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The University of Waikato has announced its latest round of academic promotions.
1 February 2023
Hundreds of volcanologists and earth scientists from around the world meet in Rotorua for the IAVCEI 2023 Scientific Assembly, hosted…
26 January 2023
Imagine being able to readily identify every plant and bird in your garden, on a hike or when showing off…
10 January 2023
Thousands of delegates have gathered in Montreal, Canada, for a once-in-a-decade chance to address the accelerating pace of species loss…
7 December 2022
Studying the sex lives of spiders
A Marsden Fast Start grant will allow University of Waikato behavioural ecologist and senior lecturer…
28 November 2022
New Tauranga scholarships look to the future
Two new scholarships for first year engineering and environmental science students in Tauranga aim to…
31 October 2022
Rutherford Discovery Fellowship to understand why Earth is habitable
The goal of understanding the deep history of carbon cycling on Earth and how -…
27 October 2022
Waikato shines bright in a sea of stars at science awards
University of Waikato scientists and researchers shone brightly in a stellar showcase of science talent…
15 September 2022
Seven scholarships announced on Kīngitanga Day support rangatahi and the environment
Seven University of Waikato undergraduate students have been awarded the Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu…
15 September 2022
Study offers first comprehensive assessment of extreme heat risks across Aotearoa
A new University of Waikato-led study, published this week in Climatic Change, has provided a…
9 September 2022
Fayaz Aziz / Reuters / Alamy Pakistan floods: what role did climate change play?
Pakistan is experiencing the most devastating and widespread floods in its history, with the country’s…
3 September 2022
Wānanga works to carve a pathway for Māori Artificial Intelligence
A hui that brought together Artificial Intelligence experts from all over around the motu has…
2 September 2022
Research into Great White Sharks in Bay of Plenty set to begin
A new project bringing together local iwi, marine ecologists, fisheries scientists and shark experts will…
1 September 2022
University’s decarbonisation plans get a boost
The University of Waikato is closer to its goal of being carbon neutral by 2030,…
30 August 2022
How the Ice Ages spurred the evolution of New Zealand’s weird and wiry native plants
Recent genetic research has shed new light on the long-running debate about the evolutionary origins…
29 August 2022
Unraveling the misinformation web
An international study into the web of online information about spiders shows how the internet…
24 August 2022
Waikato hub for Sustainability Summit Series
The University of Waikato, Waikato Tainui, Te Pūkenga, and the Waikato Wellbeing Project are proud…
22 August 2022
Fish farming licence adds depth to research
Large-scale research into a wide variety of algae is a step closer for Aotearoa’s first…
5 August 2022
Three new professors announced
University of Waikato Vice-Chancellor, Professor Neil Quigley has today shared the appointment of some distinguished…
22 July 2022
Ocean scientist awarded L’Oréal Fellowship
A University of Waikato PhD student has won a L’Oréal-UNESCO for Women in Science mentoring…
22 July 2022
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