There are 342 news stories from 2018 - showing page 3 of 12.
23 March 2018 University of Waikato’s Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Māori, Dr Sarah-Jane Tiakiwai was one of a small group influential Māori women invited to meet Barack Obama during his time in New Zealand.
26 March 2018 With growing discussion about the possibility, what are the pros and cons of lowering the voting age?
4 April 2018 She is one of five experts charged with undertaking the biggest review of the way the country’s schools are governed, managed and administered in 30 years.
4 April 2018 University of Waikato Research Fellow Dr Chunhuan Lao has been awarded $36,000 in funding from the Lottery Health Research Committee to support an osteoarthritis project.
5 April 2018 From acid rain in the US, to algae blooms in New Zealand lakes, freshwater scientist Professor Troy Baisden is using ‘big-picture’ thinking to help solve some of our biggest environmental problems. He'll discuss this at his Inaugural Professorial Lecture on Tuesday 17 April.
6 April 2018 Seasoned traveller, travel blogger, photographer and University of Waikato alumna Tracy Hardy recently developed the Eat a Rainbow app to encourage kids to make good food choices.
9 April 2018 Using concrete as a medium, scientists at the University of Waikato have developed a new process to allow materials to heal themselves.
10 April 2018 Award-winning Visual Designer and Senior Lecturer Chin-En Keith Soo has exhibited all over the world under the name CEKS (his initials) and is showing two pieces at the Tauranga Art Gallery.
10 April 2018 He hasn’t even graduated yet, but Liua Tupuola has already scored his ideal job at the Waipa District Council, as a Geographic Information Systems Officer.
10 April 2018 The University of Winnipeg has awarded the Faculty of Māori and Indigenous Studies Professor an Honorary Doctor of Laws.
11 April 2018 Lynley St George is one of only a handful of women graduating in computer science.
12 April 2018 Violence in prisons is growing, along with prisoner numbers. Between 2010 and 2017, violent incidents and aggressive behaviour nearly doubled. A researcher at the University of Waikato is finding ways to curb that growth and possibly de-escalate it.
16 April 2018 April’s graduation ceremony will be a special celebration for single mum Kyle Hefferon, who has just completed a Bachelor of Social Sciences majoring in Environmental Planning and Geography.
16 April 2018 Terry Halford, once a sweeper of floors, now an environmental engineer.
17 April 2018 When hockey champion Natasha Fitzsimons graduates at Claudelands next week, she can proudly reflect on her long list of achievements over the past three years.
18 April 2018 Professor Troy Baisden asks if the approach recommended by the Havelock North inquiry to prevent drinking water contamination can be extended to have a wider impact.
18 April 2018 How do you win the ball in a line-out? People have tended to think you just have to be the highest, but research shows it is actually who can get the jumper in the air fastest.
18 April 2018 Mobile technology in teaching and learning has been a recurring research focus for Associate Professor Dr Nigel Calder, who has been invited to present his findings at UCL’s London Knowledge Lab and UC Berkeley.
19 April 2018 Fenna Beets always wanted to be a scientist. This Friday, she fulfils that long-held goal, graduating from the University of Waikato in Tauranga with a Master of Science in Research.
19 April 2018 Psychology student Rathee Savi wants to know why people choose and use certain modes for their daily commute. She's looking for survey participants.
19 April 2018 In 2004, Najila Al Zadjali became the first-ever female Omani student to enrol at the University of Waikato. Next week, she will walk across the graduation stage again, proud to be graduating in a city she now considers home.
19 April 2018 Congratulations to University of Waikato current and former students who competed in the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, bringing home two gold medals, two silvers and a bronze.
19 April 2018 He’s been a teacher and youth worker, he’s a politician and musician, and now Jamie Strange is a masters scholar.
20 April 2018 Professor Kim Pickering is backing her work making materials which can reduce waste plastics, with a personal commitment to the environment and a more sustainable future.
23 April 2018 Four Bachelor of Social Work students hailing from Canada, South Africa, Germany and New Zealand all graduated on Friday with First Class Honours.
23 April 2018 University of Waikato student Tāwhiao McMaster travelled to Brazil last month to participate in the first World Water Justice Moot Court before the International Court of Justice.
24 April 2018 Returning home to Waikato after 26 years, Miriama Ormsby has found a legacy that is resonating this Anzac Day.
26 April 2018 Shane Legg is an expert in Artificial Intelligence and a University of Waikato Distinguished Alumni.
26 April 2018 The University of Waikato rowing team made history at the Aon University Rowing Championships on Saturday, becoming the first and only university to beat the University of Otago in 20 years of racing.
1 May 2018 The University of Waikato Management School, in partnership with Priority One, is hosting Tauranga’s first conference on driving regional economic growth through innovation as part of the annual Techweek'18 festival.