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Nicole Perry: my cultural adventure that began with learning another language

1 June 2022

Opinion: Dr Nicole Perry says learning another language opened up her world and took her from the backwaters of British Colombia to a German studies position at the University of Auckland.
Elam student wins Adam Portraiture Award

30 May 2022

Congratulations to Jessica Gurnsey, who in her first year of a conjoint degree with Elam School of Fine Arts and the School of Business, has won the 2022 $20,000 Adam Portraiture Award, the youngest to ever win the award.
Decolonising our Western approach to design

18 May 2022

We need to be alert to cultural appropriation, and that includes designers and design educators, says Dr Diana Albarrán González, who recently took up her role as deputy director of and lecturer in the Design Programme at the University.
Ten great works for New Zealand Music Month

18 May 2022

In celebration of New Zealand Music Month, Dr Leonie Holmes, distinguished composer and senior lecturer at the School of Music, shares ten great works by Aotearoa New Zealand composers, and what she loves about them.
1970s Craccum editor Louise Chunn: what generation gap?

16 May 2022

Opinion: Louise Chunn writes that if older people stopped to consider their own youthful enthusiasms and took time to listen to young people's perspectives, they may learn a little.
Linda Tyler unpacks a Serene Timoteo artwork

16 May 2022

The University Art Collection has more than 1,700 items across five campuses. Linda Tyler showcases another of her favourite pieces.
Making both folly and virtue out of old wood

16 May 2022

Three masters students from the School of Architecture and Planning have won this year’s Brick Bay Folly prize, for an architectural structure made entirely out of the timber of a former Folly winner.
Maureen Lander: 'The University still plays a role in my life'

13 May 2022

Weaver and teacher Maureen Lander is one of our distinguished alumni in 2022 and, in her 80th year, is still working with students on campus.
And the band played on … 3D-printed instruments

12 May 2022

Exhibition showcases 3D-printed musical instruments made in the Creative Design and Additive Manufacturing Lab and hosts NZ’s first 3D-print performance by musicians.
Making art in, and out, of lockdown

5 May 2022

Lockdown presented many challenges for Master of Fine Arts graduate Sara Moana Edwards, so she began to draw her way out of a “lockdown burnout” which turned out to be both cathartic and productive.
What Spotify and Tinder aren’t telling us

4 May 2022

Our online and real-world lives are increasingly influenced by algorithmic recommendations based on data gathered about our behavior by companies that are often reluctant to tell us how they work, but researchers at the University have tried to find out by analysing the legal documents of Spotify and Tinder.
Billie Lythberg: the business of being curious

2 May 2022

Dr Billie Lythberg is an art historian and anthropological researcher, but she’s right at home in the University of Auckland Business School. She says across all her disciplines, she works with ground-breaking thinkers.

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