Feature Article
17 October 2024
Video: Learn more about the work of Celebrating Research Excellence Award winners in the Research Excellence Medal and Research Impact Award categories.
Sustainable impact
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7 November 2024
Cover story: Now, more than ever, we need to develop new, ‘clean’ technologies that help create a more environmentally sustainable future. Owen Poland meets academic and alumni innovators in New Zealand’s fast-growing cleantech sector.
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7 November 2024
Marsden Fund grants will support engineering researchers in projects exploring public health, climate adaptation and cultural heritage.
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7 November 2024
University of Auckland to host the 2nd Faculty of Science Pacific Research Symposium at Fale Pasifika showcasing new research developments 11 - 13 November.
Arts and culture
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1 November 2024
From mermaids to nursemaids to 'hags', how have archetypal images of women changed since medieval times?
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1 November 2024
It’s the tenth anniversary of a student prize championing excellence in musical theatre, established by long-time University of Auckland staffer Margaret Crannigan Allen.
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29 October 2024
Kim Meredith, a proud descendant from the atoll of Fakaofo in Tokelau, is a passionate advocate for Pacific language revitalisation.
Business and economy
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7 November 2024
Cover story: Now, more than ever, we need to develop new, ‘clean’ technologies that help create a more environmentally sustainable future. Owen Poland meets academic and alumni innovators in New Zealand’s fast-growing cleantech sector.
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5 November 2024
Opinion: Many bettors wagered on a Trump win - not from belief, but by following others - creating a potentially misleading consensus.
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30 October 2024
Analysis: Despite the growing sophistication of AI, investors prefer human expertise when it comes to stock market predictions, writes Gertjan Verdickt.
Education and society
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7 November 2024
Editorial: Professor Bridget Kool explores ideas of excellence, and how they underpin the University's aspirations.
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7 November 2024
A focus on Māori and Pacific women and girls connects this year’s successful Marsden grant recipients from the University of Auckland’s Faculty of Education and Social Work.
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7 November 2024
Projects on the evolution of a Pacific-centred approach to research and the problem of ‘surplus’ zoo animals have won Marsden grants for the Faculty of Arts in the latest round.
Environment
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7 November 2024
Cover story: Now, more than ever, we need to develop new, ‘clean’ technologies that help create a more environmentally sustainable future. Owen Poland meets academic and alumni innovators in New Zealand’s fast-growing cleantech sector.
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1 November 2024
Opinion: Aotearoa New Zealand is a biodiversity hotspot, defined as a global centre of high biodiversity with a high proportion of species under threat. So where was New Zealand at the United Nations Biodiversity Conference in Colombia?
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26 October 2024
Opinion: Even though we have known about fungi for hundreds of years, they've only been officially recognised since 1969. But where would be without them, wonders Maj Padamsee.
Health and medicine
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7 November 2024
Professor Terryann Clark, a leading researcher in adolescent and Māori public health, has been recognised with promotion to professor.
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7 November 2024
Projects addressing heat-induced heart failure, rheumatic fever, honeybee health, brain injury, and vision have won more than $4m Marsden funding for researchers in the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences.
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2 November 2024
Opinion: Combining physical and mental health assessments is crucial to the long-term management of gut-brain disorders, writes Dr Mikaela Law.
Politics and law
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5 November 2024
Opinion: Many bettors wagered on a Trump win - not from belief, but by following others - creating a potentially misleading consensus.
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4 November 2024
Opinion: Former PM Sir John Key said Donald Trump would be good for US economy, but Neal Curtis wonders if we can separate the US presidential candidate’s economic policies from fascist characteristics.
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1 November 2024
New Zealand’s unregulated crossbreeding industry raises animal welfare and health concerns, says Marcelo Rodriguez Ferrere.
Science and technology
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7 November 2024
Cover story: Now, more than ever, we need to develop new, ‘clean’ technologies that help create a more environmentally sustainable future. Owen Poland meets academic and alumni innovators in New Zealand’s fast-growing cleantech sector.
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7 November 2024
Marsden Fund grants will support engineering researchers in projects exploring public health, climate adaptation and cultural heritage.
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7 November 2024
University of Auckland to host the 2nd Faculty of Science Pacific Research Symposium at Fale Pasifika showcasing new research developments 11 - 13 November.
University news
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6 November 2024
A Marsden Fund Council grant of $3m for a nationwide programme to understand the factors children need to succeed in life is a feature in the 2024 Marsden funding round.
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4 November 2024
A summary of the sixth annual report on sustainability from the University of Auckland shows good progress.
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4 November 2024
The University's new sustainability web pages showcase its work towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
The Challenge
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29 October 2024
University researchers have joined the global challenge to understand what gravitational waves can tell us about the universe and how everything began.
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22 October 2024
Netball is celebrating its centenery in New Zealand. Auckland University researcher Dr Margaret Henley has been digging deep in the archives.
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10 October 2024
Discussion about the use of genetic modification technology outside the lab can easily become polarised. Research suggests a way to avoid this.