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Celebrating Graduation Together While Apart
Thursday, 3 June 2021, 12:50 pm | University of Auckland
A global pandemic and no relatives in New Zealand, didn’t stop 26-year-old Divya Rathore from celebrating her graduation from the University of Auckland with her family in India. Last night, as she stepped onstage to receive her Master of Laws ... More >>
NZ Research Set To Save Millions With Diabetes From Unneeded Meds
Thursday, 3 June 2021, 11:18 am | University of Auckland
Millions of diabetes patients around the world may be able to avoid unneeded medication thanks to research led by a University of Auckland epidemiologist and published in top medical journal The Lancet. Research by Professor Rod Jackson’s team suggests ... More >>
Polynesian Migration Theories Challenged By New Research
Thursday, 3 June 2021, 6:44 am | University of Auckland
Early Polynesians are likely to have arrived in the southern Pacific from a range of routes through island South East Asia, mixing and mingling along the way, according to ground-breaking new research. The University of Auckland study analysed 193 Neolithic ... More >>
What An Arts Practice Has To Do With Policy Analysis
Wednesday, 2 June 2021, 3:25 pm | University of Auckland
Ashleigh Taupaki has graduated with her Masters in Fine Arts which is proving a natural and creative fit with her role as policy analyst at the Ministry of Environment. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2106/f1af1c4fc92914893622.jpeg" ... More >>
University Team Weaves With Wood In The Biennale Architettura In Venice
Friday, 28 May 2021, 8:36 am | University of Auckland
After a year of uncertainty, the 17th International Architecture Exhibition of the La Biennale di Venezia in 2021 has opened, and features the installation Learning from Trees: transforming timber culture in Aotearoa from the School of Architecture ... More >>
Velocity Innovation Challenge Inspires New Generation Of Entrepreneurs
Tuesday, 25 May 2021, 12:31 pm | University of Auckland
Hundreds of people have participated in the Velocity Innovation Challenge as entrants, advocates, mentors and volunteers with the united purpose of bringing new ideas into the world. Innovation Challenge is a key event for the University of Auckland’s ... More >>
Abuse In Childhood Raises Your Odds Of Facing Violence Later: University Of Auckland Study
Wednesday, 19 May 2021, 11:45 am | University of Auckland
Was your mother or stepmother ever slapped, hit, kicked, punched or beaten up? Did you live with anyone who was a problem drinker or alcoholic? Did you live with anyone who was depressed, mentally ill or suicidal? Did a parent or adult in your home ever ... More >>
Breaking Boundaries in Bioengineering
Tuesday, 18 May 2021, 9:57 am | University of Auckland
Imagine being a new parent and told your baby has an abnormal build-up of fluid on the brain, that a tube can be inserted to drain the excess fluid, only there’s a good chance in that in the future the tube will block? The development of a remote ... More >>
New Twist To New Zealand Scientific Breakthrough That Helps Babies Worldwide
Monday, 17 May 2021, 9:06 am | University of Auckland
There’s a new twist to a New Zealand scientific breakthrough that’s helping babies all over the world. Doctors already massage sugar gel inside the mouths of babies with hypoglycaemia to prevent risks including brain damage, as a result of ... More >>
New Director For Centre For Innovation And Entrepreneurship
Thursday, 13 May 2021, 10:58 am | University of Auckland
Darsel Keane has been appointed the new Director of the University of Auckland Business School’s Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE). Darsel has previously held roles at the Icehouse and EverEdgeIP and over the last decade has been instrumental ... More >>
To Lead Or Not To Lead? That Is The Question
Thursday, 13 May 2021, 10:36 am | University of Auckland
Theories of leadership and the difficult question of when to lead or not lead in order to achieve the best outcome, was the subject of Professor Brigid Carroll’s inaugural lecture at the University of Auckland Business School, marking her appointment ... More >>
Interactive Science Kits Sent Out To 35 Schools, For Free
Wednesday, 12 May 2021, 9:52 am | University of Auckland
Kiwrious, an interactive learning technology that makes science fun, is being distributed to 35 schools in six different areas of New Zealand, at no cost to the schools. The Kiwrious Science Experience was designed by Associate Professor Suranga Nanayakkara ... More >>
Exploring Why Seabirds Become Bycatch
Tuesday, 11 May 2021, 2:08 pm | University of Auckland
Seabirds with a larger wingspan and bills or which have larger eyes and nostrils are more likely to end up as bycatch from the fishing industry, a new study has found. New Zealand is one of the world’s most important regions for seabirds with a quarter ... More >>
Existing Reserves Too Small To Protect Crayfish
Tuesday, 4 May 2021, 1:47 pm | University of Auckland
Even inside fully-protected marine reserves crayfish numbers have plummeted and numbers outside reserves are likely much lower than official estimates, a new University of Auckland study shows. Researchers, including Dr Nick Shears from the University’s ... More >>
$15 Million Boost Helps Bioengineers Apply Research Into Clinical Practice
Monday, 3 May 2021, 11:15 am | University of Auckland
The Auckland Bioengineering Institute (ABI) has been awarded $15 million to lead an international collaboration that aims to translate years of clinical research on the mathematical modelling of human physiology into clinical practice. Funding ... More >>
Tinnitus Or Just The Patter Of Rain? Research Into Taming Noise Disorder
Monday, 3 May 2021, 10:04 am | University of Auckland
A novel experiment investigated whether tinnitus, the phantom sound heard by 6 percent of New Zealanders, could be tamed by creating an association with noises such as rain, birds or cicadas. The results are promising, according to Dr Grant Searchfield, ... More >>
Crowdfunding Hard Work For Campaigners
Wednesday, 28 April 2021, 8:58 am | University of Auckland
Crowdfunded campaigns are stressful and uncertain for the people running them who must ‘marketise’ their campaign in order to be successful, a new study shows. Researchers Caitlin Neuwelt-Kearns and Dr Tom Baker from the University of Auckland’s ... More >>
World-leading Gout Expert Wins University Of Auckland Research Award
Tuesday, 27 April 2021, 3:21 pm | University of Auckland
A world-leading specialist in gout, Professor Nicola Dalbeth, won the top research award of the medical faculty of the University of Auckland. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2104/1ac9bbe584eb26678401.jpeg" width="720" height="454"> Professor Nicola Dalbeth Professor ... More >>
Space Institute Confirmed As Partner In First Govt-funded Space Mission
Friday, 23 April 2021, 11:16 am | University of Auckland
Te Pūnaha Ātea-Auckland Space Institute, based at the University of Auckland, has joined with Rocket Lab and a team of the country’s leading atmospheric and remote-sensing researchers on New Zealand’s first space mission funded by the Government. ... More >>
Survey Detects Covid-19 Community Transmission At Very Low Rate
Thursday, 22 April 2021, 11:42 am | University of Auckland
New Zealand’s first nationwide survey to detect Covid-19 antibodies in blood showed a very low prevalence, highlighting the success of efforts to eliminate the disease. Associate Professor Nikki Moreland said: “We found a very low rate of Covid antibodies ... More >>
