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Single men and masculinity
Tuesday, 14 November 2017, 9:10 am | University of Auckland
What is it really like being a single man in 21st Century New Zealand today? With online dating apps and television dating shows, single straight men have many opportunities to seek a partner but what if they want a partner but don’t find someone? And what ... More >>
Academics Call for More Responsiveness to Māori Health Needs
Friday, 10 November 2017, 11:36 am | University of Auckland
A group of University of Auckland Māori health academics are calling for all health researchers in Aotearoa New Zealand to be accountable under the Treaty of Waitangi and be able to act and respond to Māori health needs. They say this will help ensure ... More >>
Auckland Arts student wins Rhodes scholarship
Wednesday, 8 November 2017, 4:14 pm | University of Auckland
University of Auckland Faculty of Arts student Marco de Jong is one of three young New Zealanders who have been awarded prestigious 2018 Rhodes Scholarships to carry out post-graduate study at the University of Oxford (UK). More >>
Public Policy Institute will address key policy issues
Wednesday, 8 November 2017, 1:51 pm | University of Auckland
The University of Auckland’s Faculty of Arts is launching a comprehensive Public Policy Institute (PPI) to foster independent, critical research on key policy issues affecting New Zealand, the Asia-Pacific and the broader global community. More >>
Southern seas warming faster than northern New Zealand
Wednesday, 8 November 2017, 9:46 am | University of Auckland
Three of the longest-running sea temperature records in the Southern Hemisphere have been analysed by scientists and show that while coastal waters near Auckland are not getting any warmer, southern New Zealand and Tasmania are. More >>
Achieving equity and excellence in education for Māori
Friday, 3 November 2017, 2:53 pm | University of Auckland
Recent Rutherford Discovery Fellowship recipient Dr Melinda Webber will present a talk on raising the success of Māori students in Whangarei on Wednesday as part of the University of Auckland’s International Speaker Series. More >>
Spin on Health wins Royal Society Award
Friday, 3 November 2017, 11:38 am | University of Auckland
Doctoral student Kate Riegle van West from the University of Auckland has won a prestigious award for a video that showcases her research into the health benefits of poi. More >>
Wearable cameras will record the marketing of ‘healthy’ food
Friday, 3 November 2017, 10:30 am | University of Auckland
Children will wear small portable cameras on their clothes as part of a new University of Auckland study that will investigate how the marketing of healthy products and lifestyles affects children’s everyday lives. Dr Darren Powell of the University’s ... More >>
Depression better treated as 12 separate disorders
Thursday, 2 November 2017, 12:45 pm | University of Auckland
The way depression is diagnosed and treated needs a major overhaul, say authors of a new review article in the scientific journal Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. This is because current treatment of depression is ineffective and lacks a plausible, ... More >>
Engineering research boosted by new funding
Thursday, 2 November 2017, 12:43 pm | University of Auckland
Engineering research at the University of Auckland receives more than $1.5 million in new funding from the Marsden Fund for 2017. More >>
University of Auckland Celebrates $19.8M from Marsden Fund
Thursday, 2 November 2017, 11:33 am | University of Auckland
The University of Auckland is celebrating the success of 31 of its researchers and research groups whose projects have won $19.8 million in the Marsden Fund round. More >>
Could you be addicted to your pain medication?
Wednesday, 1 November 2017, 10:27 am | University of Auckland
Aucklanders who know or feel they have an addiction to over-the-counter or prescription pain medication are being invited to take part in a University of Auckland study. More >>
Do millennials really feel more entitled?
Wednesday, 1 November 2017, 9:44 am | University of Auckland
Are New Zealanders more narcissistic than they used to be? Do millennials really have a stronger sense of entitlement than previous generations? More >>
Indian diaspora three ways
Monday, 30 October 2017, 2:43 pm | University of Auckland
What does it mean to be a diasporic Indian? Shuchi Kothari, Associate Professor in Media and Communication at the University of Auckland, explores this in three short films which will be shown at the Auckland Art Gallery on 12 November. More >>
"Game changing" Master of Māori and Indigenous degree
Monday, 30 October 2017, 2:40 pm | University of Auckland
Responding to the need for top-level business expertise and leadership within the burgeoning Māori economy - now worth over $42 billion and growing faster than the wider New Zealand economy - the Business Schools at the University of Auckland, Auckland ... More >>
Far North school trials arts-integrative learning
Monday, 30 October 2017, 2:12 pm | University of Auckland
Representatives of a small decile 1A rural school in the Far North will meet with global educators in Auckland next month, to share the innovative arts-integrative learning methods they are employing to empower their pupils. More >>
Tackling the big questions
Monday, 30 October 2017, 12:12 pm | University of Auckland
A new research centre involving scientists from a wide range of disciplines is launching tomorrow at the University of Auckland. Led by geologist and astrobiologist Professor Kathleen Campbell from the University’s School of Environment, Professor Richard ... More >>
Gene profiling to try and unlock the causes of breast cancer
Friday, 27 October 2017, 11:44 am | University of Auckland
New research from the University of Auckland has found gene expression profiles, which are a sensitive measure of underlying tumour biology, showed no clear difference between breast tumours from New Zealand patients and those from patients overseas. More >>
Inaugural funding for environment research
Thursday, 26 October 2017, 1:20 pm | University of Auckland
Three University of Auckland-based environmental research projects have been awarded funding of more than $1 million from the new George Mason Centre for the Natural Environment. More >>
Skull could be world’s oldest tsunami victim
Thursday, 26 October 2017, 10:23 am | University of Auckland
A new geological analysis of the site where a 6,000-year-old human skull was discovered in Papua New Guinea in 1929 has revealed that the person probably died in a catastrophic tsunami. More >>
