University of Canterbury

The University of Canterbury has released its annual financial results for 2011.

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CHRISTCHURCH — Eco-my-flat the competition where students eco their lives is packing its (organic, home-grown) lunch in its (second-hand) back pack, pulling up its socks and getting ready for the next big adventure – a new era of the competition.

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Education New Zealand’s high school International Student of the Year for 2011, Japanese student Ryo Hosoma, will begin his studies towards a BA in Media and Communication at the University of Canterbury this month as the recipient of one of UC’s new four-year scholarships for international students.

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CANTERBURY — The University of Canterbury has become the first university outside the UK to be certified under the CEMARS scheme by carboNZero Holdings Limited.

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CANTERBURY — Venture capital investment company powerHouse has been ‘hot housing’ young entrepreneurial talent at the University of Canterbury during its first ever summer programme.

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CANTERBURY — Campus tours and course advice will be available for anyone still thinking about enrolling at UC in 2012, at a special information session this Thursday (2 February).

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The University of Canterbury is preparing to welcome students from around the world for the start of the 2012 academic year on 20 February.

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The saying everyone needs a friend has taken on cosmic proportions with new research showing that even stars like companions.

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University of Canterbury researchers have had three papers accepted for the 2012 ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing.

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University of Canterbury geologist Dr Mark Quigley has won the 2011 Prime Minister’s Science Media Communication Prize for his communication work following the Canterbury earthquakes.

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University of Canterbury students David Loveridge (BCom – Management and Management Science & Operations Management) and Pip Widdon (BCom – Accounting and Finance) have won the national New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants’ (NZICA) Student Challenge in style with Loveridge being offered a job at KPMG starting in Wellington in the new year.

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CANTERBURY — The University of Canterbury’s recent survey of its 2010 graduates has revealed that more than 95 per cent of respondents are either working full-time or part-time and/or undertaking further study.

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ROTORUA — More than 1400 students will graduate from the University of Canterbury next week in three ceremonies which, for the first time, will be held in the CBS Canterbury Arena in Addington.

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University of Canterbury developers of a mobile phone application that allows people to see the city as it was will be showing the ‘app’ to visitors to Re:START in Cashel Mall this weekend (10-11 December).

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CANTERBURY — Several members of St Thomas of Canterbury College’s national award winning Young Enterprise Scheme team will be embarking on their tertiary studies at the University of Canterbury next year.

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WELLINGTON CITY — University of Canterbury Vice-Chancellor, Dr Rod Carr will open the 25th Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) conference at the Amora Hotel in Wellington tomorrow.

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CANTERBURY — The University of Canterbury has announced the appointment of current Pro Chancellor and former New Zealand ambassador to the United States Dr John Wood (QSO) as its next Chancellor, effective January 2012.

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CANTERBURY — The University of Canterbury Council has approved its 2012 budget, signalling a deficit for the coming year.

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CHRISTCHURCH — The Edward Gibbon Wakefield Trust has announced today that it will donate £100,000 to the Wakefield Scholarship Fund which supports a University of Canterbury PhD candidate to undertake a year of funded research at Christ Church, Oxford.

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Rock climbing researchers from around the world have converged at the University of Canterbury’s College of Education this week for the first International Rock Climbing Research Congress.

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Microsoft New Zealand has announced the renewal of its public private partnership with the University of Canterbury and NZi3 (New Zealand ICT Innovation Institute) for a second year and has increased the length and number of Microsoft New Zealand Research Internship Awards on offer at the University.

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CHRISTCHURCH — A group of University of Canterbury Management 208 students are behind an initiative that will mean that the public can again enjoy a game of chess on an outdoor giant chess set in Christchurch.

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The results to 22 November of an ongoing University of Canterbury study into media coverage of the election show that coverage of policy is being sidelined by continuing media interest in the tea tape scandal involving Prime Minister John Key and the ACT Party’s candidate in the Epsom electorate, John Banks.

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The mid-point results of a University of Canterbury study into media coverage of the election show that the National Party received the largest percentage of election coverage, received 40.7 per cent of media coverage compared to the 36.8 per cent of coverage achieved by the Labour Party.

