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The case for funding creative arts in the community

4 November 2019

Opinion: If anything is going to spark a fire in the heart of Dr Molly Mullen, it's a discussion about the importance of funding community arts.
Up close to the politics of conflict in Colombia

4 November 2019

A conversation with FARC party members, a graffiti tour of Bogotá and a session on drug policy and organised crime are only a few of the activities planned for 20 Faculty of Arts students visiting Colombia this month.
Commitment to play gets PhD student elected to the Board

30 October 2019

Alex Bonham, a PhD student with the School of Dance was recently elected to the Waitematā Local Board, winning more votes than anyone else, after campaigning on the need for more space to play.
Connecting through dance, close to home and far away

29 October 2019

Two students at the School of Dance have been awarded a Prime Ministers Scholarship, and both will be appearing at the School’s End of Year Performance in November before they go.
Working together is planet’s best hope

24 October 2019

We often feel that individual action on issues such as climate change is a pointless exercise but Professor Niki Harre from the University of Auckland has written two books that show no cause is hopeless if we work together.
2019 Royal Society research honours for Arts

17 October 2019

Professor Emeritus Roger Horrocks MNZM, Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga and Selina Tusitala Marsh have been awarded medals by Royal Society Te Apārangi.
Joker a study in cruelty and whiteness

16 October 2019

Opinion: Acts of cruelty run through the film ‘Joker’, writes Neal Curtis. Some are explicit, others less so, but all leave an unsettling after-effect.
Why the ‘love science’ behind MAFS is completely bogus

16 October 2019

Is it possible to predict attraction and how successful a relationship will be before two people meet? Health Psychology PhD candidate Holly Dixon explains why the entire Married at First Sight franchise is based on bunk science.
Harry Potter coming in te reo Māori

10 October 2019

Auckland University Press (AUP) has committed to publishing 100 books in te reo Māori for children and adults, starting with Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
“We’re not invisible, we’re not senile” - short film

10 October 2019

University research into loneliness and social isolation among older New Zealanders has helped create an animated short film running in the Show Me Shorts film festival.
Ngarino Ellis wins national teaching award

9 October 2019

Ngarino Ellis (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Porou) is one of four University of Auckland academics to have their work recognised in the annual Tertiary Teaching Excellence Awards.
Starship doctor becomes Doctor of Music

25 September 2019

Nearly 40 years after graduating as a medical doctor from the University of Auckland, Dr Louise Webster has become a doctor again, this time in music.

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