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News

Role of forensics in justice system being studied (20 May 2013)
A University of Canterbury historian is investigating forensics and its developing role in the justice system.

Awful tasting cod liver oil did do some good (23 April 2013)
Until the introduction of synthetic vitamins in the 1960s, the nauseating cod liver oil had been used in New Zealand since the earliest days of settlement to ward off or cure

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Features

CLASSOC presents The Wizard of New Zealand. Thursday, 23 May at 6pm in A2 Lecture Theatre.

The English Department presents The Wounded Brick Film screening 25 May 2013 at 6pm CPIT, DL lecture theatre, Madras Street.

Classics Day for High Schools, Thursday 6th June.

Congratulations to Luke Towart, Cinema Studies student, who is the recipient of a Masters Scholarship.

Congratulations to Art History and Theory majors Sarah Askey and Harriet Maher who have both been awarded UC Arts Scholars scholarships for 2013.

Congratulations to our two Art History Summer Scholarship recipients. Current MA student Petrena Fishburn was involved in cataloguing the Austen Deans Legacy Collection, and BA(Hons) and graduate Lucy Holland has been working alongside the Historic Places Trust and the Hitlab NZ at the University of Canterbury.
Hear more about Petrena's and Lucy's projects.

The James Logie Memorial Collection has recently received a generous donation of 12 rare classical texts (PDF 56KB) belonging to the late Professor Douglas A. Kidd. You can read more about the donation here.

Congratulations to English Department graduate Rebecca Jury on the publication of her book BA: An Insider's Guide.

Congratulations to Classics Students, Paige Delaney and Samuel Wakelin winners of Alabaster Scholarships and Rachel Gough and Lancia Hubley, winners of the Pocock Prize.

Congratulations to Associate Professor Philip Armstrong (English) who won the prestigious Landfall essay prize for his essay on life following the Christchurch earthquakes, On Tenuous Ground. The essay is in the latest issue of Landfall and you can read more about the award here.