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  University of Otago - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The University of Otago in Dunedin is New Zealand's oldest university.
Otago's residential Colleges and Halls are not as significant in the life of the University when compared with the Colleges and Halls of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge.
Currently, the university and the Dunedin College of Education (a specialist teacher training institution) are working toward a merger, with a bilateral working group declaring a merger "both desirable and feasible".
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/University_of_Otago   (1189 words)

  
 University of Otago -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The University of Otago in (additional info and facts about Dunedin) Dunedin is (An independent country within the British Commonwealth; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1907; known for sheep and spectacular scenery) New Zealand's oldest university and the world's most southerly.
Between 1874 and 1961 the University of Otago functioned as a College of the (additional info and facts about University of New Zealand) University of New Zealand, and issued degrees in its name.
Otago was recently ranked 114th from a listing of top 200 institutions in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings and within 202-300 in the Shanghai Jiaotong rankings of world top 500 universities.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/u/un/university_of_otago.htm   (1142 words)

  
 Dunedin, South Island New Zealand. Dunedin, Otago Peninsula, Larnach Castle, Otago University, The Octagon, eco-tours   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Dunedin, Otago Peninsula, Larnach Castle, Otago University, The Octagon, eco-tours
Dunedin was once New Zealand's largest and most prosperous city, and the elaborate stonework of many inner city buildings is a testament to the city's former wealth.
Dunedin Public Art Gallery houses a small collection of Old Masters, including Monet, as well as a large collection of New Zealand works by influential artists such as Colin McCahon and Charles Goldie.
www.fourcorners.co.nz /new-zealand/dunedin   (595 words)

  
 Otago New Zealand Tourism Online Magazine and Tourist Directory
Dunedin and its rolling hills are located near the Otago Peninsula, where the rare endangered yellow-eyed penguin and albatross colonies can be visited.
Dunedin is unquestionably a student city; it has vibrant population of young people that give life to the otherwise older character.
New Zealand’s first university, the University of Otago (1869) is the second largest and questionably the finest in the country.
www.otago.co.nz /dunedin.htm   (771 words)

  
 University Of Otago   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
A cancer specialist at the University of Otago is disputing claims the risk of melanoma has increased in the past few years.
The University of Otago in Dunedin is New Zealand's oldest university and the world's most southerly.
Until 1961 the University of Otago was affiliated with the University of New Zealand, and issued degrees in its name.
www.wikiverse.org /university-of-otago   (477 words)

  
 Otago province (New Zealand)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Otago is the second largest province of the South Island, both in population and area.
This design is already used as part of the arms of several Otago places and corporations and in the arms of Otago University, and represents the fact that the province was founded by settlers from Scotland, and gained its first wealth from the goldrush of 1861.
Otago’s sports flag is a fairly standard horizontal gold over blue, usually in a format that is closer to square than the normal 1:2 or 2:3 (this image made in 3:4).
www.fotw.net /flags/nz-ot.html   (702 words)

  
 Scoop: Otago University A Major Vivisection Centre
Otago University in Dunedin is one of the major vivisection centres in the country, and hosts a breeding centre which is vital to the vivisection industry nationally.
The Otago University Animal Breeding Centre in Mosgiel is one of New Zealand 's largest lab animal breeding centres.
Detailed information on experiments at Otago University is difficult to obtain, but NAVC has obtained some information concerning a group of researchers headed by Professors Paul Smith and Cynthia Darlington who have carried out brain experiments on guineapigs at Otago for more than a decade.
www.scoop.co.nz /stories/PO0407/S00156.htm   (823 words)

  
 University of Otago, Department of Pharmacology   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology at the University of Otago is the oldest pharmacology department in New Zealand and is located on the 2nd and 3rd Floors of the Adams Building, adjacent to the School of Pharmacy and the National Poison Center.
Administratively, the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology is one of the five departments comprising the Otago School of Medical Sciences (along with the Departments of Physiology, Anatomy and Structural Biology, Biochemistry and Microbiology), within the Faculty of Medicine in the Division of Health Sciences.
The role of the Otago Medical School is to teach pre-clinical and clinical medical students, but it also contributes significantly to the teaching of Science, Dental, Pharmacy, Physiotherapy and Medical Laboratory Science students.
antagonist.otago.ac.nz   (235 words)

  
 History Study Skills - Essays, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
In your essays we require that you present your notes and the bibliography in accordance with the following guidelines, which are based on the practice of many historical journals.
Nuran Çinlar, "Marriage in the Colonial Chesapeake, 1607-1770: A Study in Cultural Adaptation and Reformulation" (Ph.D. diss., The Johns Hopkins University, 2000), 220.
Dunedin, New Zealand, 2 November 2001 – 12 December 2001.
www.otago.ac.nz /history/studyskills/essays.html   (5363 words)

