The Lincoln University Research Committee has presented Early Career Research Awards to two of its academic staff: Dr Michaela Balzarova and Dr Amanda Black.

Lincoln University has announced that it will be expanding the Lincoln University Research Dairy Farm (LURDF) to further support a range of research projects related to improving the success of New Zealand’s dairy industry.

On Saturday 18 May University rugby rivalry featured in the Christchurch Metro competition when Lincoln University played Canterbury University, at Ilam Fields, in their annual match for the Hart O’Reilly Trophy.

Lincoln University has today announced the formation of a new Farms Committee to oversee the development of the 3,900ha of farmland owned and operated by the University. 

Lincoln University Future Leaders Scholarship student, Brigitte Ravera, has been awarded a prestigious place at the 2013 United States – New Zealand Pacific Partnership Forum to be held in Washington D.C. from 19 to 21 May.

Lincoln University’s Kellogg Rural Leaders Programme is helping to shape the future of agribusiness and rural affairs in New Zealand. The alumni list already includes an impressive list of successful New Zealanders, including DairyNZ Chairman John Luxton and Rt. Hon Dame Jenny Shipley. Upon completion of this year’s programme, two Young Farmer Contest winners will be joining that list

On Wednesday 3 July Lincoln University will be hosting on campus the Agri-Tech Exec Forum 2013, an intense, one-day, case study-based programme of learning where participants are immersed in debates about what defines success and failure for real NZ firms, enriched by facilitated, roundtable discussions with business peers.

Two senior Lincoln University professors, both of whom joined the staff in 1994, have been appointed to professor emeritus/emerita rank, recognising outstanding contributions and academic stature in their fields of study.

Plant viruses are notoriously difficult to detect and present a significant economic risk to New Zealand’s productive industries. 

Community, national and international togetherness is the theme of this year’s Lincoln Community Anzac Day Service in the Lincoln Event Centre, Meijer Drive, Lincoln, at 2.00pm on Thursday 25 April.

Lincoln University’s Kellogg Rural Leaders Programme is not only highly regarded within the New Zealand rural and agriculture sector, but its reputation extends across the Tasman, with the course accepting its first Australian participant this year. 

Today (16 April) Ngāi Tahu Property, Lincoln University and Te Tapuae o Rehua signed a memorandum of understanding, which marks the beginning of Whenua Kura, an initiative focussed on supporting more local Māori into agriculture.

Today’s release of the Tertiary Education Commission’s Performance-based Research Fund evaluation results confirms Lincoln University’s position as New Zealand’s specialist land-based university.

A student from Lincoln University’s School of Landscape Architecture has placed in the top five in a prestigious international design competition.

Lincoln University is pleased to be a conference partner for the TARC International Conference in 2013. The conference is being held in Kuala Lumpar in Malaysia at Tunku Abdul Rahman College (TARC), on 21-22 October 2013 and will talk about learning strategies, digital learning and the effects of globalisation on teaching institutions.

One of the many techniques that athletes use to improve their performance and recovery is altitude training. Research at Lincoln University has determined that similar low-oxygen training techniques can also benefit those who struggle to exercise by lowering their cardiovascular risk factors.

Today (28 March) the Prime Minister spoke from the heart to over 300 students and staff at Lincoln University about the leadership and management that will be needed to serve New Zealand well into the future.

Potential water shortages and water stress will present a significant threat to the future growth and development of the tourism industry in the Asia Pacific region states a white paper on Tourism and Water released today (22 March) in Singapore.

China is now the world’s largest energy consumer, and the national government is investing billions and introducing policy measures to encourage energy conservation, emissions reduction and production of renewables.

Lincoln University serves up a smorgasbord of attractions on Thursday 21 March with a public Community Day from 1.30 – 7.30pm as part of Lincoln township’s 150th birthday Heritage Festival. The University has been part of Lincoln since its foundation as a School of Agriculture in 1878.

Lincoln University’s School of Landscape Architecture has taken its practical design-innovation approach to new heights with a recent field trip to Kaitorete Spit, along the Canterbury coast.

