World’s first Bachelor of Climate Change degree attracts new scholarships
Tower is pledging $45,000 over three years to support students in a world-first Bachelor of Climate Change degree at the University of Waikato.
Research to set children on path to success receives special Marsden funding
A Marsden Fund Council grant of $3m for a nationwide programme to understand the factors children need to succeed in life is a feature in the 2024 Marsden funding round.
Academics celebrate 10 years of the Dwarf Mongoose Research Project
A University of Bristol project set up to monitor wild groups of dwarf mongooses in South Africa has marked its ten-year milestone.
Researchers feature in top one percent in the world
Six University of Auckland academics feature in the prestigious 2024 Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers list.
One-of-a-kind perfectly preserved dinosaur embryo discovered inside its fossilized egg
International team of researchers find that baby dinosaurs prepared for hatching in a manner comparable with modern-day birds
A meeting of minds on Singapore’s strategies for navigating global challenges
About 100 alumni, students, and staff attended a panel discussion which brought together distinguished thought leaders to explore the pressing issues facing Singapore...
Real-time alert system heralds new era in fast radio burst research
McGill University scientists have developed a new system for sharing the enormous amount of data being generated by the CHIME radio telescope in its search for fast radio bursts (FRBs)...
Encouraging and supporting the risk-takers
Many entrepreneurs build companies to tackle problems they’ve experienced first-hand — and Kurtis McBride (BASc ’04, MASc ’07) is one of them.
The low-cost widely available drug that could fight COVID-19
A widely available and affordable drug, heparin, limits lung damage when inhaled by COVID-19 patients, according to world-first findings by researchers from The Australian National University (ANU).
Tireless bat conservationist celebrated in King’s New Years Honours
A University of Bristol alumnus and honorary research fellow has been awarded a British Empire Medal (BEM) in recognition of services to bat conservation spanning more than six decades.
