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Increased Medical Student Places Would Help Address Medical Shortage
Wednesday, 15 June 2022, 8:11 pm | University of Auckland
University of Auckland medical and health leaders say that a government sanctioned increase in university places at Auckland would be an obvious and cost effective start to addressing the current shortage in medical practitioners. Deputy Dean of ... More >>
Technology Can Halve Asthma Attacks: New Study
Wednesday, 15 June 2022, 10:59 am | University of Auckland
Technology can halve the risk of asthma attacks, according to new research. Technology, such as text services and ‘smart inhalers’, can halve the risk of asthma attacks, according to new research. University of Auckland School of Pharmacy senior clinical ... More >>
Country’s First Mobile Optometry Clinic Launched
Friday, 10 June 2022, 12:34 pm | University of Auckland
Vision Bus Aotearoa is being launched on 10 June at the University of Auckland at a ceremony attended by the Governor-General Dame Cindy Kiro. Aotearoa’s first custom-built mobile optometry service - Vision Bus Aotearoa - is being launched on 10 June at ... More >>
Kiwi Scientist Known For Drug Discoveries Wins Top International Prize
Wednesday, 8 June 2022, 11:05 am | University of Auckland
Dame Margaret Brimble, a University of Auckland scientist known for her drug discoveries, won a top international chemistry prize, the Pedler Award, for her brilliance in research and innovation. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2206/4e8a8affe4cf0c071826.jpeg" ... More >>
University Of Auckland Scientist Confirms Globally Rare Manta-ray Nursery In Indonesia
Tuesday, 31 May 2022, 10:08 am | University of Auckland
After eight years of study, scientists led by a University of Auckland researcher have confirmed the existence of a globally rare manta-ray nursery in the Raja Ampat islands in Indonesia. The team’s research, just published in the journal Frontiers ... More >>
Bodo Lang: Why Are We Still Selling Sickness In Schools?
Tuesday, 31 May 2022, 10:00 am | University of Auckland
Marketing expert Bodo Lang is calling time on the sale of sugar-laden drinks in schools. A regulatory gap that's allowing drinks loaded with sugar to be sold to children in schools must be closed, says University of Auckland marketing expert ... More >>
Project Finds Gaps In Clinical Research
Saturday, 28 May 2022, 1:32 pm | University of Auckland
A robust prioritisation process has found the major issues around mothers’ and babies’ care relate to Māori and Pacific whānau. The most pressing research questions around mother and baby healthcare relate to improving outcomes for Māori and Pacific ... More >>
Animals May Be Able To Evolve Faster Than Scientists Thought
Friday, 27 May 2022, 7:25 am | University of Auckland
How fast can wild animals adapt? Faster than previously thought, it seems, based on a global study examining rates of evolution in 15 species, including the threatened Aotearoa New Zealand hihi (stitchbird). A higher genetic contribution to differences ... More >>
BUDGET 22: Funding Boost A Shot In The Arm For Therapy Innovation
Thursday, 19 May 2022, 4:59 pm | University of Auckland
The University of Auckland welcomes Budget funding of $40.7m for development of novel mRNA vaccines and other therapies. Wellbeing Budget 2022 funding of $40.7m over four years will support scientists and industry partners who are looking to ... More >>
Meet Experts Behind NZ’s First National Space Mission
Wednesday, 18 May 2022, 2:01 pm | University of Auckland
Experts behind New Zealand’s first government-funded space mission partnership, MethaneSAT, will come together to talk about the project in a free event for Techweek at the University of Auckland on Friday (20 May). The mission, which aims to solve ... More >>
Satellite Tracking Reveals Threat To Biggest Fish In Sea
Tuesday, 10 May 2022, 9:55 am | University of Auckland
Lethal collisions of whale sharks with large ships may be vastly underestimated, potentially helping to explain why the biggest fish in the sea is in decline, according to new research. “Collision risk with marine vessel traffic is only starting to ... More >>
The University Of Auckland And Fiji National University Sign MoU
Monday, 9 May 2022, 6:06 pm | University of Auckland
The University of Auckland) and the Fiji National University (FNU) on Friday 6 May 2022, signed a memorandum of understanding that will pave the way for greater academic cooperation. Its aim is to facilitate collaboration between staff, introduced joint ... More >>
Scanner Upgrade Advances MRI Imaging Capabilities At The University Of Auckland
Thursday, 5 May 2022, 6:51 am | University of Auckland
The Centre for Advanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging (CAMRI), based at the University of Auckland, has invested in a major upgrade to its imaging capabilities. Its newly installed Siemens MAGNETOM Vida Fit MRI scanner offers cutting-edge medical and research ... More >>
University Of Auckland Student Wins Gates Foundation Scholarship To Cambridge
Thursday, 28 April 2022, 10:31 am | University of Auckland
University of Auckland physics student Caleb Todd is the sole New Zealander to win a coveted Gates Foundation 2022 scholarship to Cambridge University. He’ll use state-of-the-art techniques to study interactions between metals and molecules for ... More >>
University Improves Its International Impact Ranking
Thursday, 28 April 2022, 6:37 am | University of Auckland
The University of Auckland has risen in the 2022 Times Higher Education (THE) University Impact Rankings – moving to sixth globally from ninth equal in 2021. This is the fourth year the international ranking has been held, with Auckland ranked first in ... More >>
The Legacy Of Anzac: Why Is It Still So Significant?
Thursday, 21 April 2022, 10:07 am | University of Auckland
Why do Kiwis and Australians still view the Gallipoli campaign, fought more than 100 years ago in a distant Turkish peninsula, as an expression of national identity? In Anzac Nations: The legacy of Gallipoli in New Zealand and Australia, 1965–2015 ... More >>
University Of Auckland In International Top 50 In 12 Subjects
Thursday, 7 April 2022, 7:00 am | University of Auckland
Waipapa Taumata Rau, the University of Auckland celebrates everyone involved in the most recent QS Subject Rankings, which sees 12 subjects in the Top 50 in the world. This compares with 10 in Top 50 last year. The rankings reinforce the University’s ... More >>
Real World Recognition For Research In Augmented Reality And Empathic Computing
Wednesday, 6 April 2022, 11:28 am | University of Auckland
Professor Mark Billingshurst of the Auckland Bioengineering Institute (ABI) has been inducted into the SIGCHI Academy of the ACM SIGCHI, which he describes as being “the equivalent of being awarded an Oscar for research in human computer interfaces”. ... More >>
A Dog’s Life: The Fate Of Māori Kurī
Tuesday, 5 April 2022, 4:37 pm | University of Auckland
The close relationship between humans and dogs in island Polynesia and Aotearoa New Zealand is the focus of new research from the University of Auckland. In ancient Polynesian societies dogs were companions, cooperative hunters and sometimes competitors, ... More >>
Study Analyses Brains Of Teenage First XV Over Season, To Better Understand Concussion
Monday, 4 April 2022, 12:12 pm | University of Auckland
Researchers at the Auckland Bioengineering Institute (ABI) are using advanced biomechanical modelling to understand the impact of concussion in a study involving teenage rugby players in the Gisborne area over the course of a season. The study is being led ... More >>
