Cake, Coffee and Chemistry

Posted 11:38am Sunday 27th September 2015

A new chemistry-themed café, The Lab, has opened in the university’s Centre for Innovation. The café replaces the Fix café, which closed last July. Kate Cooper, the manager of the Staff Club, said the Centre for Innovation approached her about the potential for a Read more...

Microsoft Recognises Innovative Students

Posted 10:56am Sunday 13th September 2015

A student team from the University of Otago has won two prestigious awards for a virtual desktop project.  At the Tertiary Education ICT conference, the project was awarded the Microsoft Supreme Award and the Excellence in Technology Innovation Award. After three years of development, the Read more...

MH370 Plane Wreckage Found

Posted 11:06am Sunday 9th August 2015

The remnants of the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 have been found.  The plane is believed to have crashed into the Indian Ocean. This follows wreckage of the plane being washed up onto the French island of La Reunion. Residents on the island spotted suitcases and what they Read more...

Bog Blazes, Students Spectate

Posted 10:34am Sunday 9th August 2015

Dunedin’s popular Irish bar, The Bog, caught fire on Sunday 2 August 2015, capturing the attention of many residents in the area.  Imogen Braddock, a member of the public who watched the fire, described it as “quite frightening”. By the time the fire was out, “a Read more...

Cinema Shooting Kills Two

Posted 11:23am Sunday 2nd August 2015

The lives of two women have been cut short after a second cinema shooting took place in Lafayette, Louisiana, on 23 July. Jillian Johnson, 33, and Mayci Breaux, 21, were fatally shot during an evening screening of Trainwreck. The shooting left three dead, including gunman John Russell Houser, and Read more...

Students Remain Poor in Thriving City

Posted 11:04am Sunday 26th July 2015

Business and Economic Research Limited (BERL) has released its 2014 report, which shows positive growth in Dunedin’s economic and employment sectors in the year to March 2014. The report also shows encouraging results in the tourism and creative sectors. Economically, Dunedin grew by 2.2 Read more...

EU Assistance Sees Migrant Deaths Drop

Posted 11:10am Sunday 19th July 2015

Recent financial boosting from the European Union has prevented the likely deaths of thousands of African migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea. The EU implemented Operation Triton in late April this year after shockingly high numbers of migrant deaths were reported. The operation, run by the Read more...