Archive 2008 News
Published by Communications and Development
- UC honours its outstanding teachers (19 Dec)
- US honour for Canterbury course (18 Dec)
- Climate change course wins award (17 Dec)
- More than 1500 to graduate from Canterbury University (16 Dec)
- International accolade for UC geologist (15 Dec)
- UC professor receives prestigious fellowship (15 Dec)
- Medals for pioneering professor and super supportive lecturer (11 Dec)
- Centre’s first Braille-based assessment test successful (11 Dec)
- Joint Ventures Law under scrutiny in new book (10 Dec)
- Eminent mathematician addresses conference at UC (10 Dec)
- Academic staff promoted (9 Dec)
- Journalism educators debate future of profession (4 Dec)
- Speech-language therapy agreement signed with University of Kuwait (1 Dec)
- Scholarship a boost for computer science student (1 Dec)
- New book explores the Chatham Islands (1 Dec)
- Emergency Response Exercise - 28 November (27 Nov)
- UC appoints new Chancellor (26 Nov)
- UC to launch revamped BA in 2009 (26 Nov)
- CUP publishes autobiography of prominent NZ architect (26 Nov)
- $1 million for new water management initiative (19 Nov)
- Survey aims to improve up take of video conferencing (19 Nov)
- Fulbright Scholar lecture (13 Nov)
- Williams, McIntyre re-elected to Council (12 Nov)
- International scholarship allows researcher to focus on study (12 Nov)
- UC-edited journal edition focuses on language in work settings (12 Nov)
- Young writers do Rutherford proud (31 Oct)
- Pacific artists shine at SOFA (30 0ct)
- Journalism students head to Jakarta (29 Oct)
- High value scholarship for UC engineering student (28 Oct)
- Demands of adventure sport explored in new book (23 Oct)
- Ice beckons for journalism student (23 Oct)
- University of Canterbury appoints new Vice-Chancellor (15 Oct)
- Popular history of Christchurch reprinted (15 Oct)
- A night out in town with UC researchers (14 Oct)
- Group to study under-representation of women in science, engineering (9 Oct)
- UC and DHB combine to support new research (8 Oct)
- Art work springs surprise (8 Oct)
- Isotope facility a boost to environmental research at UC (26 Sept)
- UC researchers awarded $7.2 million from Marsden Fund (23 Sept)
- UC professor new head of MacDiarmid Institute (17 Sept)
- Political parties do keep promises after all (16 Sept)
- UC wins law competition award (15 Sept)
- UC's Sir Tipene O'Regan honoured (12 Sept)
- Taiwan tapping into UC's ICT strengths (9 Sept)
- Radiata pine researcher receives FRST fellowship (8 Sept)
- UC psychologists scoop prestigious awards (4 Sept)
- Peninsula's diverse charm captured in new anthology (3 Sept)
- Brown trout country explored in new book from CUP (28 Aug)
- UC to host national debating competition (28 Aug)
- Summer research opportunities at UC (25 Aug)
- NZi3 sponsors software summit (25 Aug)
- New e-journal launched live at UC (21 Aug)
- UC the venue to imagine Antarctica (21 Aug)
- Visiting academic studies what motivates talented Māori learners (20 Aug)
- Collaborative research looking at female rugby 'fandom' (18 Aug)
- Sex offender recidivism study brings researcher top award (15 Aug)
- Keeping whitebait from frittering away (14 Aug)
- Book celebrates love of New Zealand's native plants (14 Aug)
- UC dominates Top Achiever Doctoral Scholarships (6 Aug)
- Research findings get hearts a fluttering (1 Aug)
- Landfall turns spotlight on NZ's orientation to religion and spirituality (31 July)
- The future of Pacific governance explored in new book (28 July)
- Retired Supreme Court justice visits UC (14 July)
- UC expertise getting fans closer than ever to the All Blacks (18 July)
- Movie-based programme a boost for struggling readers' literacy (18 July)
- Book explores New Zealand English in the making (18 July)
- Earthquake Commission funds coseismic landslide research (17 July)
- Collaboration produces new timber-testing machine (17 July)
- UC authors dominate NZ law journal (17 July)
