UC in the News - February 2003

 

Published by the Communications and Development Department

 

February 2003

 

Dr Andy Cockburn (Computer Science),

Back to classic Kiwi innovation, MIS, February 03;

 

Dame Phyllis Guthardt (Chancellor),

A celebration of women, Touchstone, February 03;

 

Mrs Jane Guise (Association of University Staff),

Canty University vote to strike, Guardian Today, 1.2.03,
Better offer could avert strike, Gisborne Herald, 11.2.03,
Varsity improves offer, Greymouth Evening Star, 11.2.03,
Better offer, Daily Post, 11.2.03,
Strike may be off, Wanganui Chronicle, 11.2.03,
Canty University lifts offer to staff, Press, 11.2.03,
Uni staff consider new offer, Press, 15.2.03,
Strike action averted, Ashburton Guardian, 18.2.03,
Varsity staff accept offer, Press, 18.2.03,
Uni strike action averted, Marlborough Express, 18.2.03,
Canterbury staff settles pay deal, NZ Education Review, 19.2.03,
University staff to strike, Otago Daily Times, 1.2.03,
Staff extected to vote, Newstalk ZB, 11.2.03;

 

Ms Kathryn Dalziel (Law),

Cameras make you feel safer, say head students, Press, 1.2.03;

 

Mrs Jane Guise (Association of University Staff), Associate Professor Bruce Jamieson (Executive),

University staff vote to strike, Nelson Mail, 1.2.03,

Uni staff vote to strike, Press, 1.2.03;

 

Professor Karen Nero (Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies),

Post for Oceania specialist, News Advertiser, 2.2.03;

 

Ms Denise Morales (Accommodation),

House market rebounds, Press, 3.2.03,
Rush for city rental properties, Christchurch Star, 12.2.03;

 

Mr Jim Tully (Mass Communication and Journalism),

'Shambles' at marae seals it for Clark, NZ Herald, 4.2.03,
Ban on non-Maori reporters at marae, Bay of Plenty Times, 4.2.03,
Maori media ban makes no sense - commentators, The News, 5.2.03,
Maori warn of wide discontent with media, The Dominion Post, 7.2.03,
Circuit runs rings around other papers, Nelson Mail, 12.2.03,
TVNZ's new charter will be implemented, TV1, 28.2.03;

 

Associate Professor Bruce Jamieson (Executive),

University staff vent frustration, Press, 4.2.03,
University staff protest over pay talk deadlock, Timaru Herald, 4.2.03,
Canterbury staff take action, NZ Education Review, 5.2.03,
Pay rise accommodated within budget, Newstalk ZB, 18.2.03;

 

Dr Hamish Cochrane (Forestry),

Disease may not spread, Nelson Mail, 4.2.03,
Fungal disease threat to NZ pine forestry sector, 27.2.03;

 

Ms Diedre Irons (School of Music),

At a stage of eloquence, Nelson Mail, 5.2.03;

 

Dr Robin Mann (Chancellor),

Three short-listed for vice-chancellor, NZ Education Review, 5.2.03,
Vice-Chancellor named, Wairarapa Times-Age, 6.2.03;

 

Dr Hazel Chapman (Plant and Microbial Sciences),

Leading the way back into Africa, NZ Education Review, 5.2.03,
University names vice-chancellor, Christchurch Star, 7.2.03;

 

Professor Roy Sharp (Vice-Chancellor),

New university head faces tough orientation, Press, 6.2.03,
Universities 'may go into decline', Nelson Mail, 7.2.03,
Looking after education, Evening Standard, 8.2.03,
'Moderate' may be Canty saviour, Press, 8.2.03,
Chains of command beckon top Vic man, The Dominion Post, 28.2.03;

 

Professor Roy Sharp (Vice-Chancellor), Dr Robin Mann (Chancellor),

Funding issues raise concerns, Evening Standard, 6.2.03,
Canterbury University gets new vice-chancellor, Marlborough Express, 7.2.03,
A new southern man, NZ Education Review, 12.2.03;

 

Professor Peter Hempenstall (History),

A little-understood national day, Nelson Mail, 7.2.03,
Waitangi - a national day for debate, Marlborough Express, 7.2.03;

 

Dr Susan Wurtzburg (Speech and Language Therapy),

Study into how parental gambling affects children, Christchurch Star, 7.2.03;

 

Mr Stuart McMillan (Political Science),

How Asia would feel the effects of a war on Iraq, National Business Review, 7.2.03,
Korean fallout stirs nuclear Japan debate, National Business Review, 28.2.03;