  
 * NZine * The Otago Museum - Otago Museum, Hocken Library, Otago University, Dunedin New Zealand, sister cities, Okaru, ...
The Scots who founded the Otago settlement had a great concern with education and from 1858 moves were afoot to build an Athenaeum to contain a reading room, a library and a museum.
Some of these feature material from the extensive Otago Museum resources in storage like the recent display of Chinese textiles and costumes which will be the subject of an article in NZine in two weeks, and others are visiting exhibitions like 'Reckoning with the Past', a recent exhibition, of contemporary Chinese painting.
Portsmouth, Virginia, USA is a sister city of Dunedin and in Portsmouth Week the museum organised activities focused on the ports of Otago and Portsmouth and the navy as Portsmouth has strong links with the American Naval forces.
www.nzine.co.nz /features/otagomuseum.html   (1194 words)

  
 University of Otago
Otago is one of those rare universities in the world where the main activity of its host city,
Otago is renowned for its vibrant campus lifestyle.
Dunedin is also an excellent gateway to Central Otago and Fiordland where opportunities abound for hiking, skiing, water sports, adventure tourism (including bungy-jumping !), or admiring the spectacular landscapes.
www.australearn.org /Programs/StudyAbroad/Universities/NZ/UOTAGstudyabroad.htm   (785 words)

  
 otago1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Otago was founded in 1869 and is New Zealand's oldest university with a comprehensive array of under-graduate, graduate and post-graduate studies, including an internationally-renowned medical school.
Located in Dunedin, a city of 115,000 in New Zealand's South Island, Otago provides a stimulating complement to the Mount Allison liberal arts and science focus.
Information on the exchange can be obtained from Dr. Robert Summerby-Murray (rsummerb@mta.ca) or from the University of Otago's exchange co-ordinator, Renata Bouwmeester (renata@nimrodel.otago.ac.nz).
www.mta.ca /~rsummerb/otago1.htm   (246 words)

  
 Institute for Study Abroad, Butler University : IFSA-Butler Programs : New Zealand : University of Otago
Ideal for students interested in great academics and outdoor adventure, the University of Otago offers a campus in the friendly college town of Dunedin.
The southernmost university in the world, Otago pulses with the energy of an active and energetic student body.
Otago is New Zealand's oldest university and offers excellent academics, particularly in sciences, physical education, arts, music, and theology.
www.ifsa-butler.org /programs/new_zealand/otago   (204 words)

  
 ANZJM Vol. 30 No. 2 April 2000 - Summaries of Original Articles
Cardiologist, Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Cardiology Registrar, Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
www.medeserv.com.au /racp/anzjm/ap00oa5.htm   (277 words)

  
 Exploring the Internet: Round Two, Dunedin
In Dunedin, I met Ian Forrester, Chief Scientist of the Ministry of Research, Science, and Technology.
A former professor at Otago University in Dunedin, he keeps a house there even though he lives most of the time in Wellington.
Although there was a university network in place, linked to PACCOM, each of the government research groups also had their own networks.
museum.media.org /eti/RoundTwo06.html   (1315 words)

  
 Otago Regional Herbarium (OTA), Botany Department, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Otago Regional Herbarium (OTA), Botany Department, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Alan Mark, giving the Herbarium particular strengths in the alpine flora, the flora of Mt Aspiring National Park and the floras of Otago, Southland and Fiordland in general.
Loans are for 12 months only, and must be applied for in writing to the appropriate Curator.
www.botany.otago.ac.nz /herbarium   (167 words)

  
 AAHPSSS 2005 conference   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The joint conferences are hosted by the Department of Philosophy, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Dunedin is approximately 360 km (225 miles) south of Christchurch.
Dunedin is also close to many of the major tourist and outdoor recreation sites of the South Island.
www.usyd.edu.au /hps/aahpsss/conference-2005/AAHPSSS-2005-conference-details.html   (509 words)

  
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The University of Otago and the University of Bristol agree to institute this exchange programme under the following terms: 1.
Responsibilities a) Subject to the conditions outlined in paragraph 3(a), the University of Otago and the University of Bristol agree to accept the prescribed number of exchange students and to enrol them as full-time non-degree students for a maximum period of one academic year.
For, and on behalf of, For, and on behalf of, The University of Otago The University of Bristol Dr.
www.bris.ac.uk /internationalcentre/collaboration/documents/nz-otago-dunedin   (1588 words)

  
 Surveying University of Otago
He completed a MSurv degree at Otago University in 1987, after which he lectured for six months at the University of Cape Town.
In 1991 he undertook studies for a PhD at the University of Newcastle, England (completed 1995) in height determination using ground-based transponders in conjunction with the radar altimeter on the ERS-1 remote sensing satellite.
During this time he was appointed as a Research Associate at the University where he was involved in processing of precise GPS networks for projects in Greece, Europe and Britain.
www.surveying.otago.ac.nz /staff/paul_denys.html   (814 words)

