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A professor’s significant legacy

7 April 2020

To celebrate a much-admired professor, University alumni and staff members rallied together over a few months to donate $136,000 for an endowed scholarship in his name.
A creator’s dream set in motion

7 April 2020

Struggling to make ends meet, Evangeline Riddiford Graham had almost given up on her studies at the New School in New York.
Adventurous fun as educational pilot launched

7 April 2020

Whether they were swinging from a trapeze, abseiling from a high beam or assembling a raft, 80 students from Aorere College had an adventure-filled start last month to a programme that hopes to offer them more options for their future.
Jeremy Salmond, contemporary voice of heritage, recognised as Distinguished Alumni

10 March 2020

Jeremy Salmond, a practising architect widely acknowledged for his contribution to the practice of building conservation in New Zealand, is one of four outstanding graduates to be recognised with a Distinguished Alumni Award.
How much does kindness matter in politics?

5 March 2020

Green MP and Faculty of Arts alumna Chlöe Swarbrick and Canadian professor Michael Orsini join a public panel discussion on the ways kindness and emotion can work in politics and policy.
Alumnus helps send 20,000 essential items to Wuhan

4 March 2020

An alumnus formerly from Wuhan, China, has raised nearly $2,700 in six days to support Wuhan hospitals and medical practitioners following the COVID-19 outbreak.
New Year's Honours 2020

3 February 2020

Congratulations to the alumni and staff of the University who received New Year's Honours in 2020.
Freedom to develop ideas on the southern space frontier

9 December 2019

New Zealand’s fledgling space sector has appointed the internationally leading Professor Guglielmo Aglietti as inaugural Director* of Te Pūnaha Ātea – Auckland Space Institute.
Space is for everybody

9 December 2019

While some may raise an amused, sceptical eyebrow at the thought of Kiwis being among those with an interest in space, Aotearoa New Zealand has, in fact, a long history in space science and technology.
Astronomy, astrophysics and asteroids

9 December 2019

For Amelia Cordwell, the symbiosis between a curious mind, a thirst for learning, and exposure to research has created an enduring love and respect for physics and the scientific study of space.
Perspectives on Life in the Universe

9 December 2019

Are we alone? Is there life elsewhere? How did life begin? There is something vaguely ‘Trekkie’ about searching for the answers to questions about life in the Universe.
Making the world a better place

9 December 2019

Alumna Yaoyao Ding was inspired by her masters supervisor’s passion for the nanomechanical properties of biomaterials. Now she’s an entrepreneur making her own mark on the world.

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