Professor Steve Stannard, head of the School of Sport and Exercise, writes about Lance Armstrong’s spectacular fall from grace and what it says about the sport he loves.
May
09
Rethinking the use of ‘non-communicable disease’
Many of the diseases we call ‘non-communicable’ in fact behave in ways that make them look transmissible. We ‘catch’ these diseases from our environment – and that is something we can change, writes Vice-Chancellor Steve Maharey.
Apr
29
A grey tsunami looms
Massey’s new College of Health will help New Zealand face some imminent challenges, writes Vice-Chancellor Steve Maharey.
Apr
19
Bully beef and biscuits
A study shows that the diet of the ANZAC troops at Gallipoli was likely to cause scurvy.
Apr
12
Taking our measure
What do we expect of our universities? Far more than ever before, says Vice-Chancellor Steve Maharey.
Mar
20
Coping with climate change
The New Zealand farming community is going to have to cope with increasingly frequent summer droughts, writes Vice-Chancellor Steve Maharey. Massey can help.
Jan
15
Hut book
Shelter from the Storm: The Story of New Zealand’s Backcountry Huts
Shaun Barnett, Rob Brown, Geoff Spearpoint, Craig Potton Publishing
Reviewed by Malcolm Wood
Jan
14
Calls of the wild
In November of 2011, 25-year-old conservation biology master’s student Jonathan Cope travelled to Shaanxi province to study the vocalisations of golden snub-nosed monkeys, a field untouched by English-language researchers for four decades. He talks to Andrea O’Neil.
Jan
14
Gods and men
Redmer Yska talks to Stuart Lawrence, the author of Moral Awareness in Greek Tragedy.
