UC in the News - July 2004

Published by the Communications and Development Department

July 2004

Dr Jenny Adams (Physics and Astronomy)

Trillions of tiny particles from space, National Radio, 3.7.04.

Dr Simon Brown (Physics and Astronomy)

Nuon set to reveal hand, Press, 14.7.04.

Professor John Burrows (Law)

Pair's lawyers turned fire on paper in bid to stop trial, NZ Herald, 20.7.04.

Professor Phil Butler (Physics and Astronomy)

Educators descend on city, Press, 6.6.04.

Dr John Campbell (Physics and Astronomy)

Delving into dark world, 9.7.04;

Fire walkers' feet singed in record atempt, Press, 12.7.04;

Feet fry in flawed fund-raiser, Otago Daily Times, 12.7.04;

Dunedin fire walk organiser defends injury rate, NZ Herald, 13.7.04;

Walking on hot coals backfires leaving 36 with burnt feet, Bay of Plenty Times, 12.7.04;

Firewalkers hot foot it to hospital, Daily Post, 13.7.04.

Associate Professor Scott Davidson (Law)

Journeys of mind and ego, Press, 24.7.04.

Associate Professor Denis Dutton (Philosophy and Religious Studies)

Maori language, TV1, 31.7.04.

Ms Nikki Evans (Social Work)

Alert on dangers of sex abuse by girls, The Dominion Post, 1.7.04;

Study finds girls molest young boys, Press, 1.7.04;

Sex abuse by girls going unreported: researcher, Nelson Mail, 1.7.04.

Mr Alan Gilmore (Physics and Astronomy)

Meteor fell further south than thought, Southland Times, 1.7.04;

Venus at brilliant best, Otago Daily Times, 23.7.04.

Mr Alan Hayward (Registrar)

Police to lecture students on alcohol in good-behaviour bid, Press, 10.7.04.

Professor John Hearnshaw (Physics and Astronomy)

Looking out into the way blue yonder, Press, 31.7.04;

Mt John Observatory to get new telescope, TV1, 31.7.04.

Dr Sinniah Ilanko (Mechanical Engineering)

Uni plans ethnic diversity, Press, 23.7.04.

Dr Lucy Johnston (Psychology)

Fans may get too much of a good thing, Press, 20.7.04.

Ms Jeanette King (Maori)

Te Reo Maori still endangered, Press, 28.7.04;

Te reo Maori - embracing a treasure, Press, 31.7.04;

Speaking up for te reo, The Dominion Post, 31.7.04.

Professor Bob Kirk (Deputy Vice-Chancellor)

UC and equity, Press, 16.7.04.

Mr Geoff Leane (Law)

Law and order, Timaru Herald, 12.7.04.

Associate Professor Ian Lochhead (Fine Arts)

Heritage hustle, Press, 10.7.04.

Mr Stuart McMillan (Political Science)

FTA with China: a cautious but necessary approach, National Business Review, 2.7.04;

India, Pakistan adjust margins for accidental nuclear war, National Business Review, 9.7.04;

Japanese election reflects Koizumi and LDP decline, National Business Review, 16.7.04;

Aids' threat no longer underplayed by some, National Business Review, 23.7.04.

Dr Sue Newberry (Accountancy, Finance and Information Systems)

University accused of gender bias, Press, 1.7.04;

University accused of bias against women, Nelson Mail, 1.7.04;

Ministry boosts power-bill grants, Press, 12.7.04;

Commission to study bias claims, Press, 13.7.04;

Glass mortarboard, Press, 14.7.04;

Gender-bias claim at varsity to be probed, West Coast Times, 13.7.04;

Staff seek action on uni bias, Press, 31.7.04.

Associate Professor Greg Newbold (Sociology)

Are we forgetting how to forgive?, Press, 17.7.04;

McIntosh 'horrified' by how he is seen, Press, 24.7.04;

New look, same fraud, The Dominion Post, 31..04.

Dr Katie Pickles (History)

John Tamihere raises questions about Kiwi male, National Radio, 30.7.04.

Dr Bruce Robertson (Biological Sciences)

'Extinct' bird find excites experts, Press, 31.7.04;

'Extinct' petrel tracked, The Dominion Post, 31.7.04.

Dr Jane Robertson (Centre for Teaching and Learning)

Building inquiring minds, NZ Education Review, 7.7.04.

Mr David Round (Law)

Treaty debate not enhanced, Press, 17.7.04.

Professor Roy Sharp (Vice-Chancellor)

University accused of bias against women, Nelson Mail, 1.7.04.

Professor Geoffrey Steadman (Physics and Astronomy)

Light is strange stuff, Otago Daily Times, 16.7.04.

Professor Ken Strongman (College of Arts)