UC in the News - May 2006
Published by Communications
and Development
May 2006
Dr Ghazala Anwar (Philosophy and Religious Studies)
- Mosque woes, Press, 6.5.06.
Dr Neville Bennett (History)
- Historian, writer Bennett retires from University, Press, 9.5.06;
- Dr Neville Bennett to retire from Canterbury, National Business Review,
12.5.06;
- Academic resigns in face of job cuts, Dominion Post, 17.5.06.
Dr Mark Billinghurst (Human Interface Technology Lab)
- Calling New Zealand home, Unlimited, 30.6.06.
Professor Pat Bodger (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
- Turning the light off after a 41-year career, Star-Western Canterbury,
8.5.06.
Dr Anne-Marie Brady (Political Science and Communication)
- Politics: Solomon's debacle a warning?, Island Business, 8.5.06.
Dr Simon Brown (Physics and Astronomy)
- Small science, big future, New Zealand Herald, 1.5.06.
Professor John Burrows (Law)
- Top court has too little to do, Press, 27.5.06;
- Not enough work for judges in top court, Dominion Post, 29.5.06.
Mr John Caldwell (Law)
- MP hits out at anti-gay adoption law. Dads cannot both become parents,
Sunday Star Times, 21.5.06.
Dr John Campbell (Physics and Astronomy)
- On reflection, Manawatu Standard, 22.5.06;
- Light fantastic, Manawatu Standard, 29.5.06.
Dr Peter Cammock (Management)
- A yearning for learning, Management, 31.5.06.
Dr Ken Carlaw (Economics)
- ICT uptake leads to GDP rise, Computerworld NZ, 1.5.06.
Dr John Chang (Canterprise Ltd)
- Rising costs, dropping income impose loss on university's firm, Press,
11.5.06.
Dr Joanna Cobley (Academic Policy and Programmes Unit)
- Postcards from antiquity: Travellers, teachers and treachery, Museums
Aotearoa (Vol. 31, Issue 1, May 2006).
Dr Hamish Cochrane (Proctor, Forestry)
- Terrorist alert in universities, Press, 9.5.06;
- Varsities warned to watch for terrorists, Bay of Plenty Times, 9.5.06;
- New staff at School of Forestry, NZ Journal of Forestry, 31.5.06.
Professor John Cookson (History)
- In good conscience, Press, 6.5.06;
- Suburb's past under spotlight, Christchurch Mail Wigram, 17.5.06;
- Funding given towards the history of Hornby, Central Canterbury News,
17.5.06.
Professor Tim David (Mechanical Engineering)
- UC plans to open a world-class NZ ICT innovation research centre, RNZ
(Jim Mora), 22.5.06;
- World-class research centre, Nelson Mail, 22.5.06;
- 20m research centre for Christchurch, Timaru Herald, 22.5.06;
- Huge computer to be based in Christchurch, Taranaki Daily News, 29.5.06.
Associate Professor Bill Davison, (Biological Sciences)
- January 2007, New Zealand marks 50th anniversary of the establishment
of Scott Base, Press, 22.5.06;
- Fishing on Ice, New Zealand Fishing News, Feb 06.
Dr Susan Foster-Cohen (Communication Disorders/Linguistics)
- Bilingual Babes, Little Treasures, 31.5.06.
Dr Myron Frieson (Psychology)
- Justice project, Manukau Courier, 16.5.06.
Dr Chris Gallavin (Law)
- Kiwi students face tough competition, LawTalk, 8.5.06.
Mr Malcolm Gordon (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
- Turning the light off after a 41-year career, Star-Western Canterbury,
8.5.06.
Dr Peter Gostomski (Chemical and Process Engineering)
- Spies tip off universities about terrorist potential, Press, 9.5.06.
Mr Tom Gregg (Chief Operating Officer)
- College plan put to public, Press, 4.5.06.
Dr Richard Green (Computer Science and Software Engineering)
- Robots a chimp of the new-tech block, Press, 5.5.06;
- Humanoid robots just around corner?, Waikato Times, 6.5.06;
- Health and Science News Roundup, Monsters and Critics, 9.5.06.
Dr Michael Grimshaw (Philosophy and Religous Studies)
- Anglicans to discuss gay issues, Press, 9.5.06;
- NZ Anglicans split on gay issues, GayNZ, 11.5.06;
- A gift from God visits, Southland Times, 13.5.06;
- Homosexual bogey, Manawatu Standard, 17.5.06.
Ms Susannah Hawtin (Gateway Antarctica)
- University puts ice in focus, Press, 23.5.06.
Dr Jack Heinemann (Biological Sciences)
- Alarm bells over GM food approval, Press, 5.5.06;
- Scary stuff, Press, 15.5.06.
