There are news stories from 2015 - showing page 1 of 12.
5 January 2015 A leading academic at Waikato Management School has been made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM) in the New Year Honours 2015.
6 January 2015 When Rewiri Waaka shook hands with Jim Bolger in late October, it was more significant than simply a first-year student meeting the Chancellor of the University of Waikato.
6 January 2015 The University of Waikato Formula SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) team was placed 12th of 26 teams at the Formula SAE- Australasia competition in Melbourne last month.
12 January 2015 Two postgraduate students from the University of Waikato’s Faculty of Science and Engineering have been awarded Dick and Mary Earle Scholarships in Technology for 2015.
12 January 2015 University of Waikato friends were recently awarded the prestigious Prime Minister’s Scholarship for Asia, enabling them to travel to Japan to live and study for four months.
13 January 2015 In 2014, more than $174,000 in scholarships was awarded to Māori Science and Engineering students from the University of Waikato.
13 January 2015 University of Waikato Programme Director Robyn Baker has been recognised for her services to education in the 2015 New Year Honours list, becoming an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit.
14 January 2015 University of Waikato Earth Scientist Dr Shaun Barker has been awarded the Werner F Giggenbach Prize which names him as the young geochemist of the year for New Zealand.
14 January 2015 University of Waikato Golden Jubilee Scholarship winner Jordan Schroder plans to make the most of the opportunities it provides and to use it as a springboard to greater things.
15 January 2015 Professor Daniel Fleming, from the University of Waikato’s Screen and Media Department, was hard at work on a TV drama series with famed New Zealand film director Vincent Ward.
16 January 2015 Will Massive Open Online Courses change the face of tertiary education in the future and what can Digital Cities - locally focussed online networks - mean for the local economy? These are two of the subjects to be discussed at the University of Waikato’s Treasuring the Bay symposium.
16 January 2015 Ever thought about studying but didn't know where to start? Not sure whether computer science or English literature is your thing? With the University's March intake just around the corner, now is the time to look into it.
16 January 2015 The University of Waikato’s Computer Science Department is hosting a site for the world’s largest game creation event, Global Game Jam - GGJ 2015, from 23-25 January.
19 January 2015 A strong commitment to leadership and community involvement has landed Maynard Scott one of the most coveted scholarships from the University of Waikato.
20 January 2015 A University of Waikato science graduate is in the Middle East working to reduce the environmental impacts of a major sea port project.
20 January 2015 Angela Webster is giving up the much-loved cycling tracks around the Hawke's Bay to embark on a research journey that’s been a long time in the making.
27 January 2015 Libby Gray is relatively new to the world of kapa haka but has no qualms about performing in front of thousands of people at Te Matatini in early March.
27 January 2015 The University of Waikato has appointed former University of Nottingham professor Trevor Drage as its full-time research development manager based in Wellington.
27 January 2015 Two University of Waikato academics have been awarded a Rockefeller Foundation Grant to organise and host a major international symposium, not in Hamilton, but in Bellagio, Italy.
29 January 2015 The University of Waikato and the Hamilton Airport-based pilot training company CTC Aviation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to work on the development of joint programmes in aviation.
29 January 2015 As an ex-journalist, Priya Kurian knows how to tell a good story. It’s how she manages to easily explain the complexities of sustainability, and how her own research fits within it.
30 January 2015 The media bombards us with messages to be more sustainable, but apart from putting out the recycling once a week and a few other actions, sustainable behaviour isn't embedded in most people’s day to day lives.
30 January 2015 When Deborah Fraser finished secondary school she had no idea what she wanted to do. She was born in Taumarunui and mostly schooled in Otorohanga.
3 February 2015 Twelve highly prestigious masters and doctoral scholarships are being offered by Waikato University’s research institutes.
4 February 2015 After 30 years of performing kapa haka, the days of having butterflies in his stomach before taking the stage are long gone for Te Kahautu Maxwell.
5 February 2015 A $33,000 Education New Zealand grant will help promote New Zealand’s only masters degree in cyber security throughout ASEAN markets and enable the University to further develop partnerships with organisations in the region.
5 February 2015 Economists and people working in the agribusiness industry in New Zealand and overseas are converging in Rotorua this week for the 59th Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society conference.
9 February 2015 Professor Neil Quigley became the University of Waikato’s fifth Vice-Chancellor on 9 February when he was welcomed onto the University’s Te Kohinga Marama Marae.
12 February 2015 As the final instalment of Peter Jackson’s three-part film adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit screens throughout cinemas nationwide, the ARU invites all those who have seen the movie to share their views.
12 February 2015 Waikato Management School alumna Komal Mistry is a bit of a superwoman.