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Latest news
June 22
Where a science degree can take you
Science student Kelsey Ferris is spending a year with the British Geological Survey (BGS), working in the Inorganic Geochemistry Laboratories in Keyworth, Nottingham.
June 21
Country’s most comprehensive study of breast cancer highlights inequities
Professor Ross Lawrenson and his team have spent three years looking at how to improve outcomes for women with breast cancer.
June 21
Representing the Pacific in South Korea
Waikato student Sianiti Bulisala has just returned from South Korea, where she was the single Pacific representative at the UNESCO/APCEIU Youth Leadership Workshop.
June 19
Enviro-law expert joins ILA committee
Timing is everything. And for Law’s Trevor Daya-Winterbottom, joining an international committee on environmental law came just at the right time, on the heels of his successful NZ Law Foundation bid.
June 18
Addressing a major environmental challenge
MPI scholarship winner Thomas Corbett is developing a new sensor to measure run-off and leaching.
June 18
Danni’s preparing to ‘avo go’ at gold in Gizzy
University of Waikato alumna and 2018 Bay of Plenty Young Fruit Grower Danni van der Heijden has just joined avocado exporter AVOCO in a newly created role as Technical Representative.
June 15
Waikato Diocesan students win chemistry challenge
A team from Waikato Diocesan School for Girls was awarded first place at the annual NZIC Analytical Chemistry Competition held at the University of Waikato last week.
June 13
Strengthening NZ's relationship with Asia
University of Waikato engineering student Shalini Guleria has just been selected as a member of the Asia New Zealand Foundation Leadership Network, chosen from a pool of over 200 applicants from around the world.
June 13
Fieldays underway for 50th time
The University of Waikato stand at Fieldays calls for visitor participation.
June 12
Expanding mangroves – burden or blessing?
Dr Erik Horstman from the University of Waikato's Coastal Marine Group will explore how mangroves play an important role in helping to fight the impacts of climate change, sea-level rise and coastal inundation at Café Scientifique in Tauranga on Monday 18 June.
June 11
A new leader for NZ leadership society
Associate Professor Rachel McNae has been voted in as the National President of the New Zealand Educational Administration and Leadership Society.
June 11
Master of Science student has bigger fish to fry
When Carlos Moraes first arrived in New Zealand he worked as a kitchen hand in some of the best seafood restaurants in Queenstown. Now, instead of frying fish he’s studying them for his Master of Science in Biological Sciences.
June 11
Improving health of new-born calves
Fieldays Scholarship winner Gemma Lowe has been awarded $22,000 to research infrared thermography (IRT) for the early disease detection of neonatal calf diarrhoea.
June 8
A boat race with a twist
Supporters surrounded the Oranga Lake last week as 26 student-built boats battled it out for the University’s annual Engineering Design Challenge. This year’s boat race was all about sustainability, and students designed their boats specifically to clear bits of plastic from the water.
