UC lecturer in Geohazards, Risk and Resilience, Dr Matthew Hughes confirms that Canterbury tsunami occurred, and the importance of heeding tsunami evacuation warnings.

UC disaster research students have been selected by the Japanese Embassy for a disaster resilience study tour of Japan in December.

UC experts are contributing to the large science and research response to the 7.5m earthquake both in North Canterbury and Wellington to better understand what has happened

UC has appointed the award-winning American percussionist Dr Justin DeHart as the new Senior Lecturer of Performance in the School of Music.

Southland English is arguably the only regional accent in New Zealand, yet UC linguist Dr Lynn Clark is leading the first large-scale, comprehensive study into the accent.

University of Canterbury researchers have snared almost 10 per cent of the Marsden Fund research grants announced today, with eight successful UC research proposals.

A new calculator developed by UC experts gives people interested in solar electricity a useful estimate about whether solar will be cost-effective for them.

Two UC academics have received special awards for their research from the Health Research Council of New Zealand at a recent ceremony.