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Ashleigh Ngow receives Dr Andrew Smith Medal for Academic Excellence (26 January 2023)

Protecting the environment has always been important to Maketū-raised Ashleigh Ngow who completed the Bachelor of Environmental Planning at the University of Waikato in October 2022 and is the recipient of the Dr Andrew Smith Medal for Academic Excellence.
Anthony Byrt appointed University of Waikato’s 2023 Writer In Residence (17 January 2023)

The art critic and writer will spend the next 12 months working on three major projects.
The AIs are coming: Will ChatGPT create a future of bullsh*t (jobs)? (16 January 2023)

The Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek is reportedly sanguine about the advent of deep learning AIs and their potential threat to creative work. In response to the suggestion that Artificial Intelligence (AI) “will be the death of learning & so on”, he said “NO! My student brings me their essay, which has been written by AI, & I plug it into my grading AI, & we are free! While the ‘learning’ happens, our superego satisfied, we are free now to learn whatever we want.”
Inaugural recipients selected for Te Pae Kōkako (15 December 2022)

Six promising opera students have been selected for the University of Waikato’s immersive Master of Music programme in Advanced Opera Studies in 2023.
Farewell to change maker, Dr David Nielson (28 November 2022)

The University of Waikato is mourning the passing of Dr David Neilson, a member of the School of Social Sciences.
Art for Art’s Sake - and for the district of Waipā (28 November 2022)

University of Waikato Head of School, Te Kura Toi (School of Arts) Professor Gareth Schott has been appointed to the funding panel for the Creative Communities Scheme for the Waipā District Council.
University of Waikato researchers honoured at Royal Society Te Aprārangi awards (10 November 2022)

Two University of Waikato academics were honoured at the Royal Society Te Apārangi awards held in Hamilton last night.
Get involved and grow - message from global leadership forum (2 November 2022)

When the opportunity to take part in a Global Leadership forum presented itself to first year communications student Ben Woodgates, he leapt at the chance to get involved.
Caws and claws: two new fiction books from Catherine Chidgey (28 October 2022)

University of Waikato academic and award-winning author Catherine Chidgey launched her seventh novel, The Axeman’s Carnival, at an event on the Hamilton campus last night, along with her second children’s book, Jiffy’s Greatest Hits.
Aotearoa’s richest short story prize awarded (13 October 2022)

The art of the Kiwi short story is alive and well if entries to this year’s Sargeson Prize are anything to go by.