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Fruit and vegetables best protection for pancreas
Tuesday, 29 April 2014, 12:32 pm | University of Auckland
A University of Auckland research team has found that people who eat both fruit and vegetables will have the best protection against common pancreatic diseases. Tobacco use, obesity and heavy alcohol consumption were the biggest risk factors for the ... More >>
Keeping Secrets: Privacy and Security online
Monday, 28 April 2014, 10:37 am | University of Auckland
With our increasing reliance on electronic communication and the rapid growth of social media, how do we maintain privacy and protect ourselves? Privacy is ultimately connected to security which provides a means to protect our information from unauthorised ... More >>
Māori Funds Welcomed; But Caution Needed
Thursday, 17 April 2014, 1:26 pm | Nga Pae o te Maramatanga
The government’s announcement to invest up to $2.5 million a year over the next two years in Māori-led science and innovation has been cautiously welcomed by Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (NPM), the country’s only Māori Centre of Research Excellence. More >>
Research focus important for optometry
Tuesday, 15 April 2014, 4:21 pm | University of Auckland
It’s vital for optometry students to engage in research and keep up to date with new developments in clinical practice, says Professor Steven Dakin, the new head of Optometry at the University of Auckland. More >>
Research seeks to reduce impact of whooping cough
Monday, 14 April 2014, 10:05 am | University of Auckland
Dr Helen Petousis-Harris from The University of Auckland has been awarded funding for a research project that will investigate the effectiveness of maternal booster immunisation on the incidence of whooping cough in infants. More >>
University of Auckland offers new Master of Teaching degree
Friday, 11 April 2014, 3:00 pm | University of Auckland
The country’s largest tertiary teacher education provider, the University of Auckland’s Faculty of Education, will offer a Master of Teaching (Primary) from July 2014. More >>
Making a Change in Health and Advanced Ageing
Wednesday, 9 April 2014, 9:57 am | University of Auckland
Members of Te RōpuKaitaki o Ngā Tikanga Māori led by Dr Mere Kepa of the University of Auckland headed to the 66th Gerontological Society America (GSA) Conference 22-24 November 2013 held in New Orleans Dr Kepa said, “For those who made this historic ... More >>
Symposium examines power of the artist’s ‘pointed pen’
Tuesday, 8 April 2014, 1:08 pm | University of Auckland
The significance and power of the artist’s ‘pointed pen’ falls under the spotlight next month at a symposium entitled Cartoons, Comics and Caricatures: Evidence or Ephemera? More >>
Tough Mudder team All Ears to raise money for deaf teens
Monday, 7 April 2014, 11:00 am | University of Auckland
Participating in Tough Mudder, the gruelling obstacle course designed by the British Special Forces, is a dream come true for University of Auckland student Josh Foreman. Tough Mudder events are hard-core obstacle courses designed to test your all around ... More >>
Funding for two breast cancer research projects
Friday, 4 April 2014, 4:25 pm | University of Auckland
Two innovative breast cancer research projects at the University of Auckland have gained funding from the Health Research Council. More >>
Auckland scientist leads climate change health impact report
Wednesday, 2 April 2014, 11:24 am | University of Auckland
Climate change impacts on human health were the focus of an Auckland academic’s contribution to the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The second part of the Fifth assessment report has just been released by ... More >>
Mums and Dads wanted for positive parenting programme
Tuesday, 1 April 2014, 1:01 pm | University of Auckland
The University of Auckland is running a study for parents who want help managing their child’s behaviour. More >>
University to play key role in first of Science Challenges
Tuesday, 1 April 2014, 11:20 am | University of Auckland
High-Value Nutrition – University of Auckland to play key role in first of national Science Challenges More >>
Research into muttonbird exposure to Fukushima radiation
Thursday, 27 March 2014, 2:46 pm | University of Auckland
Scientists from the University of Auckland will undertake research to test whether New Zealand muttonbirds that spend the winter off the coast of Japan may have been exposed to radiation from the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant. More >>
Cardboard Cathedral architect wins equivalent of Nobel Prize
Thursday, 27 March 2014, 10:59 am | University of Auckland
Shigeru Ban, architect of Christchurch’s Transitional (“Cardboard”) Cathedral, has won the Pritzker Prize. Ban is a world-class architect and expert in disaster-zone building. The new Cathedral is his largest post-disaster structure to date. “The ... More >>
Five top doctoral theses honoured
Wednesday, 26 March 2014, 2:24 pm | University of Auckland
The Vice-Chancellor’s Prize for the Best Doctoral Thesis at the University of Auckland in 2013 has gone to PhD students in the Faculties of Arts, Education and Science and the Liggins Institute. More >>
School of Music students compete for $5k prize at graduation
Monday, 24 March 2014, 12:08 pm | University of Auckland
Three young virtuoso musicians from the University of Auckland’s School of Music will take to the stage in early May to compete for a $5,000 grand prize and the opportunity to progress an illustrious solo career, at the popular annual Graduation Gala Concerto ... More >>
Lecture will unveil the arrival of Shakespeare’s works in NZ
Monday, 24 March 2014, 10:38 am | University of Auckland
The arrival of the only First Folio of Shakespeare’s work in New Zealand is the subject of the University of Auckland’s Alice Griffin Shakespeare Fellow 2014. Dr Emma Smith of Hertford College, Oxford University, will describe how a copy of ... More >>
The Value and Future of Māori Research
Friday, 21 March 2014, 4:21 pm | Nga Pae o te Maramatanga
On Thursday 20th March 2014 Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (NPM) hosted a national workshop at Waipapa Marae, the University of Auckland to discuss the value and future of Māori Research in New Zealand. This followed on from the shock decision to terminate Government ... More >>
Tiny objects hide stanzas of New Zealand Poet Laureate
Wednesday, 19 March 2014, 10:40 am | University of Auckland
At first glance it looks like a display of typical every-day objects. There’s a piece of cardboard, a bus pass, a camera lens and a piece of coal, alongside a paua shell, a watch and a chunk of glass. But each object has a secret. Invisible ... More >>