 

Dr Simon Brown (Physics and Astronomy),

Huge progress on tiny scale, NZ Herald, 8.2.03,
Tokyo's WTO talks threaten Doha Round of negotiations, National Business Review, 21.2.03;

 

Dr Maureen Montgomery (Association of University Staff), Mr John Vargo (Accountancy, Finance and Informatiion Systems), Dr Robin Mann (Chancellor),

Staff see 'change of fortunes' at university, Press, 8.2.03;

 

Dr Alison Downard (Chemistry),

Nano technology conference, National Radio, 11.2.03;

 

Dr Chris Burt (Psychology),

Let's just work a three-day week, Bay of Plenty Times, 11.2.03,
It's a fact: Mondays always get me down, Press, 11.2.03;

 

Associate Professor Martin Holland (National Centre for Research on Europe),

Nato crisis, National Radio, 12.2.03;

 

Dr Andy Cockburn (Computer Science),

Better going back, Press, 11.2.03,
Making the back button better for net surfers, Western Leader, 14.2.03,
Making the back button better for surfers, Nor-West News Brief, 20.2.03;

 

Mr John Pickering (International),

Queues back for student visas, Press, 12.2.03;

 

Dr Jack Heinemann (Plant and Microbial Sciences),

Genetically modified organisms, Newstalk ZB, 13.2.03

 

Dr Greg Newbold (Sociology and Anthropology),

Concerns about the capacity of prisons to cope with long-term sentences, National Radio, 14.2.03;

 

Mr Richard Neal (Students Association),

Loan plan welcomed, Press, 15.2.03;

 

Dr John Campbell (Physics and Astronomy),

Havelock's famous sons are 'silenced' by lack of funding, Marlborough Express, 17.2.03,
Monument to boffins not yet wired for sound, Greymouth Evening Star, 18.2.03,
Memorial patrons, Marlborough Express, 18.2.03,
Memorial not wired for sound yet, Nelson Mail, 19.2.03;

 

Dr Mark Billinghurst (HIT Lab),

Research centre draws overseas interest, Press, 19.2.03,
The Human Interface Technology Laboratory established, National Radio 8.2.03;

 

Associate Professor Denis Dutton (Fine Arts),

Green inquisition burns first heretic, NZ Herald, 20.2.03;

 

Ms Belinda Allen (Continuing Education),

Green award, Press, 21.2.03;

 

Dr Bruce Waldman (Zoology),

New DNA test helps fight killer fungus, Press, 21.2.03;

 

Professorr John Burrows (Law),

Experts rubbish copyright of names, Daily Post, 21.2.03,
Bay scheme 'promised 3000% return', Bay of Plenty Times, 22.2.03;

 

Mr Robin Harrington (Information Technology),

Swatting IT bugs and other dramas, Computerworld, 24.2.03;

 

Dr Nigel Perry (Computer Science),

Cycle helmets, Press, 24.2.03;

 

Mr Roger Maaka (Maori Studies),

Maori academic to take up indigenous studies position in Canadian university, National Radio, 25.2.03;

 

Mr Glen Bush (Fine Arts),

In touch with Canterbury, National Radio, 26.2.03;

 

Dr Matt Hirshberg (Political Science),

Britain and USA draft second resolution, TV1, 26.2.03;

 

Dr Bruce Ellis (Psychology),

Fathers really do matter, Press, 28.2.03,
Absent dads factor in teen pregnancies, Ashburton Guardian, 26.2.03,
Absent fathers factor in teen pregnancy - study, Oamaru Mail, 27.2.03,
Absent dad link with teenage pregnancy, Evening Standard, 27.2.03,
Absent dads raise pregnancy risk, Nelson Mail, 26.2.03,
Paternal absence, early pregnancy link, Marlborough Express, 28.2.03;

 

Dr Richard Hartshorn (Chemistry),

Doubt that terrorist group has access to cyanide mentioned in letters, TV3, 27.2.03;

 

Mr Jeff Long (Finance),

Pay rise will put pressure on University, Newstalk ZB, 27.2.03;

 

Professor John Raine (Pro Vice-Chancellor),

Flat fee 'failing' foreign students, Press, 27.2.03;

 

Dr Alan Happer (Chemistry),

Poison may be from old supply, Press, 28.2.03;

 

Mr Alan Robb (Accountancy, Finance and Information Systems),

Student pass rate, Press, 28.2.03;

 

Mr Les Brighton (International),

International student pass rate, Press, 28.2.03;