In seven years, a tiny sap-sucking insect called the tomato-potato psyllid (TPP) has caused major damage in the potato industry in New Zealand.  Research conducted by the Bio-Protection Research Centre at Lincoln University, using the southern ladybird as a biological control agent, has shown the predator to be voracious and effective at reducing TPP numbers on glasshouse potatoes.  On Wednesday 13 March, the first batch of these potent predators will be released on an organic potato crop in Hororata, as research moves from the lab to the field.

Research by staff and postgraduate students at Lincoln University’s Centre for Viticulture and Oenology has put the University at the forefront of understanding the nature of red wines, particularly Pinot noir.

The 2013 academic year is fully underway at Lincoln University with lectures starting today. 

Keynote speaker Professor Regina Scheyvens addressed the role of corporate social responsibility in the tourism industry, as the annual Council for Australasian University Tourism and Hospitality Education (CAUTHE) conference entered its second day (Wednesday 13 February) at Lincoln University last week.

Tourism is an exciting, diverse and important industry for New Zealand and the world, however it is influenced by many external factors that can’t be controlled.  One of those factors is global change.   How is global change shifting consumption patterns?  What are the emerging markets?  How do you respond when Mother Nature intervenes?  These are three of many questions to be discussed at the Council for Australasian University Tourism and Hospitality Education (CAUTHE) conference, being held at Lincoln University from Monday 11 to Thursday 14 February.

The current spate of bushfires across the Tasman and the destructive grass fires in Canterbury once again highlight the very real risks posed by uncontrollable fires in rural and semi-rural environments.

Post-disaster urban ecology, new pest control method and New Year honour for John Buck.

Establishment of a Lake Research Centre on the shores of Te Waihora, Lake Ellesmere, was put on the wish list of the Waterways Centre for Freshwater Management when it was “future proofed” with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between Lincoln and Canterbury universities today (18 December).

In light of the University of Canterbury’s positive announcement today regarding their increased applications, Lincoln University is also pleased to state that applications are up, compared to this time last year. 

Sri Lankan born Thamali Jayasekara has taken out the 2012 Jade Prize, for receiving the highest mark in one of her final year courses, Software Engineering at Lincoln University.

Two Lincoln University students will be making up a New Zealand contingent of 68 heading to Japan on December 9 to study first-hand the effects of the devastating earthquake and tsunami of March, 2011.

A job for which he never had an interview has given retiring Lincoln University Associate Professor of Agronomy George Hill  forty satisfying years in a career that has contributed significantly to his field in New Zealand and internationally.

It’s thumbs up from Lincoln University laboratory manager Joshua Philips for experimental beard-growing.  The 30-day facial hair follicle trial won him the Best Result award in Lincoln University’s Movember competition, judged by members of The Court Jesters comedy team.

There was success a plenty for staff and students from Lincoln University’s Faculty of Agriculture and Life Science at the 150th Canterbury A&P show.

The possibility for a future career in science received a well-deserved boost for year 13 Lincoln High School student Rachel Cottam after receiving the Lincoln University Scholarship prize at the 2012 Canterbury-Westland Schools’ Science and Technology Fair.

Lincoln University’s Vice-Chancellor, Dr Andrew West, today announced his new senior management team.

Canterbury-based dairy enterprise Synlait Farms clinched the Lincoln University Foundation’s South Island Farmer of the Year competition for 2012 last night (Thursday 8 November 2012) with an entry that judges hailed as a prime example of New Zealand’s leadership role in innovative and entrepreneurial agricultural practice.

On Wednesday 24 October Queenstown’s tourism industry will hear from Lincoln University researchers on the subject of what impact climate change could have on their livelihoods and ultimately the region itself.

Lincoln University pays respects to the memory of distinguished alumnus Sir Wilson James Whineray who died in Auckland on Monday 22 October aged 77.

Honey is a tasty, high energy food valued for its taste, colour and unique combination of nutrients that is eaten regularly in New Zealand.

Lincoln University Council voted on Tuesday 16 October to increase domestic course fees by 4% for 2013.

The Lincoln University Foundation South Island Farmer of the year completion for 2012 has attracted entries ranging from a large multi-farm dairying company to specialists in agricultural feed crops and a high country merino station.

It’s “not so much about a rugby stadium.” That’s according to Geoff Barry of Sport Canterbury who was a guest panellist at the Future of Sport of Recreation in Canterbury forum organised and hosted by Lincoln University on Wednesday 3 October.

