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Research to develop more effective second generation drugs for a common cause of cancers was made possible recently by a $5 million programme grant from the Health Research Council  >>

The most effective ways to improve New Zealanders’ healthy food choices will come under scrutiny in a major five year research programme due to start soon.  >>

The work of New Zealand’s top emerging artists from Elam School of Fine Arts at The University of Auckland has been published in a new book.  >>

A combination of brain stimulation and video games may be the key to speeding up treatment for tinnitus sufferers.  >>

A switch from studying science to celluloid has paid off for a University of Auckland staff member Peter Simpson.  >>

The Auckland War Memorial Museum has recently awarded $20,000 in library research grants to six Arts students from The University of Auckland.  >>

Biomimetics researcher, Daniel Xu’s talent for invention won him two prizes in the recent 2013 Spark Ideas Challenge.  >>

The University of Auckland is delighted that its researchers have received $31.2 million in the annual Health Research Council of New Zealand funding round, or around half of the total amount awarded across the country this year.  >>

Artist Sopolemelama Filipe Tohi has returned to the Fale Pasifika for a month-long artist’s residency that will see him continue his traditional lalava or lashing throughout the building.  >>

Albert Wendt (āiga Sa-Tuaopepe of Lefaga and āiga Sa-Patu of Vaiala), Emeritus Professor of English at The University of Auckland and acclaimed writer, painter and poet, has been made a member of the Order of New Zealand.  >>

People visiting their local health centre will soon be able to complete an electronic health and wellbeing screening test while they wait for a doctor.  >>

University of Auckland student Thomas Leggat is joint winner of the Prime Minister’s Award for Academic Excellence.  >>

University of Auckland Law Professor Ron Paterson begins his five year term as Ombudsman on 4 June 2013, and looks forward to maintaining close relations with the Law School.  >>

Blind Mice, a short film by University of Auckland Film Television and Media Studies graduate Walter Lawry, has been chosen to screen at a prestigious film festival in Israel.  >>

The School of Music building at The University of Auckland has been awarded the Enduring Architecture Award 2013.  >>

A medical journal that started life as a one-man project from an Auckland home has influenced pharmaceutical policy in small nations around the world.  >>

First-year School of Music student Eden Roberts hasn’t always been a singer. The young songwriter and recent X Factor finalist only started singing when, at 16, she developed a repetitive strain injury from playing the guitar.  >>

Bed sharing leads to a five-fold increase in the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome for young babies even when parents don’t smoke, according to new research.  >>

Visiting Hood Fellow Professor Kathleen Tierney from University of Colorado will show how disasters originate within the social order itself.  >>

The University of Auckland is partnering with Google to provide students with the opportunity to gain the edge in a competitive graduate employment market.  >>