Professor Philip Joseph (Law)
- Re-writing the rules on MPs criticising Judges, National Business Review,
19.5.06.
Dr Baljit Kaur (Education)
- Stereotypes underlie behaviour toward children, Manawatu Standard, 1.5.06;
- Study sees children through adult eyes, Press, 3.5.06.
Dr Simon Kingham (Geography)
- Rail link promoted, Northern Outlook, 10.5.06.
Associate Professor Euan Maston (Forestry)
- It makes you proud..., NZ Journal of Forestry, 31.5.06.
Dr Angus McIntosh (Biological Sciences)
- Missing mudfish mystery, Press, 5.5.06.
Mr Stuart McMillan (National Centre for Research on Europe)
- EU has another crisis, but it's a survivor, National Business Reivew,
5.5.06;
- Opportunity for us against the world, National Business Review, 12.5.06;
- US set to toughen immigration rules, National Business Review, 26.5.06.
Dr Victoria Metcalf (Biological Sciences)
- Alarm bells over GM food approval, Press, 5.5.06;
- Scary stuff, Press, 15.5.06.
Ms Julia Morison (Fine Arts)
- Is wedding photography art?, Nelson Mail, 23.5.06;
- Artsville, Westport News, 26.5.06.
Associate Professor Greg Newbold (Sociology and Anthropology)
- Girl dies after fight with broken bottle, Southland Times, 15.5.06;
- Teen girls' fight leaves one dead in Turangi, Taranaki Daily News, 15.5.06;
- Meeting the challenge of angry young women, Herald on Sunday, 21.5.06;
- Corrections breaks promise, Aucklander North, 24.5.06;
- Increase in violence by girls worries Youth Court, Christchurch, Star,
24.5.06.
Professor Les Oxley (Economics)
- ICT uptake leads to GDP rise, Computerworld NZ, 1.5.06.
Associate Professor Philippa Mein Smith (History)
- Poor show from Dads, Northern Outlook, 24.5.06.
Dr John Pearse (Mechanical Engineering)
- I can still hear the neighbours!, Build, 31.5.06.
Professor Leon Phillips (Chemistry)
- Learning from Venus, NZ Education Gazette, 8.5.06.
Mr Alan Robb (Accountancy, Finance and Information Systems)
- Latest PPCS results more severe than pundits predicted, Farmers Weekly,
1.5.06;
- Wake up and smell the cow dung, New Zealand Herald, 22.5.06;
- Concerns over cashflow, New Zealand Herald, 22.5.06;
- Does Fonterra have the potential to be the Nokia of New Zealand? Or has
it failed to deliver what it promised?, New Zealand Herald, 22.5.06;
- Wake up and smell the cow dung, Horowhenua Kapiti Chronicle, 23.5.06.
Dr Clive Sabel (Geography)
- Rail link promoted, Northern Outlook, 10.5.06.
Mr Martin Setchell (Music and Theatre and Film Studies)
- Rangiora date for leading organist, North Canterbury News, 23.5.06;August 2006, 25.5.06.
Professor Roy Sharp (Vice-Chancellor)
- University axes three academics, Press, 11.5.06;
- Arts College jobs go, West Coast Times, 11.5.06;
- Canterbury completes financial recovery, NZ Education Review, 12.5.06;
- International student drop costs $250m, Press, 20.5.06;
- New information and communications technology research centre at UC, RNZ
(Business and Finance News), 22.5.06;
- Varsity lands research centre, Press, 22.5.06;
- 20m research centre planned, Ashburton Guardian, 22.5.06;
- World-class research centre, Nelson Mail, 22.5.06;
- 20m research centre for Christchurch, Timaru Herald, 22.5.06;
- Research boost from new centre, Waikato Times, 22.5.06;
- Canterbury Uni gather major players, m-net, Wellington, 24.5.06;
- A canterbury tale, Unlimited, 30.6.06;
- Professor at centre of poison charges dies, Press, 31.5.06.
Dr David Small (Education)
- Historian, writer Bennett retires from University, Press, 9.5.06;
- Academic resigns in face of job cuts, Dominion Post, 17.5.06.
Professor Ken Strongman (Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Arts)
- Three compulsory redundancies are made..., RNZ, 10.5.06;
- University axes three academics, Press, 11.5.06.
Professor David Thorns (Sociology and Anthropology)
- Technology allowing more people to work from home, university study finds,
Computerworld NZ, 1.5.06.
Professor Ian Town (Deputy Vice-Chancellor)
- Rising costs, dropping income impose loss on university's firm, Press,
11.5.06;
- Learning about respiratory care, Kai Tiaki Nursing, 31.5.06.
Mr Jim Tully (Political Science and Communciation)
- Into the hot seat, North & South, 30.6.06.
