She says science isn't there to back up University of Otago's ban on e-cigarettes.

University of Otago staff who avoided campus on the day of gun threat will have their annual leave deducted.

University of Otago domestic students face a 3 per cent increase on "already huge" tuition fees for next year, meaning more than $900 more per year for some courses.

Police are ''following a number of lines of inquiry'' as they tried to track down the person responsible for an online shooting threat at the University of Otago.

Police warn students told that "small jokes" at Otago University will be taken seriously following online shooting threat.

Police are warning students and staff to be vigilant as Otago University opens for ''business as usual'' following online threat.

University of Otago researchers joined almost 200 scientists from around the world to head out to take marine samples as part of the second Ocean Sampling Day yesterday.

Researchers have linked an ancient marine dolphin fossil, found in Waitaki, with an endangered dolphin that lives in Nepal, India, and Bangladesh.

University of Otago PhD researcher Hazem Zohny has warned about myths and "hype" involving so-called "smart" drugs.

An NZ-born former banker who refused to pay child support, claiming he was broke, has been berated by a judge for jet-setting around Europe.

Otago University researchers have come out on top in health awards scooping up more than $1.8 million in funding for research.

A national television programme about Dunedin student drinking culture was criticised at a University of Otago council meeting yesterday.

A woman who complained about drunk and disorderly Dunedin students says she's been harassed in person and online since appearing on TV.

US student Allison Willen was making her way, alone, through flood water covering a section of the Young Valley walking track when she was swept to her death.

An American tourist found dead in a river near Wanaka yesterday had previously described her first tramping trip in a column published by Otago University’s student magazine Critic.

Allison "Ally" Willen was last seen on the Gillespie Pass track on April 25, Senior Sergeant Ben Butterfield said.

Otago University's Dental School has been recognised as among the top 10 in the world.

Brains, brawn and beauty helped University of Otago medical student Deborah Lambie win the 2015 Miss World New Zealand crown.

Police fear a missing University of Otago student could have been swept away in a flooded river during a tramp in Mt Aspiring National Park at the weekend.

It's no Jurassic jest - meet the Velociraptor's vegetarian cousin.

Parents who refuse vitamin K for their newborns are more likely to also turn down childhood immunisations, a study has found.

New University of Otago research is providing the most comprehensive picture of the nearly 40million-year-long evolutionary history of baleen whales.

Organisers are staying tight-lipped on the future of the Hyde St keg party after a St John vehicle was attacked, a dozen party-goers were arrested and dozens more required medical attention at the event.

New research has identified potential early treatments for deadly genetic cancers, removing the need for drastic preventative surgery.

New Labour MP Stuart Nash was bankrolled to the tune of $4000 a month by political backers for more than a year leading up to last year's general election.

Analysis of election candidate donations has shown a wide variety of businesses are willing to open their wallets for politicians.