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UC in the News - January 2005

Published by Communications and Development

January 2005

Ms Carole Acheson (Student Services)

Students scoring badly in literacy, Daily News, 11.1.05.

Dr Erica Dalziell (Civil Engineering)

Team to Thailand to help tsunami-prep NZ, Oamaru Mail, 7.1.05;

Expert looks to learn lessons from tsunami, News Advertiser, 30.1.05.

Professor Scott Davidson (Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Law)

The secret that shames us over Agent Orange, Sunday News, 9.1.05.

Dr Tim Davies (Geological Sciences)

Managing disasters, Press, 20.1.05.

Ms Rosemary Du Plessis (Sociology)

Men may not be best for health, Press, 11.1.05.

Mr Alan Hayward (Registrar)

Increase in students caught cheating, Press, 24.1.05;

More students being caught cheating, Timaru Herald, 24.1.05;

Cheating students on the rise, Ashburton Guardian, 24.1.05;

Cheating students on the rise, West Coast Times, 24.1.05;

Student cheating on the increase in Canterbury, Wanganui Chronicle, 24.1.05;

More student cheats caught, Nelson Mail, 24.1.05.

Dr Richard Holdaway (Geological Sciences)

Huge, winged predator had moa on its menu, Press, 6.1.05;

DNA research sheds light on 2000-year-old eagle, Otago Daily Times, 6.1.05;

Giant killer eagle reveals a little family secret, The Dominion Post, 6.1.05;

DNA sheds light on giant eagle, Wairarapa Times Age, 8.1.05;

DNA research sheds light on giant eagles, Gisborne Herald, 6.1.05;

New DNA research sheds fascinating light on giant eagles, Ashburton Guardian, 6.1.05;

New research sheds light on giant eagles, Northern Advocate, 7.1.05;

Professor Ron Macintyre (Political Science and Communication)

Donor pressure, Press, 22.1.05.

Mr Stuart McMillan (Political Science and Communication)

Neighbours wait to see how rising China will behave, National Business Review, 21.1.05;

Iraq's election sets it up for democracy but will it fail?, National Business Review, 28.1.05.

Mr Simon Ogden (Fine Arts)

Judging paintings a work of art, Whakatane Beacon, 28.1.05.

Dr Geoffrey Rice (History)

Looking at the proposed merger, Observer, 9.1.05.

Mr Alan Robb (Accountancy, Finance and Information Systems)

Fonterra sidestep debate on Natfoods, Timaru Herald, 29.1.05;

Fonterra sidesteps debate on National Foods bid, Ashburton Guardian, 29.1.05;

Fonterra bid under wraps, Northern Advocate, 31.1.05.

Professor Roy Sharp (Vice-Chancellor)

University endorses new ranking system, Press, 24.1.05;

College ponders merger, Press, 28.1.05;

New research head appointed at university, News Advertiser, 30.1.05.

Professor Ian Shaw (Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Science)

You are what you eat - tracking your diet, New Zealand Herald, 10.1.05;

Mad cow disease, New Zealand Herald, 24.1.05.

Professor Ken Strongman (Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Arts)

Thoroughly nasty piece of work, Press, 22.1.05.

Mr Theekshana Suraweera (Accountancy, Finance and Information Systems)

Out to meet their heroes, Otago Daily Times, 22.1.05.

Dr Elizabeth Tully (Community Education Centre)

Understand maths better, Christchurch Mail, 19.1.05;

Studying rivers of ice, Christchurch Mail, 19.1.05.

Dr John Watson (Management)

Who's giving what, Press, 8.1.05;

The gentle art of giving, The Dominion Post Weekend, 8.1.05;

Businesses respond to tsunami disaster, Timaru Herald, 8.1.05;

NZ businesses give quietly, Otago Daily Times, 10.1.05;

Some firms give freely, others need a nudge, Manawatu Standard, 11.1.05.