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Same faculty, different degrees - identical twins graduate

2 December 2019

After six years of study at the University of Auckland, identical twins and first-generation students Chiara and Norina Gasteiger have both graduated with masters degrees in medical fields.
The Big Smoke: vaping debate a red herring

29 November 2019

Opinion: The vaping debate is a red herring until we know the long-term health impacts, writes Kelly Burrowes.
Samoa’s devastating measles epidemic – why and how bad?

29 November 2019

Opinion: With the death toll rising in Samoa's measles epidemic, vaccinologist Dr Helen Petousis-Harris explores why Samoa's immunity is so low and how bad the epidemic could get.
Bee-threatening soil residue up to 14x ‘safe’ levels - study

29 November 2019

Traces of a class of insecticides known to pose a risk to honeybees and other ‘friendly’ insects have been found in the soil across nine North Island sites a year or more after the insecticide was applied.
Entitled little pricks

28 November 2019

Opinion: Newsroom columnist and medical student Emma Espiner hopes a rort at the University of Otago over a final-year overseas elective won't end up punishing all aspiring young doctors.
Level head needed for medicine and frisbee

27 November 2019

If Eunice Ng is as competent as a doctor as she is at throwing a frisbee, then her patients will be in safe hands.
NZ scientist behind first FDA-approved myopia therapy for kids

25 November 2019

An optometry researcher from the University of Auckland is behind the first-ever Food and Drug Administration-(FDA) approved treatment to slow the progression of short-sight in children.
Seven new Royal Society Fellows from University of Auckland

22 November 2019

Five University academics have been elected as Ngā Ahurei a Te Apārangi Fellows for their distinction in research and advancement of science, technology or the humanities.
The real kaupapa Māori

21 November 2019

Opinion: Politicians like to throw around 'kaupapa Māori' as a solution to our problems but how can our existing structures accommodate tikanga when they were designed by strangers?
Five University of Auckland researchers among most highly cited in the world

20 November 2019

Five University scientists have been recognised in the Web of Science Group 2019 list of the most Highly Cited Researchers in the world, released on 19 November.
Calcium supplements have "very little place" in modern medicine

18 November 2019

Evidence suggests that calcium supplements have “very little place” in modern medical practice, according to the University of Auckland authors of a new review.
Same-gender sexual orientation “throughout New Zealand society”

15 November 2019

The country’s first-ever major sexual health survey shows that some degree of same-gender sexual orientation exists throughout Aotearoa New Zealand society, and is more common among women than men, says a University of Auckland expert.

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