UNNC graduate’s regional research on barn swallows wins high praise
Kuiran Zhang, a 2020 Environmental Sciences graduate from University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC), took one year to find and observe almost every barn swallow nest within her study area...
UC entrants win all three HealthTech Awards for Best Research
University of Canterbury (UC) innovators and their health technology solutions are the winners of 2021 HealthTech awards announced at a ceremony in Auckland last night.
Global eradication of COVID-19 should not be dismissed – new analysis
Eradicating COVID‑19 across the globe is theoretically more feasible than for polio but much less so than it was for smallpox, according to an analysis by New Zealand researchers.
In a bid to improve access to Bay Street, University of Toronto alumnus creates...
As he climbed through the ranks of Bay Street accounting firm KPMG, University of Toronto alumnus Robert Davis didn’t see many role models who looked like him – so he decided to do something about it.
UM holds science talks to increase local high schoolers’ interest in biomedical sciences
To stimulate local high school students’ interest in learning science, the University of Macau (UM) Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) organised two science talks on biomedical sciences.
Competition discovers a new generation of eco-entrepreneurs
Eight businesses developed by BU students and graduates to help address the ecological crisis have been awarded funding following an open competition.
$2.4m boost to advance R&D
A powerful new microscope has been commissioned at Flinders University as part of a national strategy to provide researchers and industry with the latest techniques to develop the next generation of materials and products.
Grad student focuses on writing’s capacity to explore trauma and ‘move toward justice or...
Karine Hack spends a lot of time thinking about the power of writing to process and document trauma – in part because an undergraduate project that involved transcribing and editing Holocaust testimonials.
Students aim for world speed record in custom-built electric car
In a New Zealand first, University of Canterbury Engineering students inspired by legendary Kiwi racer Burt Munro are taking on a world land-speed record in a rocket-shaped electric car they’ve designed and built.
Fatema Rampurawala: intern extraordinaire
Rocket design, AI development, investment banking and business consultancy for the likes of Rocket Lab, Jarden, Beca and Kearney all graced Fatema Rampurawala's resume before she finished university.
