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Students haul generator to raise funds for Nepal hospital
Thursday, 26 September 2013, 3:15 pm | University of Auckland
A group of University of Auckland students will be hauling a generator around Albert Park for 10 hours straight on Friday in a bid to raise funds to help a leprosy hospital near Kathmandu in Nepal. More >>
Solution to help prevent cause of brain damage in newborns
Wednesday, 25 September 2013, 12:02 pm | University of Auckland
A cheap and easy-to-administer dextrose gel should be used to treat low blood sugars in newborns, according to New Zealand research just published in the internationally respected medical journal, The Lancet. Low blood sugar or neonatal hypoglycaemia ... More >>
Heart failure research wins award
Tuesday, 24 September 2013, 9:28 am | University of Auckland
University of Auckland 24th September 2013 Heart failure research wins award A presentation on the structure and function relationship in heart failure by Alexander Wilson has won the Auckland Bioenginnering Institute’s John Carman prize. The annual prize ... More >>
Finalists announced for Songwriter of the Year Award
Monday, 23 September 2013, 4:19 pm | University of Auckland
Some of New Zealand’s most talented young songwriters and performers will vie for the title of Songwriter of the Year next month. The finalists are all emerging artists currently studying popular music at the University of Auckland. More >>
Uni celebrates 3,085 qualifications at Spring Graduation
Monday, 23 September 2013, 10:34 am | University of Auckland
Downtown Auckland will take on a celebratory air this week as thousands of graduates and their families converge for the University of Auckland’s Spring Graduation at Aotea Centre’s ASB Theatre, Tuesday 24 September. More >>
Support Needed For Life-saving Brain Surgery Research
Thursday, 19 September 2013, 12:45 pm | University of Auckland
An exciting initiative to increase Auckland’s capacity for life-saving brain surgery and research is the vision of the director of the Centre for Brain Research (CBR), Distinguished Professor Richard Faull. More >>
Gala event raises funds for brain surgery in Auckland
Wednesday, 18 September 2013, 3:04 pm | University of Auckland
A visionary new campaign for an inaugural Chair in Neurosurgery, kick-started with donations totalling $4.5 million, was launched in Auckland and attended by more than 400 people last night. More >>
Support needed for life-saving brain surgery research
Wednesday, 18 September 2013, 3:02 pm | University of Auckland
An exciting initiative to increase Auckland’s capacity for life-saving brain surgery and research is the vision of the director of the Centre for Brain Research (CBR), Distinguished Professor Richard Faull. More >>
Auckland engineers boost America’s Cup crews
Wednesday, 18 September 2013, 2:59 pm | University of Auckland
Many New Zealand designers and engineers involved in this year’s America’s Cup in San Francisco are graduates of the University of Auckland. More >>
Individual Steps Are the Key to Literacy In Our Children
Tuesday, 17 September 2013, 11:32 am | University of Auckland
A one-size-fits-all pattern used by schools to improve children’s literacy is not necessarily helping every child learn to read. More >>
Artwork of music and colour flourishes in front of your eyes
Monday, 16 September 2013, 12:48 pm | University of Auckland
“Like a piano on a wall” is how central Auckland artist Shannon Novak has described his latest artwork String Section. The work consists of 36 individual multi-coloured symbols of geometric forms sparsely spaced in three long rows across a wall in the ... More >>
Auckland research may aid new vascular disorder therapies
Friday, 13 September 2013, 1:34 pm | University of Auckland
Auckland scientists have contributed to identifying a novel genetic pathway used in the stabilisation of blood vessels. These discoveries may open up a new approach in the development of therapies to treat vascular disorders. More >>
New Zealand failing in obesity prevention
Thursday, 12 September 2013, 3:20 pm | University of Auckland
A disinvestment in obesity prevention and failure to enact any major healthy food policies is contributing to New Zealand’s worsening obesity statistics compared to other OECD countries, according to researcher, Professor Boyd Swinburn, and serious ... More >>
Small shifts prove a watercolour winner
Thursday, 12 September 2013, 11:06 am | University of Auckland
Master of Fine Arts student Yolunda Hickman has won first prize in this year’s Henrietta and Lola Anne Tunbridge Scholarship for watercolour painting with a work that plays with the conventions of graphic design and topography. The award, given ... More >>
Study into health disparities for young Māori women & babies
Monday, 9 September 2013, 1:08 pm | Nga Pae o te Maramatanga
The reclamation of academic research by, with and for Māori is the focus of a study into inequalities in the country’s health system undertaken by seven Wellington-based health researchers; Beverley Lawton, Fiona Cram, Charrissa Makowharemahihi, Tina ... More >>
E-cigarettes show promise in helping smokers quit
Sunday, 8 September 2013, 2:19 pm | University of Auckland
The first ever trial to compare e-cigarettes with nicotine patches shows comparable success in helping smokers to quit. More >>
Mighty River Power supports geothermal engineering research
Friday, 6 September 2013, 1:58 pm | University of Auckland
Energy generation company, Mighty River Power has pledged $1 million over the next five years to support the establishment of a chair in geothermal reservoir engineering at The University of Auckland. More >>
Fellowship Recipient Meets Hillary Clinton
Thursday, 5 September 2013, 4:37 pm | University of Auckland
Tim Fadgen just completed his PhD at The University of Auckland in July and is now heading to Samoa after he successfully earned a prestigious Fulbright-Clinton Fellowship. More >>
Stepfathers sought for study of their role in the family
Monday, 2 September 2013, 2:16 pm | University of Auckland
From asserting authority to acting as a friend, stepfathers may adopt a wide variety of roles in their families, and now a University of Auckland study aims to learn more about the roles New Zealand stepfathers take on, and their reasons for doing ... More >>
Performance artist invited to Venice Biennale
Friday, 30 August 2013, 5:15 pm | University of Auckland
A performance artist from West Auckland has been invited to exhibit at the 55th Venice Biennale. Dr Mark Harvey, a Senior Lecturer from Dance Studies at The University of Auckland’s National Institute of Creative Arts and Industries, has been invited ... More >>
