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Music And the Machine
Thursday, 16 October 2014, 12:54 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
Musical machines and robots will take over Victoria University of Wellington’s Hub this Friday. More >>
Wellington’s most iconic Mo mowed for Movember
Thursday, 16 October 2014, 10:34 am | Victoria University of Wellington
Wellington’s favourite mustache is gone! Lorenzo Bresolin, The Great Food Race Judge and bearer of one of New Zealand’s most spectacular Mo’s has shaved it off all in the name of Movember and men’s health. More >>
Victoria sporting students succeed at highest levels
Thursday, 9 October 2014, 12:26 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
Victoria's supreme athletes and administrators from a variety of sports have been honoured at the 2014 Victoria University Blues Awards. The Blues are the highest recognition the University can give to people who have, by their sporting achievements ... More >>
Creating low-cost solar energy
Wednesday, 8 October 2014, 11:43 am | Victoria University of Wellington
Victoria University of Wellington researchers are part of a worldwide effort to design cheaper and more efficient solar energy materials. Work by PhD student Alex Barker, under the supervision of Dr Justin Hodgkiss, a senior lecturer in the School of Chemical ... More >>
Victoria students pitch to impress
Tuesday, 7 October 2014, 11:30 am | Victoria University of Wellington
Smart ideas for addressing global social issues through digital action campaigns will be presented by Victoria University of Wellington students this week in a Dragons’ Den style competition. More >>
Deal with US company opens doors for Robinson Research
Tuesday, 7 October 2014, 10:07 am | Victoria University of Wellington
The Robinson Research Institute has signed a strategic partnership agreement with NASDAQ-listed Superconductor Technologies Inc. (STI) which will see the Institute’s innovative technology used for new applications in the energy and health industries. ... More >>
Studying ancient landforms using new technology
Monday, 6 October 2014, 10:07 am | Victoria University of Wellington
Teetering along precarious pathways high in some of Papua New Guinea’s most remote mountains is all part of the job for a pair of Victoria University of Wellington geologists. More >>
Use of English in Samoa under the microscope
Friday, 3 October 2014, 11:36 am | Victoria University of Wellington
The use of English in Samoa today will be the focus of two lectures by Victoria University of Wellington’s 2014 Ian Gordon Fellow Letuimanu’asina Dr Emma Kruse Va’ai. More >>
Documenting historic Māori land law cases for the first time
Thursday, 2 October 2014, 9:50 am | Victoria University of Wellington
A new book from Victoria University of Wellington’s Faculty of Law will continue to put the spotlight on Māori Land Law judgments which have never before been published. More >>
Victoria researcher awarded prestigious fellowship
Tuesday, 30 September 2014, 5:39 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
A Victoria University of Wellington researcher is among a small group of leading New Zealand scientists to receive Rutherford Discovery Fellowships. More >>
Warnings from a warming ocean
Tuesday, 30 September 2014, 12:11 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
Changes taking place in the oceans around Antarctica could result in an abrupt rise in global sea level, according to a Victoria University of Wellington led study. More >>
New Zealand’s energy landscape in 2050
Friday, 26 September 2014, 12:15 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
A group of Victoria University of Wellington students will spend the summer developing an interactive website that will allow the public and government organisations to see how the energy choices we make today will impact New Zealand in 2050. More >>
Victoria students help public keep an eye on our water
Thursday, 25 September 2014, 11:16 am | Victoria University of Wellington
Victoria University of Wellington’s engineering students are continuing to push the frontiers of pollution monitoring in New Zealand’s waterways through an innovative collaboration known as RiverWatch. More >>
World wars inspire student to be creative
Thursday, 25 September 2014, 9:34 am | Victoria University of Wellington
Troy with a poppy, made from a spent bullet shell, which is part of his family’s entry in this year’s World of Wearable Arts show More >>
Tackling global challenges
Wednesday, 24 September 2014, 2:29 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
Victoria University of Wellington is reaffirming its commitment to helping tackle key global challenges says Vice-Chancellor Professor Grant Guilford. He and his wife Pauline joined the estimated 400,000 people on the ‘People’s Climate March’ ... More >>
New Zealanders warming to solar power
Wednesday, 24 September 2014, 11:01 am | Victoria University of Wellington
A just-released report released shows more and more New Zealanders, fed up with their power providers, are turning to solar energy. Dr Rebecca Ford, a lecturer at Victoria University of Wellington’s School of Engineering and Computer Science, is the lead ... More >>
Confucius Institute to celebrate 10th anniversary
Wednesday, 24 September 2014, 10:57 am | Victoria University of Wellington
This Saturday at sunrise, the Confucius Institute based at Victoria University will have the distinction of being the first to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the establishment of Confucius Institutes around the world. More >>
Christchurch quake indicates need for workplace flexibility
Wednesday, 24 September 2014, 10:09 am | Victoria University of Wellington
Although it is good practice for organisations to have a business continuity plan, workplace flexibility is what really counts in a disaster, Victoria University of Wellington research has found. Dr Noelle Donnelly and Dr Sarah Proctor-Thomson, researchers ... More >>
Simon Denny recreates Kim Dotcom’s personal effects
Tuesday, 23 September 2014, 12:43 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
Who owns what? How has the internet changed our relation to the world? These are two of the many questions Simon Denny raises in the latest exhibition at the Adam Art Gallery, opening on Saturday 4 October. More >>
Managing land into the future
Tuesday, 23 September 2014, 11:39 am | Victoria University of Wellington
Food production is the backbone of New Zealand’s economy—and a computer modelling programme designed by a Victoria University of Wellington academic is helping ensure that farming practices here and overseas are as sustainable and environmentally friendly ... More >>
