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Pacific rowers crave a cold drink as wild weather bites
Tuesday, 3 June 2014, 2:46 pm | University of Auckland
Two-weeks into her row across the Pacific Ocean and Tara Remington has one small request. “I would give anything for an ice-cold drink of any sort.” The University of Auckland academic is rowing across the Pacific Ocean from Long Beach Los Angeles ... More >>
Public lecture explores the community impacts of hate crime
Tuesday, 3 June 2014, 10:53 am | University of Auckland
The community impact of hate crime is the topic of a public lecture at the University of Auckland next month. Professor Barbara Perry’s lecture “It could have been me”: Community impacts of hate crime , will talk about how an act of hate directed ... More >>
Film re-issued to help Georgina Beyer
Friday, 30 May 2014, 10:46 am | University of Auckland
Professor Annie Goldson’s critically acclaimed film Georgie Girl (2001) is being re-issued to raise money for Georgina Beyer, the film’s charismatic star, who has end-stage renal failure. The documentary is being streamed through the Occasional ... More >>
Rare award honours outstanding Auckland Law School academic
Thursday, 29 May 2014, 5:14 pm | University of Auckland
Professor Warren Brookbanks is among just a handful of scholars to be awarded a Doctor of Laws (LLD) degree from the Auckland Law School. More >>
Gary Oliver sees similarities between billiards and his job
Thursday, 29 May 2014, 2:57 pm | University of Auckland
Oliver is responsible for insurance issues at the University of Canterbury and in his spare time he is preparing to defend his New Zealand billiards title in Auckland in July. More >>
Topp Twins, Patea Maori Club music help academic row Pacific
Wednesday, 28 May 2014, 3:02 pm | University of Auckland
The music of Kiwi classics the Topp Twins and Patea Maori Club are helping Tara Remington row 4000 kms across the Pacific Ocean. More >>
Challenging image scoops Simon Devitt award
Wednesday, 28 May 2014, 1:45 pm | University of Auckland
Alice O’Brien-Gortner, a third-year Bachelor of Architectural Studies student at the University of Auckland has won the 2014 Simon Devitt Prize for Photography with her entry entitled ‘Extinguished’ More >>
Ripples from the Big Bang: the beginning of time
Tuesday, 27 May 2014, 3:53 pm | University of Auckland
The University of Auckland is live-streaming an event from the World Science Festival in New York where leading cosmologists are gathering to discuss the latest development in the quest to understand how the universe was formed. More >>
Does too much information/communication endanger democracy?
Tuesday, 27 May 2014, 2:47 pm | University of Auckland
Elections are designed to lead to stable and effective government if voters express their true opinions and vote sincerely. However, when they get a clear idea of how other voters might vote, voters may be tempted to maximise the chances of the desired ... More >>
Student-designed App to get people together in real world
Monday, 26 May 2014, 11:45 am | University of Auckland
A University of Auckland Computer Science student and a friend working in the tech industry have designed an App to get students together in person rather than online. More >>
Publications discuss future of families
Thursday, 22 May 2014, 5:18 pm | Nga Pae o te Maramatanga
Families are the corner stone of society, their futures are critical to us all. Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (NPM) is honored to have published two prestigious publications providing perspectives, insights and research to ensure the health and wellbeing ... More >>
New processes identified for killing cancer cells
Thursday, 22 May 2014, 2:35 pm | University of Auckland
Media Release University of Auckland 22 May 2014 New processes identified for killing cancer cells More >>
University academic starts long row across the Pacific
Thursday, 22 May 2014, 12:44 pm | University of Auckland
University of Auckland academic Tara Remington has started her row across the Pacific Ocean from Long Beach Los Angeles to Waikiki in Hawaii with American Paralympian Angela Madsen. More >>
Leading historian Keith Sorrenson’s book launch tomorrow
Wednesday, 21 May 2014, 1:21 pm | University of Auckland
Professor Keith Sorrenson’s latest book, Ko te Whenua te Utu/Land is the Price, will be celebrated at the Gus Fisher Gallery tomorrow night. Professor Sorrenson is one of New Zealand’s leading historians. More >>
Our youngsters score well on physical activity
Wednesday, 21 May 2014, 12:30 pm | University of Auckland
New Zealand children and youth are joint top overall in a global report card on physical activity. The Physical Activity Report Card for Children and Youth was initiated in Canada and for the first time, has been completed by 15 countries this year. More >>
Professor’s lecture will discuss neoliberalism in education
Tuesday, 20 May 2014, 4:40 pm | University of Auckland
The effect of rising neoliberalism and globalisation on education will be discussed at a public lecture at the University of Auckland next week. More >>
The psychology of computer insecurity: “bugs in the wetware"
Tuesday, 20 May 2014, 1:59 pm | University of Auckland
No matter how sophisticated a computer security system, the weak link in keeping data safe is human behaviour. In the final lecture in the University of Auckland Gibbons Lecture Series, honorary research associate in the Department of Computer ... More >>
Leading paediatrician gains physicians award
Tuesday, 20 May 2014, 1:41 pm | University of Auckland
One of New Zealand’s leading paediatricians, Distinguished Professor Jane Harding from the University of Auckland, was awarded the Howard Williams Medal for 2014 at the Royal Australasian College of Physicians Congress in Auckland today. More >>
Ageing brain new research focus
Tuesday, 20 May 2014, 11:51 am | University of Auckland
The ageing brain will be the focus of the new Centre for Research Excellence funding co-hosted by the University of Auckland. The new CoRE is to be co-hosted by the University of Auckland and the University of Otago under the leadership of co-directors Distinguished ... More >>
Need for Māori Research is validated by the Government
Friday, 16 May 2014, 2:19 pm | Nga Pae o te Maramatanga
The announcement of $5 million per annum to maintain a Māori Centre of Research Excellence (CoRE) as of January 2016 will ensure the important, distinctive and multifaceted research that will serve the interests of Māori and New Zealand. More >>
