According to research led by Otago, children living in houses that have been improved through the Healthy Homes Initiative have been found to be 30 per cent less likely to be hospitalised in the five years afterwards 🏡 Read more ⬇️

Ngā mihi nui to our incredible researchers 💙💛 Yesterday afternoon, we celebrated the exceptional achievements of our researchers, recognised through prestigious awards, prizes and fellowships from the Royal Society Te Apārangi, the Health Research Council and other leading organisations ✨

15,000 classes. 124 teaching spaces. One timetable ⏰ Long before students begin thinking about the next academic year, Otago’s Timetables team, led by Manager Daniel Macshane, is already hard at work 🧑‍💻 Read about one of the largest and most complex puzzles on campus ⬇️

A few childhood maths "magic tricks" from her grandad sparked a lifelong passion 🪄✨ Now, Mathematics Master’s tauira Megan Macdiarmid is developing tools that could help solve real-world science challenges, including calculating the speed at which different shapes of ice melt 🧊 Read more ⬇️

Meet the New Director of Executive Programmes and MBA alumnus, Associate Professor Peter Cathro. He holds the dual distinction of being both an MBA alumnus and the programme's new strategic lead – gearing up to celebrate the Otago MBA 50th Anniversary Celebration 🥳 Read our kōrero with Peter ⬇️

New guidance co-led by Otago researchers could help more people with suspected inherited diseases receive a clear genetic diagnosis, using RNA testing to determine whether genetic changes are likely to cause disease 🦠 Read more here ⬇️

New research from Otago reveals less than two per cent of milk product goes to waste on Aotearoa dairy farms. Globally, food loss and waste is of increasing concern with estimates of loss reaching up to forty per cent. Yet, few studies have looked at food losses within a dairy context. Read here ⬇️

Where talent shines beyond the classroom 💙💛 Co-ordinated by the Otago University Students’ Association in collaboration with the University, the Blues and Golds Awards celebrate students’ sporting, arts and cultural success from the past year 🏅 Read more ⬇️

Otago researchers argue that training doctors for rural practice is important, but on its own is not enough to help reduce health inequities for people living in rural areas 🩺🌳 Read more about this study ⬇️

Life for Josie Cook is like a box of chocolates 🍫 After graduating from Otago in 2022, 20Twenties Young Alumni Award winner (2025) Josie joined Nestlé’s NextGen Graduate Program and in 2025 she was also a finalist for Marketer of the Future at the YouTube NZ Marketing Awards 🎥 Read more ⬇️

From girlbosses to tradwives, artificial relationships to building a better world 🧠🤔 MindJam is heading back to Queenstown Lakes for Labour Weekend 🙌😍 Check out the full programme here ⬇️

OPINION: As New Zealand heads toward a general election, political parties are setting out their priorities and candidates are making their pitches, all hoping to focus on the issues they believe will resonate the most. Read more ⬇️

Otago researchers have developed a new method for genome-wide mutagenesis of bacteriophages using CRISPR-Cas technology, opening the door to their use in healthcare and biotechnology 🦠🏥 Read more ⬇️

The kind of learning you can sink your teeth into 🦷🧑‍🏫 A Faculty of Dentistry research team has won the 2026 University of Otago Research Group award for developing state-of-the-art online teaching resources for both local and international dentistry and oral health students ✨ Read more here ⬇️

Ngā mihi nui to our 2027 Arts Fellows 💙💛 Otago will host a full contingent of Arts Fellows next year, with each fellow receiving a stipend for up to one year with dedicated spaces on campus to pursue their creative projects 🌈 Read more ⬇️

A study has found chemicals that can impact fertility and reproductive health are contaminating both natural and drinking water supplies, but the researchers have the tool to help 🔬 Read more about the study here ⬇️

Meet 20Twenties Young Alumni Award winner Jim Davies 🏅 Jim graduated with a BSc (Hons) in Neuroscience in 2022 and has recently completed his PhD at Otago, where he was crowned the 3MT (three-minute thesis competition) PhD winner 🏆 Read our kōrero with Jim here ⬇️

From hitting the high notes to hitting the weights 🏋️‍♀️🎤 Otago Music graduate Niuafolau Joel Amosa is swapping the stage for the platform as he heads to Athens to compete in the World Masters Weightlifting Championship 🏅 Read more about Joel’s journey ⬇️

The Tāmanu Programme is a month-long professional development opportunity for Pacific tauira, giving them hands-on experience in the Biomedical Sciences research laboratories, connecting with researchers and strengthening their academic writing and research skills 🔬🧑‍⚕️ Read more here ⬇️