University of Canterbury
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The University of Canterbury is located in Christchurch, the largest city in New Zealand's South Island. The university offers: World-class research Inspirational teaching A vibrant campus environment A great student lifestyle with students from around the world
The Advanced Video Collaboration Centre (AVCC) begins its official support of video collaboration technologies for Universities and Crown Research Institutes across New Zealand today.
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A DIY conversion of a diesel engine to run on vegetable oil was one outcome of the annual University of Canterbury Eco-My-Flat competition, which closed last night with a prizegiving ceremony at the Dux de Lux.
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What did you and your family do when the petrol price went over $2.00 a litre last year? During the peak of the world oil price spike last year, even Americans gave up their cars and flocked to public transport.
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CANTERBURY — The University of Canterbury released its 2008 Annual Report today.
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CANTERBURY — The University of Canterbury's College of Arts has taken on a new look for the New Year.
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CANTERBURY — The University of Canterbury and Lincoln University are responding to calls by local authorities and businesses for more water management specialists.
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CHRISTCHURCH — The University of Canterbury is hosting a lecture by Fulbright Distinguished US Scholar Professor Ronald Inglehart, Director of the World Values Survey which measures political and socio-cultural change in societies around the world.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Rex Williams and Trevor McIntyre have been re-elected to the University of Canterbury Council.
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CHRISTCHURCH — University of Canterbury engineering student Jennifer Haskell has been awarded a Woolf Fisher scholarship which, at a total value of $300,000, is one of the most valuable scholarships awarded in New Zealand.
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CHRISTCHURCH — The University of Canterbury has appointed Dr Rod Carr as its next Vice-Chancellor.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Professor Richard Blaikie, of the University of Canterbury's Electrical and Computer Engineering department, has been appointed Director of the MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology.
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The major New Zealand political parties that were in Government between 1972 and 2005 honoured at least half of their pre-election manifesto pledges, with some administrations nearly 90 percent true to their word.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), which has helped that country become a world leader in semiconductors, personal computers and other technologies, is looking at tapping into the University of Canterbury’s ICT strengths.
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Ground-breaking research conducted at the University of Canterbury suggests that experiencing father absence early in life can substantially alter the age at which girls get their first period.
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The University of Canterbury has more than doubled the number of its Summer Research Scholarships and, for the first time, is making them available to students from throughout New Zealand and overseas.
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CANTERBURY — University of Canterbury students have scooped a quarter of the Top Achiever Doctoral Scholarships announced today by Tertiary Education Minister Pete Hodgson.
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CANTERBURY — Screening for heart attacks and strokes could be improved as a result of new research that has linked a potent antioxidant related to a class of chemicals first discovered in the wings of butterflies and now found in artery deposits.
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CANTERBURY — Fibre imprinting nanotechnology developed at the MacDiarmid Institute of Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology at the University of Canterbury is going to get rugby fans closer than ever to the All Blacks.
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CANTERBURY — Three projects led by University of Canterbury researchers have been awarded more than $10 million funding in the Foundation for Research, Science and Technologys main 2008 investment round announced today.
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CHRISTCHURCH — New findings by three University of Canterbury researchers could pour cold water on evidence that climate change is happening simultaneously around the world.
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CHRISTCHURCH — The University of Canterbury has launched a new website showcasing the University’s research excellence.
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CANTERBURY — Today the University of Canterbury has released a Final Implementation Plan for the restructuring of its College of Arts.
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CANTERBURY — An explanation why the discovery of the atomic nucleus did not earn Ernest Rutherford a second Nobel Prize will be given to hundreds of neutrino physicists from around the world in Christchurch this week.
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CANTERBURY — A world-class multi-media visitor experience celebrating the life and work of one of New Zealand’s greatest scientists Ernest Lord Rutherford is to benefit from a significant sponsorship partnership with the University of Canterbury.
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