USA News
Zimbabwean Student Wins Computer Prize at Lincoln
Tuesday, 3 February 2009
Lincoln University's Jade Prize for 2008 went to international student Makagona Mukoki from Zimbabwe, as the top computers student at the university.
International Business Students Compete in Auckland
Friday, 30 January 2009
Eleven university teams from around the world will pit their skills against each other to tackle real business problems for New Zealand companies this week as part of an international competition.
New Zealand Professor Improving Artificial Limbs
Tuesday, 27 January 2009
Massey University professor Peter Xu, regarded as world-leader in mechanical limbs, has been granted $1.2m to take the technology behind wearable assisted devices to the next level, along with four PhD students.
Whale Experts Flock (or Swim) to NZ
Saturday, 24 January 2009
In February nearly 50 whale researchers from around the world will gather in Auckland for the South Pacific Whale Research Consortium conference.
Study “Supercomputing” in New Zealand
Wednesday, 21 January 2009
The University of Canterbury, the first institution in the Southern Hemisphere to have an IBM Blue Gene supercomputer, is to become the first tertiary institution in Australasia to teach high performance computing.