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Giving
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Giving us heart
4 October 2019
Research into how much sodium and potassium New Zealand children eat, engineering long-lasting tissue heart valves in the lab, and developing a vaccine for rheumatic fever have all received a boost from Heart Foundation grants.
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NZ researchers at forefront of hunt for acute pancreatitis drugs
27 September 2019
A medical researcher has received US$50k to test new potential drugs for one of the most common, and potentially lethal, abdominal diseases in urgent hospital admissions.
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Education – the gift that keeps on giving
27 September 2019
Promising students from four low decile Auckland schools will now have a much better chance of achieving UE, thanks to a gift from the Buchanan Charitable Foundation.
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Gift helps young scholar with disabilities
16 September 2019
Despite having three auto-immune diseases as well as depression, Sarai McKay has won two scholarships, including the Muriel Roberts Scholarship for a disabled student to travel overseas.
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Philanthropist encourages future entrepreneurs
10 September 2019
Philanthropist and entrepreneur Tony Falkenstein is donating $600,000 to the University of Auckland Business School to fund students to travel to Silicon Valley.
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Getting more New Zealanders into important rooms around the world
6 September 2019
Business leader and advocate Phil O'Reilly has funded a $5,000 annual scholarship to grow global public policy knowledge in young New Zealanders.
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University celebrates its community from refugee backgrounds
21 August 2019
PhD student Bilal Nasier, who fled war-torn Afghanistan when he was four-years-old, is one of 750 students with a refugee background at the University of Auckland who will be celebrated during the University's first ever Refugee Week next week.
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20 libraries to open in Tongan villages
21 August 2019
Twenty new libraries brimming with books donated by the University of Auckland community will soon open in Tonga.
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Tech Night 2019 brings Formula SAE alumni and sponsors to Newmarket
5 August 2019
The University of Auckland's Formula SAE team recently opened its doors to its alumni and sponsors.
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US philanthropist gifts $2.7m to drive NZ medical advances
3 August 2019
A $2.7 million grant will help the Liggins Institute stay at the forefront of research-driven advances in healthcare by supporting a crucial pipeline for tomorrow’s star clinical researchers.
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It’s the final countdown
31 July 2019
After three years, New Zealand’s largest-ever fundraising campaign is coming to an end.
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Michael J Fox Foundation gives $221,000 to NZ hunt for new Parkinson’s drugs
6 July 2019
A $221,000 grant from The Michael J Fox Foundation will allow a team of researchers at the University of Auckland’s Centre for Brain Research to ramp up their hunt for new drugs that could potentially slow down Parkinson’s disease.