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A life spent aiming at a higher education for women
Monday, 4 June 2018, 10:54 am | University of Auckland
Leading educator and researcher Emeritus Professor Charmian O’Connor says she is “a bit overwhelmed” at being named a Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours. More >>
Māori Studies plays role in new video game
Friday, 1 June 2018, 2:00 pm | University of Auckland
What is the acronym for Artificial Intelligence (AI) in te reo Māori? This was the conundrum University of Auckland Māori Studies tutor Te Whainoa Te Waiata and student Jack Potaka faced when they translated an international computer game Grabity ... More >>
New MRI method highlights the moving brain
Wednesday, 30 May 2018, 11:24 am | University of Auckland
A new type of MRI method that shows clearer images of brain movement has the potential to help diagnose diseases earlier. Amplified MRI (aMRI) was developed by University of Auckland academic Dr Samantha Holdsworth and her team. The results have just been ... More >>
Study: waiting a minute can save premature babies’ lives
Monday, 21 May 2018, 10:17 am | University of Auckland
A major international study that involved 312 babies from Aotearoa New Zealand has led to life-saving changes in the care of premature babies around the world. More >>
Text messages provide support for people with diabetes
Monday, 21 May 2018, 10:14 am | University of Auckland
An innovative University of Auckland trial using text messages has proven a success in getting people to manage their diabetes better. Academics at the University’s National Institute for Health Innovation (NIHI), part of the Faculty of Medical and ... More >>
Racism and rough handling of patients uncovered in report
Tuesday, 8 May 2018, 9:49 am | University of Auckland
A report behind studying increases in rheumatic fever in Māori and Pacific people has uncovered claims of racism and ‘rough handling’ of patients suffering from the disease. The Ministry of Health funded report, Māori and Pacific Whānau Experiences ... More >>
Graduate sets sights on new way of vision screening
Monday, 7 May 2018, 6:19 pm | University of Auckland
The old eye chart of diminishing-sized letters used for vision screening might soon be a thing of the past, thanks to work by a University of Auckland student graduating this week. More >>
No sex means longer life
Monday, 7 May 2018, 9:18 am | University of Auckland
Promiscuity is a bad idea for female stick insects, in fact their smartest option is to have no sex at all. More >>
Māori business leaders recognised in University Awards
Monday, 7 May 2018, 9:03 am | University of Auckland
Heading the internationally recognised Whale Watch Kaikōura, creating an online Māori warrior wahine to harness the power of gaming, and developing a financial literacy tool used by tens of thousands of students are just some of the local smarts ... More >>
Cardiovascular disease risk prediction equations
Monday, 7 May 2018, 8:54 am | University of Auckland
University of Auckland academics have developed new equations to predict the risk of cardiovascular disease (mainly heart attacks and strokes) in New Zealanders that has just been published in the prestigious medical journal The Lancet. The study ... More >>
‘Life-like’ surgical training programme expands in NZ
Thursday, 3 May 2018, 12:04 pm | University of Auckland
The University of Auckland welcomes increased funding from ACC for NetworkZ™ , a world-leading ‘life-like’ surgical training programme, created by researchers at the University. The programme has been so successful it will be expanded across ... More >>
Coasts in crisis
Tuesday, 1 May 2018, 11:36 am | University of Auckland
Coastal populations around the world have exploded in recent decades but our enthusiasm for living by the sea coincides with a projected rise in risk to the coastal environment including extreme weather events, sea level rise, and the impact of human activities. More >>
Deaths preventable if reach of asthma medicines increased
Tuesday, 1 May 2018, 10:16 am | University of Auckland
Around the world an estimated 1,000 people a day die of asthma related conditions, with some 340 million affected by this common chronic disease. In New Zealand more than 521,000 people are taking medicines for asthma one in nine adults and one ... More >>
Connecting musicians with fans takes students to finals
Monday, 30 April 2018, 10:20 am | University of Auckland
A new platform to help emerging musicians get discovered has earned its University of Auckland student developers a ticket to Microsoft’s Imagine Cup Worldwide finals in July. More >>
Research funding boost for one of biggest health burdens
Friday, 27 April 2018, 12:33 pm | University of Auckland
A spotlight is about to be shone on one of our biggest health burdens thanks to a funding boost. Research into tendons and their inability to heal once damaged is a neglected area in medical science compared to the amount of research done in other ... More >>
Robots everywhere: Robotics in industry and at home
Monday, 23 April 2018, 9:47 am | University of Auckland
Despite daily news coverage of robotic technology and the wide range of tasks and actions robots are being programmed to perform, most people have only a vague idea of how this technology is evolving and what the future might hold. More >>
Heart screening could protect hundreds from stroke
Tuesday, 10 April 2018, 10:42 am | University of Auckland
Testing Māori and Pacific people for an irregular heartbeat earlier could spare hundreds of people from stroke each year, a University of Auckland study has found. The research, a collaboration between University researchers and the Heart Research ... More >>
Professor's pioneering lung work honoured
Tuesday, 10 April 2018, 9:28 am | University of Auckland
Professor Merryn Tawhai, Deputy Director of the Auckland Bioengineering Institute (ABI), has been honoured with one of the highest international accolades in her field. More >>
Income inequality impacts obesity in children
Monday, 9 April 2018, 12:01 pm | University of Auckland
National income and income inequality impacts on body size of children and adolescents according to new research from the University of Auckland. A study of over 200,000 children in 36 countries including New Zealand, Australia and the United Kingdom ... More >>
Students among medal hopefuls at Commonwealth Games
Thursday, 5 April 2018, 10:56 am | University of Auckland
University of Auckland students feature strongly in New Zealand’s gold medal hopes as the 2018 Commonwealth Games begin on the Gold Coast. More >>
