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Single, combo ‘polypill’ could save lives
Friday, 20 September 2019, 8:15 am | University of Auckland
More people would take their heart medications if their pills were combined into a single ‘polypill’, potentially saving hundreds more New Zealanders from heart attacks and strokes. More >>
Making better food choices with mindfulness
Thursday, 19 September 2019, 12:13 pm | University of Auckland
Mindfulness has been touted as the antidote to stress and the path to serenity. But can it also help us make better food choices? More >>
UA launches Foundation Studies Certificate
Wednesday, 18 September 2019, 4:32 pm | University of Auckland
Students who want to progress to undergraduate study at the University of Auckland, the top-ranking university in New Zealand, can now do so via the new Foundation Studies Certificate at Taylors College, the Auckland-based pathways college run by international ... More >>
Why women aren’t continuing in physics
Monday, 16 September 2019, 11:41 am | University of Auckland
Most high achieving female students studying physics at university choose to discontinue physics as a core subject, not because they aren’t good at physics, but because they pursue further study in the life sciences. More >>
Gift helps young scholar with disabilities
Monday, 16 September 2019, 11:31 am | University of Auckland
Having three auto-immune diseases as well as depression took such a toll on University of Auckland student Sarai McKay she had to take a year off to get well. More >>
Dancing in the street, on the beach, in refugee camps
Monday, 16 September 2019, 9:09 am | University of Auckland
A feature-length documentary film produced by Associate Professor Nicholas Rowe of the Dance Studies programme, Dancing7Cities, reclaims our right to dance, wherever we want. More >>
New study reveals dugong in big trouble
Thursday, 12 September 2019, 8:54 am | University of Auckland
Scientists have used historic DNA to discover some of the highest-risk populations of the endangered dugong are so genetically distinct, losing them would be the equivalent of losing a species of elephant. More >>
University of Auckland regains place in elite global top 200
Thursday, 12 September 2019, 8:29 am | University of Auckland
The University of Auckland has regained its place in the world’s top 200 Universities, according to the Times Higher Education (THE) International rankings released today (Thursday 12 September NZ time). More >>
Vaping helps smokers quit
Tuesday, 10 September 2019, 1:57 pm | University of Auckland
New evidence from a large New Zealand vaping study suggests that hundreds of thousands more smokers worldwide could successfully quit the killer habit if they used nicotine-containing e-cigarettes (vapes) – illegal in a number of countries – together with nicotine ... More >>
Philanthropist encourages future entrepreneurs
Tuesday, 10 September 2019, 10:54 am | University of Auckland
Philanthropist and entrepreneur Tony Falkenstein believes in the power of business to positively impact on people’s lives. So much so, he is donating $600,000 to the University of Auckland Business School to fund up to 14 top students to travel ... More >>
Budding human rights lawyer wins Māori Issues Moot
Monday, 9 September 2019, 4:14 pm | University of Auckland
Points of law arising from the 2017 Court of Appeal decision in Ngaronoa v Attorney-General, which challenged the decision to bar all prisoners from voting in parliamentary elections, set the scene for this year’s Māori Issues Moot, held earlier this month. More >>
The biggest questions of all – panel hosted by Kim Hill
Monday, 9 September 2019, 2:09 pm | University of Auckland
Space exploration and the search for alien life is the topic of a panel discussion at the University of Auckland hosted by RNZ’s Kim Hill. More >>
Police seek witnesses to Invercargill assault
Monday, 9 September 2019, 1:48 pm | University of Auckland
Police are seeking witnesses to an assault that occurred on the corner of Dee and Esk Streets, Invercargill, yesterday, Sunday 8 September. More >>
Research to help children with cerebral palsy
Monday, 9 September 2019, 1:47 pm | University of Auckland
>As part of ‘Steptember’, the fund-raising month for people with cerebral palsy, three researchers from the Auckland Bioengineering Institute (ABI) will talk about their potentially life-changing research into the disease. More >>
New college from international partnership
Thursday, 5 September 2019, 3:37 pm | University of Auckland
Three years of cooperative effort have paid off, with the University of Auckland today joining forces with Northeast Forestry University (NEFU) in China, to partner in a new college approved by the Chinese Ministry of Education. More >>
Architecture, but not about rich people’s architecture
Thursday, 5 September 2019, 8:45 am | University of Auckland
An exhibition that looks at new ways of practicing architecture offers a glimpse of how architecture could and should change people’s lives, not just the lives of rich people. More >>
Whale migration pattern written into their songs
Wednesday, 4 September 2019, 11:08 am | University of Auckland
The convergence of humpback whales at the Kermadec Islands is the human equivalent of a singing competition at a favourite gathering place, where new songs are shared and old ones reveal a lot about where you are from, new research suggests. More >>
Brave new digital world – are we ready?
Monday, 2 September 2019, 1:53 pm | University of Auckland
An accelerating avalanche of technological breakthroughs in areas like artificial intelligence, machine learning and robotics has already changed how we do things, so where does that leave the global workforce? More >>
Watch out Hawaii, here come the legends of waka ama
Thursday, 29 August 2019, 3:08 pm | University of Auckland
The University of Auckland’s entry in the world’s largest outrigger canoe race expect a top three placing, if not first place, at this weekend’s waka ama competition in Hawaii, according to team captain Loukas Banks. More >>
It’s not queasy being Green
Friday, 23 August 2019, 2:42 pm | University of Auckland
Would you take medicine that’s been reclaimed from sewage? Munch on an insect burger, or a gnarled, bulbous, multi-limbed carrot? If you just choked on your cornflakes, you’re not alone. More >>
