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Location, location, location
Tuesday, 3 December 2013, 2:13 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
Considering moving house? Take a tip from Victoria PhD researcher Michael Sloan, and think long and hard about the location. Michael has spent the last three years comparing people's expectations of moving house with the reality and found a strong ... More >>
Research: Which native birds could cause urban conflict
Monday, 2 December 2013, 3:23 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
Pukeko, kaka and gulls are the native bird species most likely to cause problems in New Zealand’s cities in the future, according to new research. A study from Victoria University of Wellington’s Centre for Biodiversity and Restoration Ecology ... More >>
Virtual body and images to aid diagnosis
Monday, 2 December 2013, 11:33 am | Victoria University of Wellington
Images of cancer cells buried deep in lung tissue have been used by biomedical engineers at the University of Sydney to help develop new medical imaging technologies that will assist oncologists with medical research and diagnosis. More >>
BNZ Chair in Business in Asia
Friday, 29 November 2013, 12:11 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
Asian business expert Professor Siah Hwee Ang has been appointed the inaugural holder of the BNZ Chair in Business in Asia. More >>
Understanding the immune system
Wednesday, 27 November 2013, 4:17 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
International experts gather next week to advance understanding of the immune system and its importance in regulating all aspects of human health. More >>
New award for emerging film writers
Wednesday, 27 November 2013, 3:49 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
An award that recognises emerging film writers has been established at the International Institute of Modern Letters (IIML), via the Victoria University Foundation, in memory of notable New Zealand filmmaker Brad McGann. More >>
Vic researchers to play significant role in global project
Tuesday, 26 November 2013, 4:16 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
Victoria University of Wellington researchers are poised to make a significant contribution to one of the world’s largest science projects—the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope. More >>
Southern Alps glaciers in state of rapid change
Monday, 25 November 2013, 8:54 am | Victoria University of Wellington
Research carried out by Victoria University’s Antarctic Research Centre shows the glaciers of the central Southern Alps are in a state of rapid change with ice volumes set to reduce by up to 60 percent by the end of this century (2100). More >>
Lecture to focus on Victorian writer’s ‘terrible sonnets’
Friday, 22 November 2013, 3:26 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
A Victoria University professor of English will focus on some “unfinished” poems by a Victorian poet and priest in his upcoming inaugural lecture. Professor Peter Whiteford will examine some late works of Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889), a ... More >>
New Hunter Fellows announced
Friday, 22 November 2013, 2:47 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
Victoria University of Wellington has announced its four latest Hunter Fellows, who will be recognised in a ceremony in the University’s iconic Hunter Building next month. More >>
Research highlights urgency of reducing carbon emissions
Friday, 22 November 2013, 2:47 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
Just-published research from Victoria University of Wellington and the University of Oxford highlights the urgency of reducing global emissions of carbon dioxide. More >>
Urgency of reducing carbon dioxide emissions
Friday, 22 November 2013, 12:43 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
Just-published research from Victoria University of Wellington and the University of Oxford highlights the urgency of reducing global emissions of carbon dioxide. More >>
Victoria student to follow great explorer
Thursday, 21 November 2013, 11:38 am | Victoria University of Wellington
Victoria University of Wellington PhD student Ben Hines will next week set out on a journey that few people have ever made. More >>
Vic University to confer honorary doctorate on Paul Baines
Monday, 18 November 2013, 4:29 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
Business leader Paul Baines will receive the honorary degree of Doctor of Commerce during Victoria University’s December graduation ceremonies. More >>
Vic Uni recreates traditional Māori vegetable garden
Friday, 15 November 2013, 4:15 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
A traditional Māori vegetable garden (maara kai) is being recreated at Victoria University for research purposes. Space is being cleared and prepared for planting behind the University’s Māori Studies (Te Kawa a Māui) building. More >>
Eleanor Catton wins top Canadian literary prize
Thursday, 14 November 2013, 9:18 am | Victoria University of Wellington
Eleanor Catton has won the prestigious Canadian Governor General’s Literary Award for fiction for her novel The Luminaries. The announcement was made today at a ceremony in Toronto. The Governor General’s Award follows Ms Catton’s Man Booker Prize ... More >>
Warm reception for cold facts on climate change
Tuesday, 12 November 2013, 12:25 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
The people of Warsaw and delegates attending international climate talks will have the chance to hear directly from scientists at the frontline of climate change, including a number from Victoria University of Wellington. More >>
Good IT infrastructure essential
Thursday, 7 November 2013, 4:12 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
New research has found that having adequate information technology (IT) infrastructure in place is critical to successful restructuring. More >>
Guest UK scriptwriter at Institute of Modern Letters
Wednesday, 6 November 2013, 4:54 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
Successful international screenwriter, script adviser and teacher of screenwriting Kelly Marshall will teach the Master of Arts in Scriptwriting course at Victoria’s International Institute of Modern Letters (IIML) next year. More >>
Charging for water a path to conservation
Tuesday, 5 November 2013, 4:06 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
Strategic pricing of water may be the solution to inevitable shortages in the future, a Victoria University of Wellington researcher suggests. Dr Yiğit Sağlam from Victoria’s School of Economics and Finance says that although New Zealand has one of the highest ... More >>