We are over two years on from the first of the earthquakes that would shake not just the region itself but Cantabrians’ confidence in all that we knew about where we live.   We have been given a whole new set of parameters on which to base our decisions – and these have continued to change as we find out more about what a city in post-earthquake recovery mode looks like.

At the Champion Canterbury business awards on 27 September, BioBrew Ltd was a finalist in the Champion Producer/Manufacturer Small Enterprise category.  BioBrew Ltd produces microbial products and they are used in a variety of animal nutrition applications, including domesticated species at all stages of development.  In collaboration with Lincoln University’s Food Microbiology Laboratory in the Department of Wine, Food and Molecular Bioscience, BioBrew’s products are developed through ongoing research.

The Agribusiness and Economics Research Unit (AERU) at Lincoln University will celebrate 50 years of research leadership in October, hosting an event with past and current staff, government officials and key stakeholders.

Animal scientist and PhD candidate, Paul (Long) Cheng, from the Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Lincoln University has developed a simple technique which has the potential to reduce environmental pollution caused by nitrogen compounds excreted by grazing animals such as sheep and cattle. This is a small part of his doctoral research project.

If you are a graduate, friend or supporter of Lincoln University (or previously Lincoln College or Canterbury Agricultural College), why not come along to a special evening to celebrate ‘Generations at Lincoln’ and to be part of the University’s future.

Black foot disease is a scourge of newly planted vineyards worldwide.  The disease is caused by several species of Cylindrocarpon, a fungus present in some soils. It is a major cause of death in young grapevines and currently there is no known control.  Because this disease kills young vines it has the potential to cause significant economic loss to the New Zealand wine industry as diseased vines and inoculum must be removed or a new site sought.
 

Bitten by the life-long learning bug as a young man, Lincoln University’s retired Dean of Commerce, Dr Patrick Aldwell, confesses he could easily have been seen as a “professional student” in his youth and a “collector of degrees” – he has four of them plus a diploma! 

An urban plan designed to attract residents back into Christchurch’s southern CBD by connecting housing along the Central City Plan’s proposed greenway, and another plan to regenerate public green spaces along the Avon River, are the top urban design ideas in a competition for rebuilding quake-affected Christchurch.

At a time when money is tight for many families, students need to be able to support their study.  At Lincoln University there are approximately 300 students on a scholarship, with around 100 first year students holding a scholarship.

Immigration New Zealand has announced Canterbury English language and foundation certificate international students will have wider access to work rights under an 18-month trial.

Former Prime Minister, the Right Honourable Helen Clark, will present a State of the Nation’s Environment public address at Lincoln University on Monday 20 August.

Five students from Australia have won the opportunity to visit New Zealand’s specialist land-based university to see first-hand what a Lincoln University degree can give them.

Combining a passion for resource economics and climbing (and throw research into the mix) has taken Professor Ross Cullen on an amazing journey that has involved scaling the academic ladder at Lincoln University and scaling mountains around the world.  At the end of June, Ross retired his academic ‘boots’ as Professor of Resource Economics at Lincoln University after 21 years on the staff.

Around 60 U17 and U18 rugby players and coaching staff are at Lincoln University this week to be involved in the Crusaders Region Underage Development Camp.

Private sector tourism operators are taking increased responsibility for improving their business outlooks in the face of continuing challenges, a major new report by the Tourism Industry Association New Zealand (TIA) and Lincoln University shows.

Lincoln University’s second-year landscape architecture students have teamed up with Healthy Christchurch and Christchurch’s Māori, Pacific and ethnic communities to create six serene gardens - Places of Tranquillity – at demolition sites across Christchurch.

Lincoln University will reopen on Friday 8 June. All services including the Library, Recreation Centre and Childcare facilities will be operating under their normal hours.

Lincoln University’s Master of Science student, Andrew Pugh, has been awarded a Hicks Scholarship for 2012 of $15,000.  The Hicks Scholarships, established in 2011 by Guardian Trust, are part of the Hicks Trust’s wider objectives of promoting all forms of farming in New Zealand, by assisting students to undertake relevant research.

