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National Workshop on the Future of Māori Research
Wednesday, 19 March 2014, 10:33 am | Nga Pae o te Maramatanga
Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (NPM) is convening a national workshop on Thursday 20th March 2014 at Waipapa Marae, the University of Auckland from 12pm to 6pm. This workshop will discuss the crucial role that Māori Research has in the future of New Zealand. ... More >>
Range of cures likely for tinnitus
Monday, 17 March 2014, 5:12 pm | University of Auckland
Tinnitus researchers agree that there may never be a single cure for tinnitus, but instead a range of treatments for different types of tinnitus will be needed. More >>
Genetic markers provide primate link in human evolution
Thursday, 13 March 2014, 11:41 am | University of Auckland
Genetics provide stunning new answers to the question of human evolution, according to Auckland cancer researcher, Dr Graeme Finlay. Genetic markers that are used to follow the development of populations of cells have exactly the same character as ... More >>
Students’ exhibition celebrates up and coming architects
Wednesday, 12 March 2014, 1:54 pm | University of Auckland
Students from the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of Auckland have cause for celebration following their recent clean sweep at industry design competitions. More >>
Auckland scientists discover new stem cell in human skin
Wednesday, 12 March 2014, 11:33 am | University of Auckland
Auckland scientists have discovered new cells with stem cell properties in human skin, opening the door to a range of new treatments for skin diseases and unhealed wounds. More >>
Participants invited to help nutrigenomics studies
Friday, 7 March 2014, 10:50 am | University of Auckland
Men and women are invited to participate in several nutrition-related intervention studies to be carried out in Auckland this year. Scientists, doctors and a growing number of the public have been aware for some time that good nutrition is more than ... More >>
Auckland student in global breast cancer challenge
Friday, 7 March 2014, 10:45 am | University of Auckland
A University of Auckland doctoral student is part of a team which won a division of the inaugural Breast Cancer Startup Challenge announced in Washington this week. More >>
Intrepid University of Auckland academic to row the Pacific
Thursday, 6 March 2014, 10:07 am | University of Auckland
What would you do if in your first attempt to row an ocean your small boat is attacked by a shark, the boat flips and leaves you with a head injury that needs stitches and you end up getting rescued in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean? When that happened ... More >>
Dismay at funding decision for Māori Research
Wednesday, 5 March 2014, 7:04 pm | Nga Pae o te Maramatanga
New Zealand’s leading Māori researchers and scholars are dismayed and shocked at a decision by the Royal Society of New Zealand not to shortlist the world’s only Māori and Indigenous Centre of Research Excellence, Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga ... More >>
Neuroscientist made distinguished alumnus
Wednesday, 5 March 2014, 1:47 pm | University of Auckland
Neuroscientist, medical doctor and Paralympic wheelchair athlete, Dr William Tan, has been made a Distinguished Alumnus of the University of Auckland. He is one of six University of Auckland Distinguished Alumni to receive the award at a gala dinner ... More >>
Director and writer awarded Young Alumna of the Year
Tuesday, 4 March 2014, 2:52 pm | University of Auckland
New Zealand Chinese writer and director Roseanne Liang has been named the University of Auckland’s Young Alumna of the Year. Roseanne is a screen writer and film director. Her first feature film, My Wedding and Other Secrets, was the highest grossing local ... More >>
University honours talented and prolific composer
Tuesday, 4 March 2014, 9:49 am | University of Auckland
One of the country’s most talented and prolific composers, Gareth Farr has been named as a 2014 Distinguished Alumni by the University of Auckland and will be honoured at a dinner to be held on Friday 14 March. More >>
Professor’s award-winning film to be taught in schools
Monday, 3 March 2014, 1:35 pm | University of Auckland
The award-winning documentary He Toki Huna: New Zealand in Afghanistan (2013) is set to be taught to hundreds of New Zealand secondary school students, giving them an important background and analysis of our role in the controversial war beyond ... More >>
Distinguished alumni honoured
Monday, 3 March 2014, 11:59 am | University of Auckland
Six outstanding graduates of the University of Auckland, in fields ranging from neuroscience and composing, to law and the visual arts, will be honoured at a gala dinner this month. More than 400 guests will attend the dinner in a large marquee ... More >>
Social media boon to those with speech-language difficulties
Thursday, 27 February 2014, 3:00 pm | University of Auckland
Social media sites such as twitter and new technology that allows face-to-face communication over the web has been a major boon to people with communication difficulties, says visiting speech-language pathologist Dr Caroline Bowen. More >>
Open day for new building and infrastructure research centre
Thursday, 27 February 2014, 1:07 pm | University of Auckland
Two former state houses have been relocated to a site in Ardmore as part of the University of Auckland’s new Sustainable Built Futures Centre which will provide a testing-ground for improvements in the energy-efficiency and liveability of New Zealand homes. More >>
Release of bug could put NZ native species at risk
Thursday, 27 February 2014, 10:26 am | University of Auckland
New Zealand’s native insects and plants will be put at risk if a proposal to release a predatory bug to protect tomato plants goes ahead, says University of Auckland biosecurity lecturer Dr Margaret Stanley. More >>
Gabriel Lester new Elam International Artist in Residence
Wednesday, 26 February 2014, 2:48 pm | University of Auckland
Critically acclaimed Dutch artist Gabriel Lester has been named as the next Elam International Artist in Residence at the University of Auckland. Renowned for his films and site-specific installations informed by cinematography and architecture, ... More >>
Climate change risk to islands under-estimated
Tuesday, 25 February 2014, 9:40 am | University of Auckland
Decades of work to create safe island havens for some of the world’s rarest species could be undone if sea levels rise as high as climate scientists predict, according to a new study. More >>
NZ focus for International Year of Light
Friday, 21 February 2014, 12:44 pm | University of Auckland
A rolling switch-off of lights around the globe and a focus on art works that celebrate natural light are just two suggested events to mark the International Year of Light in 2015, proclaimed by the UN late last year. More >>
