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For general enquiries and site feedback please e-mail journalists@lists.vuw.ac.nz. http://victoria.ac.nz/home/about/newspubs/news/NewsFeed.aspx Professor Sir Paul Callaghan has been elected an Honorary Fellow of the Institution of Professional Engineers of New Zealand (IPENZ) in recognition of his eminent contribution to application of engineering or technology in the community. http://www.victoria.ac.nz/home/about/newspubs/news/ViewNews.aspx?id=3476&newslabel= http://www.victoria.ac.nz/home/about/newspubs/news/ViewNews.aspx?id=3476&newslabel= Mon, 22 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +1200 An expert on organ and tissue donation says that cultural sensitivity is sometimes believed to be behind New Zealand's startlingly low rates of deceased organ donation, but the issues are more complex. http://www.victoria.ac.nz/home/about/newspubs/news/ViewNews.aspx?id=3477&newslabel= http://www.victoria.ac.nz/home/about/newspubs/news/ViewNews.aspx?id=3477&newslabel= Mon, 22 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +1200 The new co-leader of the Green Party Metiria Turei will open a seminar series exploring the opportunities and challenges faced by a new generation in New Zealand politics. http://www.victoria.ac.nz/home/about/newspubs/news/ViewNews.aspx?id=3481&newslabel= http://www.victoria.ac.nz/home/about/newspubs/news/ViewNews.aspx?id=3481&newslabel= Mon, 22 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +1200 It is with great sadness that Victoria University learnt of the death of Sir Ian Axford FRS, Hon FRSNZ, a former Vice-Chancellor and an honorary graduate of Victoria University. http://www.victoria.ac.nz/home/about/newspubs/news/ViewNews.aspx?id=3474&newslabel= http://www.victoria.ac.nz/home/about/newspubs/news/ViewNews.aspx?id=3474&newslabel= Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +1200 Victoria University's 2010 JD Stout Fellow will explore the contribution of Jewish refugees from Hitler's Germany, among other war-time immigrants, to New Zealand's national identity and culture. http://www.victoria.ac.nz/home/about/newspubs/news/ViewNews.aspx?id=3460&newslabel= http://www.victoria.ac.nz/home/about/newspubs/news/ViewNews.aspx?id=3460&newslabel= Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +1200 Some of Australasia's leading experts on imprisonment and justice are to debate the issues as New Zealand looks for new approaches to incarceration. http://www.victoria.ac.nz/home/about/newspubs/news/ViewNews.aspx?id=3459&newslabel= http://www.victoria.ac.nz/home/about/newspubs/news/ViewNews.aspx?id=3459&newslabel= Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +1200 Kiwi expatriates living overseas who plan to return home will do so because of New Zealand's lifestyle, according to a new study of expatriates. http://www.victoria.ac.nz/home/about/newspubs/news/ViewNews.aspx?id=3457&newslabel= http://www.victoria.ac.nz/home/about/newspubs/news/ViewNews.aspx?id=3457&newslabel= Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +1200 Over 100 instruments will come together when an Argentinean orchestra combining indigenous instruments and digital technology plays in Wellington this Saturday. http://www.victoria.ac.nz/home/about/newspubs/news/ViewNews.aspx?id=3458&newslabel= http://www.victoria.ac.nz/home/about/newspubs/news/ViewNews.aspx?id=3458&newslabel= Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +1200 Victoria University PhD student John Watt has received a Prime Minister’s Science Prize, New Zealand’s most valuable science awards. http://www.victoria.ac.nz/home/about/newspubs/news/ViewNews.aspx?id=3456&newslabel= http://www.victoria.ac.nz/home/about/newspubs/news/ViewNews.aspx?id=3456&newslabel= Tue, 9 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +1200 A Victoria University student's mission to improve sustainability in New Zealand tourism has been helped along with a recent scholarship. http://www.victoria.ac.nz/home/about/newspubs/news/ViewNews.aspx?id=3452&newslabel= http://www.victoria.ac.nz/home/about/newspubs/news/ViewNews.aspx?id=3452&newslabel= Mon, 8 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +1200 Victoria has proved to be the university of choice for New Zealand’s best and brightest as a high proportion of top secondary school scholars begin their studies at the University. http://www.victoria.ac.nz/home/about/newspubs/news/ViewNews.aspx?id=3453&newslabel= http://www.victoria.ac.nz/home/about/newspubs/news/ViewNews.aspx?id=3453&newslabel= Mon, 8 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +1200 A building design commemorating the Wahine Disaster has earned a Victoria University Architecture student second prize in an international competition. http://www.victoria.ac.nz/home/about/newspubs/news/ViewNews.aspx?id=3441&newslabel= http://www.victoria.ac.nz/home/about/newspubs/news/ViewNews.aspx?id=3441&newslabel= Fri, 5 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +1200 Chris Gendall, who counts stand-up comedy, sports events and composers of the 60s and 70s as some of his musical influences, returns to Wellington as the Creative New Zealand/Jack C. Richards Composer-in-Residence. http://www.victoria.ac.nz/home/about/newspubs/news/ViewNews.aspx?id=3432&newslabel= http://www.victoria.ac.nz/home/about/newspubs/news/ViewNews.aspx?id=3432&newslabel= Mon, 1 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +1200 What kinds of organisms lived on New Zealand's rocks around 48 million years ago? http://www.victoria.ac.nz/home/about/newspubs/news/ViewNews.aspx?id=3433&newslabel= http://www.victoria.ac.nz/home/about/newspubs/news/ViewNews.aspx?id=3433&newslabel= Mon, 1 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +1200 How does information communication technology (ICT) support leadership development in New Zealand's early childhood education (ECE) sector? http://www.victoria.ac.nz/home/about/newspubs/news/ViewNews.aspx?id=3425&newslabel= http://www.victoria.ac.nz/home/about/newspubs/news/ViewNews.aspx?id=3425&newslabel= Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:00:00 +1200 Victoria University of Wellington will confer honorary degrees on a world-class chemist and an international authority on the Irish diaspora. http://www.victoria.ac.nz/home/about/newspubs/news/ViewNews.aspx?id=3422&newslabel= http://www.victoria.ac.nz/home/about/newspubs/news/ViewNews.aspx?id=3422&newslabel= Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:00:00 +1200