With a National eScience Infrastructure (NeSI) Summer of eResearch Scholarship, a Lincoln University undergraduate student has developed software so that the only university in New Zealand to house an entomology museum can digitise its collection.

Farmers who have won the annual Lincoln University Foundation South Island Farmer of the Year Award say winning the competition is good for business.

Lincoln University hosted two events over the weekend, starting with rugby against University of Canterbury teams on Saturday.  Then on Sunday the Future Leaders scholars ran their Shave to Save fundraising event.

Members of the European Parliament visited Lincoln University last week and were given an overview of Lincoln University and discussed New Zealand and Europe joint-interests with regards to agriculture, common agricultural policy, dairy farming and tourism.

It is predicted that by 2050 the world’s population will reach 9.2 billion people and we continue to make ever-increasing demands on our environment.  Primary production is an essential part of New Zealand’s economy and many of the agricultural tools and techniques of the past are losing their effectiveness.  As a land-based specialist university, Lincoln University has a role to play in training the next generation in how to deal with these issues to meet future demands.

Two Lincoln University diploma holders who served in World War 2 received special mention when a Roll of Honour board was rededicated at a special ceremony within the Lincoln Anzac Day Service at the Lincoln Event Centre on Wednesday

Lincoln University will award the prestigious Gold Medal for the Diploma in Horticultural Management as part of the University's 2012 graduation.

New Zealand’s land-based economy gets its annual boost of new blood on Friday (20 April) when  Lincoln University produces its latest batch of graduates.

Over the past year Lincoln University landscape architect students have played a valuable role in the earthquake recovery.  Students have been involved in community projects such as the Re:START mall project and Greening the Rubble sites.

Each day stoats kill an average of 40 North Island brown kiwi chicks. and possums destroy forests and reduce native birdlife numbers.

Lincoln University today welcomed the announcement by Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Hon Steven Joyce as he outlined a support package for the international education sector in Christchurch.

The bringing together of the Ministry of Science and Innovation’s (MSI) undergraduate internship scheme and Frizzell Agricultural Electronics Hydrotec system is reaping benefits for farmers.  Matt Almutairi, a recent graduate, and Dr Stuart Charters from Lincoln University’s Department of Applied Computing have been working with Nick and Alastair Frizzell to automate the data handling, communicating via SMS, of the Hydrotec system. 

In addition to the prestige for students of winning awards at the Ellerslie show and the benefit for them in getting their names out to the public as upcoming landscape architects, participation in the event is a major learning opportunity.

Lincoln University Chancellor, Tom Lambie, today announced the appointment of Dr Andrew West – former Chief Executive of AgResearch Ltd and current Adjunct Professor of AgriBusiness at the University of Waikato – as the new Vice-Chancellor of New Zealand’s specialist land-based university.

Lincoln University’s Research Committee has presented awards to four Lincoln University researchers, acknowledging their research excellence and providing funding to assist them as they continue their research careers.

After a week of orientation, Lincoln University students were officially welcomed on to campus this week by the Vice-Chancellor Professor Roger Field, as the academic year finally gets underway.

The latest survey of commercial office owners and occupiers in Christchurch shows that demand for office space could reach around 180,000 sqm in the rebuilt CBD.  This is based on 32% of the survey’s respondents indicating that they are planning to relocate to the CBD from current suburban premises.

Cadmium is a toxic heavy metal that can accumulate in agricultural soil and cannot be broken down by natural processes.  Some fertilisers contain cadmium as an impurity and this is difficult to remove before application.

February 22 marks a year since the devastating earthquake hit the city of Christchurch.  Although located away from the city itself, Lincoln University has staff and students who live in Christchurch and who have been impacted to a lesser or greater extent by the earthquake that day.   Lives were lost and many more were changed by the events of February 22 2011 and the University will hold two minutes silence in remembrance.

The 2011 Lincoln University Foundation South Island Farmer of the Year will hold a field day on their South Canterbury property in early March.

Tom Latham and Andrew Ellis have made the Black Caps cricket squad for the upcoming ODIs against Zimbabwe.

On Wednesday 25 January the Student Recruitment Team trialled a new initiative called Decision Day.  Essentially this was an open house for any prospective students and interested parties to come along for an informal chat to one of the team to discuss options.