PhD student Tiffany Ilott from Christchurch Ōtautahi’s Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine has been awarded a prestigious US$10,000 Zonta Women in STEM Award for her research into endometrial cancer 🔬💫
Read more about this award-winning research here ⬇️
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Dr Rob Munn from Otago Neuroscience delivers study hacks 🤯🧠
OPINION: The release of the Window on Disability report by Te Tāhū Hauora, the Health Quality and Safety Commission, should be a watershed moment for health care in Aotearoa New Zealand
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Nothing can sink this Otago student's passion for surveying ⚓️🛥️✨
Meet the 2026 recipient of the Discovery Marine (DML) scholarship, Grace Cinque. Her passion is hydrographic surveying on boats, used for mapping rivers, lakes, seabeds and shorelines 🌊
Read more about Grace's work here ⬇️
Research close to the heart 🫀🔬
Otago heart researchers, led by Christchurch Heart Institute Director Professor Mark Richards, have been granted vital funding from the Health Research Council (HRC) to develop potentially life-saving patient interventions.
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What makes the Billie McLeod Trust so special? 💫
This new Trust has been established for Otago's School of Physiotherapy to support student and staff wellbeing, high-quality education and improved outcomes for New Zealand communities 📚
Read more about the Trust here ⬇️
Students, staff and members of the local Tongan community gathered last month for a special public lecture from Reverend Dr Paula Onoafe Latu, ordained minister of the Free Wesleyan Church of Tonga and Principal of Sia’atoutai Theological College ⛪️✨🎶
Read more about this lecture here ⬇
Otago's Sustainability Office is excited to be launching a new podcast, Spilling the Tī 🎙️
Hosted by Kaiwhakahaere Kaupapa Ben Sommerville and Tumuaki Head of Sustainability Ray O’Brien, the podcast celebrates staff and students working on initiatives inspired by Ti Kōuka ✨
Read more here ⬇️
The University of Otago and the Southern Institute of Technology (SIT) have signed a Statement of Intent, creating a framework for future collaborations aiming to share expertise, resources, technology and teaching programmes 🤝✨
Read more about this work here ⬇️
Just below street level at the southeast corner of Otago's Geology Building sits one of New Zealand's best-preserved WW2 air raid shelters 🚨
Less than two per cent of these shelters remain intact and accessible, making this a rare piece of history 💎
Read more here ⬇️
University of Otago - Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka
University of Otago - Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka
University of Otago - Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka
University of Otago - Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka
An air raid shelter hidden just below street level at the southeast corner of the University’s Geology Building is considered one of the best-preserved examples of its kind in New Zealand, according t...
Comment from Otago University: We can’t afford to respond to the crisis in disability health care with incremental change, says Bernadette Huatau Jones
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Grace Cinque’s spending her fourth year at Otago operating remote-controlled boats.
Otago heart researchers are on their way to developing potentially life-saving patient interventions, thanks to vital Health Research Council (HRC) funding.
The School of Physiotherapy has established the Billie McLeod Trust to support student vaccinations and rural clinical placements, and professional development for Professional Practice Fellows.
The sound of Tongan hymns echoed through the University last month as students, staff, and members of the local Tongan community gathered for a special public lecture that was as much about connection...
The University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka and the Southern Institute of Technology have signed a Statement of Intent, paving the way for increased collaboration.