  
 IVCNZ 2005 - Image and Vision Computing New Zealand
University of Otago, Dunedin, 28 - 29 Nov, 2005
In 2005, IVCNZ is being held in the beautiful city of Dunedin.
Dunedin is the gateway to the wonders of the South Island of New Zealand including the rugged coastline, Central Otago, and the mountain resorts of Queenstown and Wanaka.
www.cs.otago.ac.nz /ivcnz   (166 words)

  
 Division of Health Sciences, University of Otago, New Zealand
University of Otago Enrolment Deadline - 10 December 2005
Otago University medical student to join UN health body as intern
Professor Don Roberton, one of the leading health science academics in Australia, will be the University of Otago's next Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Health Sciences.
healthsci.otago.ac.nz   (230 words)

  
 [vslist] 31st Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference, U Otago
31st Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference (EPC'04) 16-18 April 2004 University of Otago Dunedin New Zealand http://psy.otago.ac.nz/epc/ The 31st Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference (EPC'04) will be held at the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand from Friday to Sunday, 16-18 April, 2004.
EPC'04 is hosted by the Department of Psychology and supported by the Division of Sciences at University of Otago.
ACCOMMODATION Dunedin has a wide choice of accommodation close to the University of Otago campus.
www.visionscience.com /pipermail/visionlist/2003/000508.html   (464 words)

  
 Center for International Education   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
It is uniquely placed to offer many different types of educational experiences for North American students who want to study 'down under' in Australia or New Zealand.
Some of the universities have their own off-campus housing facilities which are also recommended.
In the north island students can study at Victoria University in Wellington, Waikato University in Hamilton, Massey University in Palmerston North, or University of Auckland or Auckland University of Technology in Auckland.
www.frostburg.edu /admin/cie/newzealand.htm   (418 words)

  
 Functional Materials Research at University of Otago   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
he "Functional Materials" research theme was established in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Otago in 1999.
It brings together an experienced multidisciplinary team of chemists and physicists drawing upon skills in synthesis of metal complexes and structured polymers, spectroscopy, semiconductor surfaces, process engineering, physics of thin films and theoretical explanation of photonic phenomena.
The mission of the "Functional Materials" research theme is to use expertise in chemical synthesis, surface chemistry and physics, and spectroscopy for the production and use of materials with potential applications in industry, technology and medicine.
neon.otago.ac.nz /chemistry/research/materials/materials.htm   (103 words)

  
 Concentration of Caveolin-3 at the Neuromuscular Junction in Young and Old Rat Skeletal Muscle Fibers -- Carlson et al. ...
Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Institute of Gerontology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, and Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
www.jhc.org /cgi/content/abstract/51/9/1113   (288 words)

  
 Dunedin hotel Accommodation / Otago Accommodation: Hotels, Motels, Lodges   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Dunedin welcomes its visitors with traditional Scottish hospitality handed down from the city's founding fathers, who in 1848 settled in the hills at the head of the fiord-like Otago Harbour.
Ideally situated close to the Central Business District, University of Otago, Dunedin College of Education, Otago Polytechic and Dunedin Hospital.
It is a short walk away to University, hospital, supermarket and local restaurants.
innz.co.nz /accommodation/otago   (727 words)

  
 Special Collections, University of Otago Library   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
A graduate of the University of Otago, he was author of the standard textbook Modern inorganic chemistry.
The Albion press, made by Hopkinsons of London in 1845, is likely to have been the first press used in Otago when Henry B. Graham printed the prospectus for the Otago news on 24 November 1848.
A checklist of the de Beer collection of the University of Otago Library, consisting mainly of volumes of eighteenth century English verse and prose presented by Esmond S. de Beer.
www.library.otago.ac.nz /resources/speccoll   (950 words)

  
 School of Physical Education, University of Otago
After graduating from The University of Otago with a Diploma in Physical Education under Professor Smithells, Ms East left to study various dance forms in Seattle, USA.
Ms East is currently a Senior Teaching Fellow in Dance Studies at the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
She is still a practicing artist whose latest funded work was the production of a video dance film exploring the human body in and as part of nature.
physed.otago.ac.nz /staff/aeast.asp?exp=courseinformation&cnt=n   (303 words)

  
 Otago School of Medical Sciences, University of Otago, New Zealand
Otago School of Medical Sciences, University of Otago, New Zealand
Otago research points to new treatments for neurological disorders
Teams of researchers in Otago’s Department of Microbiology and Immunology are working on new ways to use viruses to fight biological battles, with the development of vaccines and drugs high on the wish list.
osms.otago.ac.nz   (109 words)

  
 Botany Department, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Botany Department, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
It includes their structure and development, physiology and biochemistry, health and disease, relationships with other organisms and the environment (ecology), as well as the traditional aspects of plant identification and classification.
The main emphasis at Otago is on the general biology, ecology and physiology of higher plants, marine algae, fungi and viruses, although other groups (conifers, ferns and mosses) are also included in the courses.
www.botany.otago.ac.nz   (92 words)

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