- $10 million boost for UC research projects (14 July)
- Landslide buries climate change link (30 June)
- UC helps schools expand language curriculum (30 June)
- Awards give staff opportunities to upskill (30 June)
- Book challenges assumptions about medieval France (27 June)
- Education specialist honoured by her US-based alma mater (27 June)
- Rutherford's Den launches centennial calendar (23 June)
- Review, memorandum confirm Antarctic course's merit (23 June)
- New Publisher for Canterbury University Press (16 June)
- Top appointment for UC law professor (13 June)
- Trio to analyse youth voting (11 June)
- Ease of access to gambling venues increases risk of harm (10 June)
- Research shows bellbirds able to outwit predators (9 June)
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A showcase of UC research now on web (5 June)
- UC geographer wins Zonta Science Award (30 May)
- New $10M timber research programme (28 May)
- Rutherford explanation this week (28 May)
- Adolescent anxieties focus of powerful new exhibition and book (23 May)
- Landmark volume a must-have for natural scientists (22 May)
- Community-focused Japanese architectural projects on show (21 May)
- Phone and phoney séances feature in opera double bill (21 May)
- Bountiful inspiration for poet's latest collection (15 May)
- New faces on show during arts festival (15 May)
- University of Canterbury sponsorship for Rutherford's Den (12 May)
- Success for UC graduates in media awards (12 May)
- UC's new fortepiano offers an authentic musical experience (9 May)
- College of Education welcomes new professors (8 May)
- First NZ screening for foreign language films during Platform (8 May)
- Tomorrow's leaders recognised by UC (6 May)
- Imagination a winner (5 May)
- Staff walk for charity (1 May)
- Writer luxuriating in UC residency (30 April)
- Trips to China benefiting students (29 April)
- UC offers scholarships to school students in Wuhan (22 April)
- The arts at UC to take centre stage in May (22 April)
- Macmillan Brown Library photographs go live (18 April)
- Ernest Rutherford's great great grandson graduating (15 April)
- Researcher invesigating the cost of funerals (7 April)
- Science educator invited to speak on bioethics in London (4 April)
- UC leading the way for blind students (4 April)
- BBC to take UC researcher's work to global audience (3 April)
- UC chemist appointed to ministry advisory group (3 April)
- MAF puts funding into forestry carbon trading study (2 April)
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Organist's contribution to city recognised by council (2 April)
- Multi-million dollar funding for UC collaborations (27 March)
- Lucrative scholarships for UC's top achievers (20 March)
- Diagnosis of balance-related problems aided by grants (17 March)
- Man behind the art revealed in new biography of William A. Sutton (17 March)
- UC joins Earth Hour (13 March)
- Hi-tech lower back pain remedies focus of UC/US collaboration (12 March)
- Students challenged to create eco-friendly flats (7 March)
- Guide offers easy identification of NZ marine invertebrates (7 March)
- New campus health centre open for business (28 Feb)
- New display features items of University's heritage (27 Feb)
- Recycling system set to go campus wide (27 Feb)
- Charitable foundation funds new Chair in Freshwater Ecology (18 Feb)
- University of Canterbury to honour art historian (18 Feb)
- Study discredits anxiety as cause of childhood stuttering (13 Feb)
- UC-based musician to take up London residency (13 Feb)
- Chance meeting leads to discovery of Afghani instruments (28 Jan)
- UC physicist challenges cosmic theory (25 Jan)
- China's propaganda system under scrutiny in new book (25 Jan)
- Sculptural work takes up residence on campus (25 Jan)
- Euripides' Cyclops: Not your average one-eyed Cantabrian (21 Jan)
- UC wind study a research success story (14 Jan)
New honour for Dame Malvina (10 Jan)