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Affordable art on offer at the Elam students’ art fair
Monday, 2 December 2013, 4:10 pm | University of Auckland
A run-down retreat in picturesque Huia will benefit from some of the proceeds of the sale of artworks by students and graduates of the University of Auckland’s Elam School of Fine Arts. More >>
University academic awarded fellowship to study mentoring
Monday, 2 December 2013, 2:13 pm | University of Auckland
University of Auckland academic Dr Pat Bullen has been awarded the 2014 Vodafone World of Difference Fellowship to further develop her expertise in youth mentoring. More >>
Auckland student film wins at Show me Shorts Film Festival
Monday, 2 December 2013, 12:36 pm | University of Auckland
Blind Mice, a short film by University of Auckland Film, Television and Media Studies graduate Walter Lawry, has won Best Student Film at the 8th annual Show me Shorts Film Festival. Show Me Shorts is a national film festival showcasing the best new ... More >>
Aucklanders sought to lose weight and avoid diabetes
Thursday, 28 November 2013, 5:08 pm | University of Auckland
An international three-year study to determine the best lifestyle strategies for weight loss and diabetes prevention is begun in July this year in Auckland, and researchers from The University of Auckland are seeking local people to take part. More >>
Student’s exhibition uncovers magic of University theatre
Thursday, 28 November 2013, 3:54 pm | University of Auckland
University of Auckland students and staff will soon have a priceless catalogue and an on-line exhibition on the work of Professor Sydney Musgrove thanks to the creation of an archive formed from material donated by his family. More >>
Personalised medicine specialist visits Auckland next month
Thursday, 28 November 2013, 12:00 pm | University of Auckland
An internationally respected expert in personalised medicine will be visiting Auckland next month to give a public lecture. Professor David Whitcomb from the University of Pittsburgh is giving a special lecture hosted by the University of Auckland’s ... More >>
Pickering Medal awarded for innovative acoustic design
Thursday, 28 November 2013, 11:49 am | University of Auckland
Emeritus Professor Sir Harold Marshall from the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of Auckland has been awarded the Pickering Medal by the Royal Society of New Zealand, in recognition of his innovative acoustic design. More >>
Recognition for tissue engineering success
Thursday, 28 November 2013, 9:59 am | University of Auckland
Recognition for tissue engineering success Professor Neil Broom, winner of this year’s MacDiarmid Medal from the Royal Society of New Zealand, used skills and techniques honed in metallurgy and applied them to solve complex problems of biological ... More >>
Risk-taking young people need better health services
Wednesday, 27 November 2013, 7:06 pm | University of Auckland
Comprehensive health assessments and supports need to be more widely available for young people attending secondary schools in New Zealand, according to a new study. More >>
New projects for emerging Māori health researchers
Wednesday, 27 November 2013, 3:59 pm | University of Auckland
Five emerging Māori health researchers have had new projects funded at the University of Auckland for 2014. More >>
Pacific health benefits from research awards
Wednesday, 27 November 2013, 3:51 pm | University of Auckland
Two major Pacific health awards have gone to University of Auckland researchers examining injury and disability in Pacific communities. More >>
Eye research boosted at Auckland
Tuesday, 26 November 2013, 2:49 pm | University of Auckland
Eye research at the University of Auckland has received a boost with three major grants from the Health Research Council’s latest funding round. The total of $1.42 million will enable researchers to make progress in developing new therapies for ... More >>
Men’s ideas about masculinity a path to violence prevention
Monday, 25 November 2013, 9:07 am | University of Auckland
Men’s role in building safer communities by ending violence against women is the crux of an issues paper released today by the New Zealand Family Violence Clearinghouse. More >>
Symposium to address Healthy and Prosperous Families
Friday, 22 November 2013, 1:04 pm | Nga Pae o te Maramatanga
Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (NPM), New Zealand’s Indigenous Centre of Research Excellence, in partnership with Tauranga Moana Iwi, is holding its 2013 Annual Research Symposium; Fostering Te Pā Harakeke; Healthy and Prosperous Families of Mana 25th and 26th ... More >>
Marsden Fund to reveal two-hundred years of Samoan history
Thursday, 21 November 2013, 3:36 pm | University of Auckland
Samoa has a vast history and yet many aspects of its past have surprisingly little written about them. Now Associate Professor Damon Salesa of the University of Auckland’s Centre for Pacific Studies will use his recent grant from the Marsden Fund to embark ... More >>
Genetics expert to speak on colorectal cancer
Thursday, 21 November 2013, 2:35 pm | University of Auckland
An expert in population genetics, gene mapping and understanding inherited genetic disease will be giving a public lecture on the genetics and biology of colorectal cancer at the University of Auckland next Tuesday. More >>
Scientists investigate more effective ways to treat cancer
Wednesday, 20 November 2013, 3:43 pm | University of Auckland
Research into advanced models of cancer growth and drug therapy will help to develop tools for designing new and more efficient treatments to kill cancer cells. More >>
International award for New Zealand drug inventor
Wednesday, 20 November 2013, 2:33 pm | University of Auckland
Maurice Wilkins Centre principal investigator Distinguished Professor Bill Denny has been named the recipient of the American Chemical Society’s 2014 Medicinal Chemistry Award. More >>
Genomics pioneer visits Auckland
Tuesday, 19 November 2013, 3:56 pm | University of Auckland
Professor Leroy Hood, one of the world’s most influential scientists, is visiting Auckland in early December for a symposium and public lecture. Professor Leroy Hood is a world-renowned scientist, inventor, entrepreneur and visionary. His discoveries ... More >>
Top engineering students gain lucrative scholarships
Tuesday, 19 November 2013, 3:25 pm | University of Auckland
Two outstanding final year engineering students from the University of Auckland have won prestigious scholarships to attend the University of Cambridge in England for further study. More >>
