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Vulnerable students suffer worse health than mainstream
Tuesday, 23 November 2010, 9:35 am | University of Auckland
Vulnerable students suffer worse health than their mainstream contemporaries Researchers at The University of Auckland have discovered that students attending Alternative Education (AE) have much higher rates of dangerous driving, smoking, drinking, unprotected ... More >>
Rhodes Scholarship To Auckland Student
Monday, 22 November 2010, 1:54 pm | University of Auckland
Richard Higgins, an Arts and Commerce student at The University of Auckland, has been awarded a prestigious Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University. More >>
AMPED-up for end-of-year festival
Thursday, 11 November 2010, 1:15 pm | University of Auckland
Colour, movement and potential are all on display at a unique festival celebrating creativity, ideas and innovation at The University of Auckland. More >>
Mathematician receives inaugural Jones Medal
Thursday, 11 November 2010, 11:40 am | University of Auckland
Emeritus Professor John Butcher from The University of Auckland received the inaugural Jones Medal for lifetime achievement in mathematical sciences at the annual Research Honours Dinner last night in Christchurch. More >>
Managing World’s Most Precious Taonga
Wednesday, 10 November 2010, 1:39 pm | Nga Pae o te Maramatanga
Management and guardianship of one of Aotearoa/New Zealand’s most precious resources will be discussed at a two-day research symposium in Christchurch next week. More >>
University Donors Give $120 Million For Research
Friday, 5 November 2010, 10:52 am | University of Auckland
Philanthropic support totalling $120 million has been given for research and learning at The University of Auckland since 2006, the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Stuart McCutcheon, announced tonight. More >>
Vulnerable students suffer worse health
Thursday, 4 November 2010, 3:02 pm | University of Auckland
Researchers at The University of Auckland have discovered that students attending Alternative Education (AE) have much higher rates of dangerous driving, smoking, drinking, unprotected sex and suicidal behaviours than mainstream students – yet ... More >>
Research - insight into stroke recovery chances
Thursday, 4 November 2010, 1:46 pm | University of Auckland
Stroke victims may soon know the relief of having a definitive prediction of their chances of recovery, according to research conducted by the University of Auckland. More >>
Bedogni Prize Announcement
Monday, 1 November 2010, 12:06 pm | University of Auckland
The NZ Open Source Awards 2010 gala event in November is the clear choice for The University of Auckland’s Department of Computer Science to announce its inaugural winner of the biennial Clinton Bedogni Prize for Open Systems. Worth $10,000 and ... More >>
Educating students to unlock the lessons in data
Tuesday, 19 October 2010, 1:52 pm | University of Auckland
Statisticians at The University of Auckland have developed new methods for teaching critical aspects of statistics, using sophisticated tools to help young students unlock the lessons inside data without getting caught up in complex mathematics. More >>
Owen Glenn to support new Chair in cancer research
Wednesday, 6 October 2010, 2:05 pm | University of Auckland
New Zealand entrepreneur and benefactor Mr Owen Glenn has agreed to support the establishment of a Chair in Molecular Cancer Therapeutics within the Auckland Cancer Society Research Centre at The University of Auckland. One of the Directors of the Centre, Professor ... More >>
Report examines whānau wellbeing to inform future
Monday, 4 October 2010, 1:54 pm | University of Auckland
A report tracking 25 years of wellbeing for Māori whānau was launched by Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga at The University of Auckland today. More >>
University hosts inaugural wine awards
Monday, 4 October 2010, 12:50 pm | University of Auckland
The inaugural Upper North Island Wine Challenge awards - for wines from Northland, Auckland, Waikato and Bay of Plenty - were held at The University of Auckland on Saturday evening. More >>
Growing up in NZ study recruits Maori whanau
Thursday, 23 September 2010, 11:33 am | University of Auckland
Growing Up in New Zealand is a new longitudinal study of New Zealand-born children, led by the University of Auckland. It will follow a group of 7000 children in the context of their families from before they are born until they are adults. More >>
Niue and Cook Island Māori languages threatened
Wednesday, 22 September 2010, 2:07 pm | University of Auckland
Niue and Cook Island Māori languages will disappear from New Zealand within a generation unless urgent action is taken say researchers from The University of Auckland. More >>
Anthrax antibody may lead to new vaccines
Wednesday, 22 September 2010, 11:49 am | University of Auckland
University of Auckland scientists have made an important discovery about how an antibody against the anthrax toxin works, and their findings may have implications for vaccine development for anthrax and for other similar infectious diseases. More >>
When is a container a world?
Friday, 17 September 2010, 5:24 pm | University of Auckland
Emerging and experienced researchers and practitioners will be exchanging views, knowledge and experiences about the relationship of interior and exterior spaces at a symposium entitled Interstices - Under Construction: Unsettled Containers at ... More >>
University of Auckland top in new ranking system
Friday, 17 September 2010, 10:14 am | University of Auckland
The new 2010-11 Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings have confirmed The University of Auckland's position as the top university in New Zealand. More >>
Residents rate healthcare robot
Monday, 13 September 2010, 5:21 pm | University of Auckland
Residents at an Auckland retirement village are being won over by a robot that checks blood pressure, plays music and tells jokes, in a study being carried out at The University of Auckland. More >>
Meticulous research reassesses mythologised Group
Monday, 13 September 2010, 10:20 am | University of Auckland
Group Architects – “the Group” for short – are New Zealand’s most mythologised firm of mid-twentieth century architects. They are known for their provocative calls for a specifically New Zealand architecture and for their modern houses, often characterised ... More >>