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CROMWELL — The University of Canterbury will play a leading role in the 150th celebrations of the Central Otago gold rush next year.

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CANTERBURY — The UC CEISMIC (Canterbury Earthquake Digital Archive) is launching its www.ceismic.org.nz website at an event at Canterbury Museum on Thursday 27 October, beginning at 6pm.

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Professor Keith Alexander will receive the inaugural University of Canterbury Innovation Medal at a special event being held to celebrate his achievement today.

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The University of Canterbury and University of Canterbury Students’ Association are progressing plans to construct a temporary Events Centre in the UCSA carpark on UC’s Ilam campus.

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CANTERBURY — The University of Canterbury advises that Image Construction will begin the demolition of the Mushroom and Siemon buildings on its Ilam campus on 25 October.

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NEC New Zealand Ltd (“NEC New Zealand”) announces today its collaboration for research as a Research Sponsor with the New Zealand ICT[1] Innovation Institute (NZi3) based at the University of Canterbury, the first of such an engagement at this level for NZi3.

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The University of Canterbury was honoured with a Green Gown Award at the recent ACTS (Australasian Campuses Towards Sustainability) conference in Adelaide for the restoration of the Okeover stream which runs through its Ilam campus.

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The University of Canterbury is to offer 95 new scholarships of $2000 each to returning students in 2012, thanks to the generous donations of UC alumni and friends to the UC Foundation’s 2011 Earthquake Scholarships Appeal.

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Students on the University of Canterbury’s American New Zealand Association (ANZA)-funded after school homework support and outreach programmes are flourishing and acknowledge the positive impact that it is having on their secondary studies and on their future aspirations.

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A University of Canterbury political scientist is calling on New Zealand politicians not to “throw the baby out with the bath water” when the results come in from November’s voting system referendum.

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The University of Canterbury has announced the launch of its 2012 UC Guarantee.

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CHRISTCHURCH — Awesome experiments, robot displays, microscopic gold panning and the biggest bouncy castle in the South Island are just some of the features of the University of Canterbury’s Community Open Day this Saturday (1 October).

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The University of Canterbury will deconstruct the Mushroom and Siemon buildings on its Ilam campus with demolition work set to begin in mid-October.

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CHRISTCHURCH — Prime Minister and UC alumnus the Rt Hon John Key officially welcomes a new era in supercomputing at the University of Canterbury today.

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CANTERBURY — The University of Canterbury announced today that it is the first New Zealand university to receive a 5-star rating in the newly-established international QS Stars rating system.

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CHRISTCHURCH — Awesome experiments, robot displays, microscopic gold panning and the biggest bouncy castle in the South Island will be just some of the features of the University of Canterbury’s Community Open Day on Saturday 1 October from 10am to 3pm.

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CANTERBURY — New research from the University of Canterbury’s Psychology department has shown that UC students’ grade point average in semester one of 2011 was slightly improved compared to semester one in 2010.

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Two University of Canterbury researchers have been awarded prestigious Rutherford Discovery Fellowships totalling $1.6 million over five years to help them develop their research careers in New Zealand.

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The University of Canterbury’s School of Music has launched its Concert Series programme for the remainder of 2011.

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The University of Canterbury says material released today which purports to be a document presented to the University's governing body is misleading.

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CANTERBURY — The University of Canterbury campus is open today - Wednesday 17 August.

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CANTERBURY — The University of Canterbury campus is closed for the entire day today (Tuesday 16 August) due to heavy snowfall.

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CHRISTCHURCH — Thirty-four secondary school students from around Christchurch are amongst the first to achieve preferential entry to the University of Canterbury.

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The University of Canterbury has launched an after school homework support and Maori leadership programme for students of Aranui High School thanks to funding from the American New Zealand Association (ANZA).

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A University of Canterbury academic’s research on the political aspirations and well-being of future generations has been recognised with an international research grant of more than NZ$1million and an appointment to a London-based think tank.

