of $2500 are granted to students in their third year of study towards a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) ... More >>
Businesses Benefit from Online Hub
Tuesday, 24 June 2014, 1:54 pm | University of Waikato
Recognising the importance of small businesses to New Zealand’s economic growth, employment and productivity, University of Waikato’s Professor Delwyn Clark has been involved with the development of an online research Hub on small and medium ... More >>
Hamilton plans up for discussion at Winter Lecture Series
Tuesday, 24 June 2014, 1:03 pm | University of Waikato
As Hamilton City Council explores plans to better connect the city with its natural resources, the University of Waikato will consider whether the city can also learn from the revitalisation of its Canadian namesake, Hamilton, Ontario, at its annual ... More >>
University leads the way with cyber security
Monday, 23 June 2014, 11:55 am | University of Waikato
One of the world’s leading cyber security academics says the University of Waikato is “leading the way” in helping fill an ever-growing shortage of cyber security professionals. More >>
Win for Hamilton Boys’ High at Waikato chemistry challenge
Friday, 20 June 2014, 10:19 am | University of Waikato
Hamilton Boys’ High School teams were awarded first and second place at the annual NZIC Analytical Chemistry Competition yesterday. The University of Waikato event challenged 96 enthusiastic Year 13 students to spend a day in the University’s ... More >>
“Promise and Promiscuity” - Breeches, Bonnets and Balls
Thursday, 19 June 2014, 4:29 pm | University of Waikato
Penny Ashton on tour with Arts on Tour New Zealand Playhouse Theatre, Gallagher Academy of Performing Arts, University of Waikato, Hamilton More >>
‘A materials girl in a materials world’
Thursday, 19 June 2014, 12:35 pm | University of Waikato
A quip on a famous lyric from the queen of pop proved a good fit for Professor Kim Pickering during her Inaugural Professorial Lecture at the University of Waikato this week. More >>
Winter Lecture Series to look to the future
Wednesday, 18 June 2014, 12:53 pm | University of Waikato
How will we do business in the future? What will Hamilton look like in 20 years’ time? These, and other big questions, will be up for discussion at the University of Waikato’s Winter Lecture Series. More >>
Scholarship opens door to Asia
Wednesday, 18 June 2014, 10:15 am | University of Waikato
University of Waikato Japanese language student Aaron Stewart will be putting what he’s learned into practise when he heads off to Japan on an Asian studies programme in August. More >>
Back to Asia for Ryan on Prime Minister’s Scholarship
Tuesday, 17 June 2014, 11:45 am | University of Waikato
While chicken feet and pig’s trotters might be on the menu in Hong Kong, Ryan Vernall isn’t sure he’ll be eating them on his six-week summer school exchange to the Chinese University of Hong Kong. More >>
Waikato student awarded Zespri fellowship for Psa research
Monday, 16 June 2014, 4:13 pm | University of Waikato
University of Waikato PhD candidate Rasika Subasinghe has been awarded a Zespri Innovation Fellowship for her research into the host cell wall degrading strategies of the Psa bacteria in kiwifruit. More >>
Management students head to Cambodia leadership symposium
Monday, 16 June 2014, 3:44 pm | University of Waikato
Seven Waikato Management School students have been invited to attend the University Scholars Leadership Symposium in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, in August. This annual event, hosted by Humanitarian Affairs (UK), is designed to provide the next generation of ... More >>
Speedy victory for St John’s at Waikato physics day
Monday, 16 June 2014, 12:30 pm | University of Waikato
A team of students from St John’s College, Hamilton were the winners of the Model Car Speed Competition at day one of the University of Waikato’s 28th annual Osborne Physics and Engineering (OsPEn) Days. More >>
Multi-award success for Waikato engineering student
Thursday, 12 June 2014, 9:59 am | University of Waikato
Talented University of Waikato engineering student Lindi Engelbrecht is reaping the benefits of her hard work, winning two scholarships and two awards in recent months. More >>
New agri-tech initiatives from University of Waikato
Wednesday, 11 June 2014, 11:48 am | University of Waikato
HAMILTON, New Zealand, 11 June 2014 – The University of Waikato has launched three key agri-tech innovation initiatives as part of a new approach designed to offer a step-change to the agriculture sector. Vice-Chancellor Professor Roy Crawford made ... More >>
‘Wonder drugs’ popular topic at Waikato biology event
Wednesday, 11 June 2014, 11:28 am | University of Waikato
A talk covering the ‘wonder drug’ effect attracted a packed lecture theatre yesterday, during the University of Waikato’s annual Waikato Experience Biology (WEB) Days. More >>
Surprise win for Waikato student boat builders
Tuesday, 10 June 2014, 10:43 am | University of Waikato
The banks of Oranga Lake at the University of Waikato were teeming with onlookers last week, as over 30 student-built model boats battled it out as part of the annual University of Waikato Engineering Design Challenge. More >>
Scholarship to support embryonic stem cell research
Monday, 9 June 2014, 2:47 pm | University of Waikato
University of Waikato Biological Sciences student Sarah Appleby has won a C. Alma Baker Postgraduate Scholarship for her agriculture-focused masters research project. More >>
A post-doctoral roadshow
Friday, 6 June 2014, 12:48 pm | University of Waikato
This year’s Research Management Law Association (RMLA) roadshow topic is ‘Conditions of Consent’, a topic that came about partly due to the research of University of Waikato doctoral student Marie Brown. More >>
