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Jeremy Salmond Recognised as Distinguished Alumni
Wednesday, 11 March 2020, 8:58 am | University of Auckland
Jeremy Salmond, a practising architect widely acknowledged for his contribution to building conservation in New Zealand, is one of four outstanding graduates to be recognised with a Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Auckland. Salmond ... More >>
Jeremy Salmond Recognised as Distinguished Alumni
Wednesday, 11 March 2020, 8:54 am | University of Auckland
Jeremy Salmond, a practising architect widely acknowledged for his contribution to building conservation in New Zealand, is one of four outstanding graduates to be recognised with a Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Auckland. Salmond ... More >>
Māori And Pacific Babies Bigger And Leaner, Asian Babies ‘thin-fat’
Wednesday, 4 March 2020, 9:46 am | University of Auckland
Researchers in the Liggins Institute-led study used a special air displacement machine combined with tape-measurements and sensitive scales to determine the fat mass and fat-free mass (everything else) of 440 babies born in Auckland between May 2015 and ... More >>
Pacific Poet And Chief Justice Among Distinguished Alumni
Tuesday, 3 March 2020, 9:42 am | University of Auckland
Four inspirational graduates from the University of Auckland are to be celebrated at the 2020 Distinguished Alumni Awards dinner on March 20. This year’s awardees have excelled in the areas of global business, heritage architecture, the New Zealand ... More >>
One Month To Turn Good Ideas Into Business Ventures
Monday, 2 March 2020, 1:17 pm | University of Auckland
A four week challenge to create a new business has kept student entrepreneurs at the University of Auckland busy over February, with social good taking centre-stage. Run by the Business School’s Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship , the annual ... More >>
Low HIV Infections In Drug-users Point To Needle Exchange Success
Thursday, 27 February 2020, 9:09 am | University of Auckland
New Zealand has avoided the high HIV rates seen among high-risk groups in other countries, a new study shows. Sustained, extremely low levels of HIV transmission among people who inject drugs, including gay and bisexual men, reflect the success ... More >>
Research Shows Board Directors Hampered By Compliance Issues
Wednesday, 26 February 2020, 3:56 pm | University of Auckland
Should board directors contribute to strategy and leadership? Research from the University of Auckland Business School indicates that directors want to but feel hampered by compliance issues. As most board activities are commercially ... More >>
Teaching The University’s ‘youngest Students’ Wins National Award
Tuesday, 25 February 2020, 10:13 am | University of Auckland
She isn’t based in a classroom, yet the winner of a national teaching award is making a big impact on children’s learning. Aimee Macaskill, the manager of the University of Auckland’s early childhood centres, ... More >>
The Power Of Sleep Protects At-risk Children From Obesity
Monday, 24 February 2020, 9:51 am | University of Auckland
A University of Auckland study has identified a key factor in protecting at-risk pre-school children from becoming overweight or obese and the elixir is sleep. The research examined data from Growing Up in New Zealand , this country’s largest ... More >>
Evidence Giant Blue Whale Making Comeback
Wednesday, 19 February 2020, 1:25 pm | University of Auckland
The critically endangered blue whale is increasingly looking like one of conservation’s biggest success stories and the good news just keeps on coming. In the first multi-year survey at South Georgia Island in the southwest Atlantic ... More >>
Fertility Clinics’ ‘success Rates’ Like Apples And Pears
Wednesday, 19 February 2020, 8:21 am | University of Auckland
Couples seeking help having a baby cannot meaningfully compare advertised ‘success rates’ between fertility clinics in New Zealand and Australia, a new study shows. Up to one in five couples experience infertility and some will seek help from fertility ... More >>
Living In Death’s Shadow: Personal Stories Of The AIDS Epidemic
Friday, 14 February 2020, 1:46 pm | University of Auckland
A new book by University of Auckland historian Dr Cheryl Ware looks at the intimate lives and memories of HIV-positive gay men in Sydney between 1982 and 1996. Inner-city Sydney was the epicentre of gay life in the Southern hemisphere ... More >>
Double Jeopardy Or Double Advantage? Ethnic Women In New Zealand Politics
Thursday, 13 February 2020, 11:34 am | University of Auckland
Where are all the ethnic women leaders in the stories we tell ourselves about Aotearoa New Zealand, past and present? “Ethnic minority women New Zealanders (defined as non-Pakeha, non-Māori, non-Pacific) have been involved in politics since ... More >>
Yawning Difference Between Us And Dogs
Wednesday, 12 February 2020, 1:40 pm | University of Auckland
In a bitter disappointment for dog lovers everywhere, scientists have found dogs don’t yawn at the same time we do because of any special human-canine bond. While contagious yawning is well documented in chimpanzees, the evidence is much more mixed ... More >>
Could An App Lower Your Blood Pressure?
Wednesday, 12 February 2020, 1:26 pm | University of Auckland
We all know that less is more when it comes to salt, but who has the time to check the sodium in every food item they buy? A smartphone app called SaltSwitch, being trialled at the University of Auckland, does just that: scan a barcode and ... More >>
Physicists shine light into Primordial Universe
Tuesday, 11 February 2020, 8:45 am | University of Auckland
Following the Big Bang, the Universe passes through a series of epochs, each one longer than the last. For physicists to be sure that they understand the Universe, the predicted events in each of these eras must combine to match what astronomers ... More >>
Female neuroscientists on why we need more women in science
Monday, 10 February 2020, 4:52 pm | University of Auckland
(Headline abbreviated, original headline: No-brainer: NZ’s top female neuroscientists on why we need more women in science) More >>
Bigger Babies At Risk Of Obesity In Adulthood: Study
Saturday, 8 February 2020, 10:58 am | University of Auckland
Strictly embargoed until 11pm Friday 7 February NZT (10am UK time): Big, ‘bonny’ babies are traditionally celebrated as pictures of health, but a new international study shows women born heavy were on average nearly 4kg heavier by their mid-twenties, ... More >>
Another doctor and nurse in the whare
Wednesday, 5 February 2020, 2:26 pm | University of Auckland
When brother and sister Eruera and Tumanako Bidois are back home at their marae, Tarimano, Rotorua, they’re getting used to having their aunties, uncles, and kaumātua asking them for medical advice. More >>
Medical cannabis may ease anxiety, chronic pain
Wednesday, 5 February 2020, 2:13 pm | University of Auckland
A new study of the first 400 patients in Aotearoa New Zealand assessed for medical cannabis suggests potential benefits for thousands of people beyond currently recognised uses. More >>