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The University of Canterbury has significantly increased its summer scholarships and postgraduate scholarship funding for 2012.

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A proposed course, developed by a University of Canterbury academic and aimed at providing future engineers with the skills to manage modern transportation engineering problems, has received backing from one of the world’s largest technology companies.

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CHRISTCHURCH — We regret to announce that there has been a death on campus in what appears to be an isolated incident.

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CHRISTCHURCH — Due to icy conditions at the University campus and on roads around Christchurch, the University of Canterbury will not be re-opening until 11am today (Tuesday).

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CANTERBURY — Due to the ongoing adverse weather conditions, and the possibility of frosts overnight, a decision on re-opening the University will not be made until tomorrow morning.

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Lured by free burgers University of Canterbury students gathered to hear Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (CERA) Chief Executive Roger Sutton speak on campus earlier today.

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CANTERBURY — The University of Canterbury’s Acting Vice-Chancellor, Professor Ian Town, says the University is disappointed by the actions of students who attended a party which got out of control at a property on Riccarton Road last night.

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A University of Canterbury academic has received almost $1million in funding for a research project investigating the long-term neurological development of preterm infants.

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CANTERBURY — The University of Canterbury has increased its scholarship funding for 2012 and beyond by more than a third.

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CANTERBURY — A former Minister of Finance, and a philanthropist and patron of the arts will receive honorary doctorates from the University of Canterbury in December.

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Companies keen to improve their environmental performance should take a look at the characteristics of their board of directors.

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Taking public health research, crime research, hazards management, cultural mapping and city planning to the next level through advanced technologies is the goal of a new and unique trans-Tasman partnership for the University of Canterbury.

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CANTERBURY — The University of Canterbury is to hold a series of free public lectures which will consider the geological, engineering and psychological aspects of the recent earthquakes.

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CHRISTCHURCH — The University of Canterbury has increased its scholarship funding for 2012 and beyond by more than one third, with a particular focus on increasing scholarship funding available for first-year undergraduates.

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CHRISTCHURCH — The University of Canterbury is on track to resume full operations by Monday 20 June, following this week’s earthquake aftershocks.

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CHRISTCHURCH — The University of Canterbury will not re-open today (Wednesday) but will progressively give general access to buildings from Thursday 16 June.

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CHRISTCHURCH — Following a series of aftershocks that struck Canterbury this afternoon, the University of Canterbury as a precaution closed its campus and evacuated both Ilam and Dovedale sites.

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CANTERBURY — A University of Canterbury academic has developed new methods that can help groundwater catchment managers match users' rights with scarce water resources.

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AUCKLAND CITY — The University of Canterbury has signed a contract with IBM that increases our BlueFern High Performance Computing (HPC) capacity by 10 times.

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  A University of Canterbury academic has received international recognition from the world’s largest organisation for psychologists.

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CHRISTCHURCH — The effectiveness of New Zealand’s oceans governance regime will come under close scrutiny in a project being undertaken by a University of Canterbury environmental law specialist.

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CHRISTCHURCH — Dr Kyoko Fukuda of the University of Canterbury is extending her PhD thesis and recently-published research to develop a new software package to assist hospital planners to deal with varying hospital presentation trends.

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A collaborative team of University of Canterbury entomologists, virologists and plant biologists has discovered new viruses in dragonflies in the Kingdom of Tonga.

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CHRISTCHURCH — There was a real buzz in the University of Canterbury’s Jack Mann Auditorium at the College of Education today as more than 60 students aged 13yrs-25yrs took part in Youth Vision 2050.

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CHRISTCHURCH — The majority of University of Canterbury students report that they still feel safe following the 22 February earthquake (70 per cent) and say that they would recommend the University to other students (90 per cent) according to a recent survey of UC students.

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CHRISTCHURCH — Dozens of young people from around Christchurch are coming together between the 20 and 22 May to participate in Youth Vision 2050.

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A ‘kiwi’ upbringing and a can-do attitude earmarks University of Canterbury graduates for success according to Bruce Herbert, Recruitment and Talent Development for The Fletcher Construction Company’s Engineering Division.

