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Waikato MBA students take smartphone messaging to next level

Tuesday, 31 July 2012, 11:27 am | University of Waikato

A group of current Waikato University students have turned an award-winning assignment into a ground-breaking business venture. Vmail, the innovative new voice messaging app for smartphones, is about to be launched and offers some unique differences over ... More >>

The University of Waikato and Scion sign agreement

Tuesday, 31 July 2012, 10:33 am | University of Waikato

Scion and the University of Waikato have signed a Memorandum of Understanding that will see the two organisations working together in research and teaching and to enhance their contribution to the Waikato and Bay of Plenty regions, iwi and New Zealand. More >>

Productivity Commission chair awarded

Monday, 30 July 2012, 9:56 am | University of Waikato

The man who’s chairing the government’s new Productivity Commission and who led the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry for more than a decade will receive a Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Waikato. More >>

Let the punishment fit the crime

Wednesday, 25 July 2012, 10:16 am | University of Waikato

New Zealand’s employment legislation still needs work in the areas of remedies and punishments involving dismissal law. More >>

How well do you sing?

Monday, 23 July 2012, 11:06 am | University of Waikato

Opera diva Dame Malvina Major is hosting a free master class in the first lecture of this year’s University of Waikato Winter Lecture series. More >>

Claudelands the answer for the growing number of graduands?

Thursday, 19 July 2012, 9:51 am | University of Waikato

The University of Waikato will trial Hamilton’s Claudelands Events Centre for its October graduation ceremonies. More >>

Waikato social enterprise students to represent NZ in USA

Wednesday, 18 July 2012, 12:04 pm | University of Waikato

A group of Waikato University students have won the SIFE (Students In Free Enterprise) National Awards for the second year running. The group will go on to represent New Zealand at the SIFE World Cup in Washington DC this September. More >>

A Fulbright year in Hawai’i

Thursday, 12 July 2012, 10:31 am | University of Waikato

A University of Waikato Post-Doctoral Research Fellow Dr Te Raukura Roa has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence to spend a year teaching at the University of Hawai’i in Mānoa, Honolulu. The Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence award assists ... More >>

New law and management building at University of Waikato

Thursday, 12 July 2012, 9:26 am | University of Waikato

New law and management building set to take University of Waikato into its next half century More >>

University hosts Hamilton City Council for breakfast

Wednesday, 11 July 2012, 2:40 pm | University of Waikato

Hamilton City’s senior executives and councillors were hosted by the University of Waikato at a breakfast today. More >>

Te Reo In Spotlight At University Of Waikato Public Lecture

Tuesday, 10 July 2012, 4:40 pm | University of Waikato

The revitalisation of te reo comes under the spotlight at the University of Waikato during this month’s Māori Language Week which runs 23-29 July. More >>

University signs UN commitment to sustainable practices

Monday, 2 July 2012, 3:32 pm | University of Waikato

The University of Waikato has signed the United Nations Commitment to Sustainable Practices of Higher Education. The declaration, to which more than 200 universities around the world have pledged, was formally ratified this month at the UN Rio + 20 ... More >>

Waikato Antarctic researcher receives Fulbright award

Friday, 29 June 2012, 3:33 pm | University of Waikato

University of Waikato student Tanya O’Neill has been awarded a Fulbright Travel Award to present her research on the effects of human activity on Antarctica. More >>

BEV receives national recognition

Saturday, 23 June 2012, 12:34 pm | University of Waikato

The students behind the battery electric vehicle which successfully drove from Auckland to Bluff, have been highly commended for their work. More >>

Grants to study Māori child rearing and Māori men’s health

Monday, 18 June 2012, 1:41 pm | University of Waikato

Big grants to study Māori child rearing and Māori men’s health University of Waikato researchers have been awarded research grants totalling more than a million dollars to study Māori men’s health and Māori child rearing. More >>

Hot topics to come under scrutiny at Fieldays

Monday, 11 June 2012, 10:26 am | University of Waikato

Foreign land ownership, food prices and super farms are all hot topics at the moment – and they all hinge on the vital importance of agriculture and land-based industries to the New Zealand economy. More >>

New world rankings put Waikato University top in New Zealand

Wednesday, 6 June 2012, 12:01 pm | University of Waikato

The latest set of world rankings has placed the University of Waikato top in New Zealand and seventh in the southern hemisphere of universities under 50 years old. More >>

Dame Malvina hits another high note

Wednesday, 6 June 2012, 11:59 am | University of Waikato

University of Waikato ambassador Dame Malvina Major has been awarded one of the top honours in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list. More >>

Clever thinking creates cleaner water

Wednesday, 6 June 2012, 10:28 am | University of Waikato

Two chemists from the University of Waikato have come up with an innovative method for treating bore water on Waikato farms. More >>

Dairy data could answer carbon questions

Thursday, 24 May 2012, 11:11 am | University of Waikato

Twenty times a second they record the amount of carbon dioxide going in and out of the soil and they will keep measuring it at the same rate for the next year. More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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