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Researching legal protection of migrant domestic workers
Thursday, 2 March 2017, 12:44 pm | University of Auckland
Doctoral candidate Sophie Henderson has been announced as the University of Auckland’s Faculty of Law Doctoral Fellow for 2017. More >>
University to honour distinguished alumni
Thursday, 2 March 2017, 11:38 am | University of Auckland
Outstanding graduates of the University of Auckland, in fields ranging from the creative arts and broadcasting to science, health and optometry, will be honoured at a gala dinner this month [10 March]. More >>
Distinguished Alumni Award recognises talented artist
Thursday, 2 March 2017, 11:33 am | University of Auckland
Artist Lisa Reihana (Ngā Puhi Ngāti Hine and Ngāi Tu) has been named as a 2017 Distinguished Alumni by the University of Auckland, in recognition of her outstanding achievement in the field of fine arts. More >>
Do you know an outstanding Māori business leader?
Monday, 27 February 2017, 10:44 am | University of Auckland
The call is out for nominations for the University of Auckland Aotearoa Māori Business Leaders Awards. More >>
Auckland brain researchers show how Parkinson’s spreads
Friday, 24 February 2017, 11:32 am | University of Auckland
Media Release - University of Auckland - 24 February 2017 Researchers at the University of Auckland have provided the first strong evidence on how Parkinson’s disease spreads in the brain, helping to advance treatment of the disease. In a paper, published ... More >>
Student awarded internship with MX3D
Friday, 24 February 2017, 11:29 am | University of Auckland
Using robots to build a bridge over a canal in Europe might sound like a scene from a science fiction story, but it will soon be reality for one young architectural graduate from the University of Auckland. More >>
Brain health team visits Hawkes Bay
Wednesday, 22 February 2017, 10:44 am | University of Auckland
Brain health research will be the focus of a display at this week’s Te Matatini Kapa Haka festival in Hawkes Bay. More >>
Study shows refugees’ & immigrants’ resilience in disasters
Tuesday, 21 February 2017, 10:36 am | University of Auckland
Many immigrants and refugees were resilient to the Canterbury Earthquakes due to their previous experiences of disasters and war in their homelands, according to research from the University of Auckland. Sociology academics from the Faculty of ... More >>
Professor on international respiratory disease panel
Monday, 20 February 2017, 4:12 pm | University of Auckland
Decades of international leadership on asthma and allergies, especially in children, and of the Global Asthma Network, has led to a New Zealand paediatrician being appointed to the first World Health Organisation expert panel on non-communicable diseases. More >>
Inspired student follows in teachers’ footsteps
Monday, 20 February 2017, 2:40 pm | University of Auckland
The 35-year-old was inspired by two teachers who supported her when she was a student at Bream Bay College. More >>
New student high-rise opens at University of Auckland
Monday, 20 February 2017, 1:56 pm | University of Auckland
A new state-of-the-art apartment complex for University of Auckland students officially opens on Symonds Street in Auckland City this week. More >>
Māori and Pacific more vulnerable to pancreas diseases
Monday, 20 February 2017, 11:23 am | University of Auckland
New Zealand has one of the highest rates of acute pancreatitis in the world with Māori and Pacific people at more than double the risk of developing pancreatitis and post-pancreatitis diabetes than New Zealand Europeans. More >>
New Arts major focuses on top job employability
Friday, 17 February 2017, 3:00 pm | University of Auckland
Communication across our culture, both in personal and professional life, has never been more dynamic and the potential for top careers for well-trained people is huge. The University of Auckland’s Faculty of Arts is meeting the needs of this fast-changing ... More >>
Food marketing review ignores advice from 77 experts
Friday, 17 February 2017, 1:23 pm | University of Auckland
Government regulation is needed to reduce the advertising industry’s marketing of unhealthy foods to children and young people, according to 77 of New Zealand’s leading health professors. More >>
Unhealthy food choices pushed to youngsters on websites
Friday, 17 February 2017, 1:22 pm | University of Auckland
Many food websites are using sophisticated marketing to target and engage children and adolescents to market unhealthy food choices. More >>
New fathers can get new baby depression too
Thursday, 16 February 2017, 3:27 pm | University of Auckland
EMBARGOED TO 5am NZT Thursday 16 February 2017 New fathers can get new baby depression too Depression symptoms among men before and after the birth of their children were identified by recent research from the University of Auckland’s Centre for Longitudinal ... More >>
Vitamin D supplements can help kiwi children
Thursday, 16 February 2017, 2:39 pm | University of Auckland
Media Release - University of Auckland - 16 February 2017 New Zealand children can benefit from vitamin D supplements that protect against acute respiratory infections, according to a new study. More >>
New research could ease the way to second language learning
Thursday, 16 February 2017, 2:11 pm | University of Auckland
Research by a language teaching expert from the University of Auckland could bring major changes to second language teaching and improve chances of success for those who fail in traditional classes. Dr Shaofeng Li, a senior lecturer of applied language ... More >>
Planet earth and human health
Tuesday, 14 February 2017, 1:17 pm | University of Auckland
A better understanding of the close relationship between the life-support systems of our planet with human health and disease, is the focus of a new book by pioneering Australian epidemiologist, Tony McMichael. More >>
Crunchy, creamy colours: how colour influences food textures
Monday, 13 February 2017, 4:29 pm | University of Auckland
As you sit down for your next meal, think about this: what are the elements of flavour? More >>