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CHRISTCHURCH — One of the world's most well-known climate scientists, Dr James Hansen, will give a public lecture at the University of Canterbury on 20 May as part of his New Zealand speaking tour.

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CHRISTCHURCH — A global survey involving University of Canterbury political scientist Dr Bronwyn Hayward has found that young adult New Zealanders are more relaxed, confident and optimistic than their counterparts in other countries.

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New research to be published in the Journal of Marketing Management shows that some Christians are happy to ignore some of their beliefs if they feel it is justified.

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Researchers based at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand have found that migrating humpback whales achieve navigational precision usually associated with jetliners or arrows.

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CHRISTCHURCH — University of Canterbury researchers are unravelling the critical role that disaster waste management plays in recovery from natural disasters.

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CHRISTCHURCH — Two cohorts of University of Canterbury students will soon be heading to the UK to complete a term of study at the University of Oxford.

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CANTERBURY — University of Canterbury geologists will be working with four scientists from the University of Calgary’s Consortium for Research in Elastic Wave Exploration Seismology (CREWES) and GNS Science to undertake a seismic reflection survey in Christchurch, beginning this week.

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CHRISTCHURCH — More than 500 graduates will attend the University of Canterbury’s special graduate celebrations for 2010 graduates in Christchurch and Auckland this month.

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CHRISTCHURCH — The University of Canterbury is pleased to announce an exchange opportunity for 42 of its senior students to study for a term at the University of Oxford.

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CHRISTCHURCH — University of Canterbury computer science PhD candidate Stephen Fitchett has recently returned from a placement as UC’s first Microsoft intern.

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Four University of Canterbury engineering students have won the prestigious Ray Meyer Medal award from IPENZ (Institution of Professional Engineers) with four UC academic staff also achieving recognition for their contribution to the engineering profession.

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CHRISTCHURCH — The University of Canterbury Council has announced that it will hold special graduate celebrations for 2010 graduates in April in Christchurch and Auckland.

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CHRISTCHURCH — Academics across the University of Canterbury are developing a new 15-point community engagement course which it intends to offer to all University of Canterbury students and the wider community.

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CHRISTCHURCH — More than 160 students have now arrived at the University of Adelaide for a semester one exchange from the University of Canterbury organised in the wake of the 22 February earthquake.

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CHRISTCHURCH — The University of Canterbury is very grateful to universities throughout New Zealand for their involvement in an exchange programme announced today for domestic and international undergraduate students wanting to spend their first semester away from Christchurch in the wake of last week's earthquake.

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CHRISTCHURCH — The University of Canterbury is bringing in Hi-Tech buildings to assist with the progressive restart of the University year.

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CHRISTCHURCH — The University of Canterbury is offering study abroad options at the University of Adelaide for this semester for up to 500 selected University of Canterbury undergraduate students.

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CHRISTCHURCH —   As we come to the end of the first weekend following the 22nd February Earthquake/Aftershock, it is timely to reflect on the past five days and let you know what’s happening in the coming week.

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CHRISTCHURCH — University of Canterbury researchers Dr Fiona Cross and Professor Robert Jackson have found that the East African spider that feeds on a notorious malaria-carrying mosquito is attracted to smelly human feet.

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CHRISTCHURCH — A US academic visiting the University of Canterbury believes educators worldwide are struggling to adapt to the digital, global era in which we live.

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CHRISTCHURCH — Any trip to Antarctica is an amazing experience, but following in his grandfather’s footsteps more than 100 years later was a memorable and emotional experience for Julian Evans.

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Researchers at the University of Canterbury and the University of Auckland are calling for stronger action to protect and increase native bird populations after finding proof that low bird numbers are causing a decline in plant life.

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CANTERBURY — The University of Canterbury (UC) and Lincoln University have joined forces to offer a new Graduate Certificate in Science Innovation and Entrepreneurship, starting in 2011.

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CHRISTCHURCH — Two University of Canterbury mathematicians have received national recognition for their contributions to the discipline.

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