University of Waikato - Latest News [Page 45]
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 >>
