April 2023
Inside this issue of UniNews: Dame Margaret Brimble, Lisa Finucane, Jason Fell, Peter O'Connor and Claudia Rozas Gómez, Alex Sims plus news, and books
Cover story
Dame Margaret Brimble: mother of magic molecule
When Distinguished Professor Dame Margaret Brimble discovered the molecule that led to the life-changing neurological drug Trofinetide, with a team working in a humble University of Auckland lab, she couldn't know how it would change lives.
Features
Lisa Finucane: keeping on top of the bogey monster
Twelve years ago Lisa was diagnosed with ovarian cancer and in 2022 it "ramped up".
Stunning gardens form great canvas for Jason Fell
The horticulturist team leader based at Epsom Campus takes photos of his workplace and handiwork.
Education experts playing with letters
Dr Claudia Rozas Gómez and Professor Peter O’Connor wrote letters to each other in exercise to explore alternatives to current ways of thinking about education.
Ockham Book Awards finalists
A number of staff, alumni and a student are finalists in the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards – winners to be announced on 17 May at the Auckland Writers Festival.
Māramatanga: Alex Sims
Opinion: Artificial Intelligence tools used for writing present a much-needed opportunity to
reimagine education assessment, says Associate Professor Alex Sims.
All these items on interactive PDF
In the News (pg 2 of PDF)
Dr Emma Carroll
Dr Patrick Thomsen
Dr Makarena Dudley
Dr Ahmad Zaki
Professor Hilary Longhurst
Dr Paul Heyward
'Good to Know' stories
Royal Society Fellows pg 4
Te Poutoko Ora a Kiwa, the Centre for Pacific and Global Health pg 4
Grant Covic and partnership with Downer for EV charging pg 4
NASA touches down at Waipapa pg 5
Dilys Johns pg 9
Clubs Expo pg 9
Arts and Culture
Slow Wonder: Letters on Imagination and Education by Professor Peter O’Connor and Dr Claudia Rozas Gómez - online link at top
BOOKS
Say I Do This: Poems 2018-2022
C.K. Stead, Auckland University Press, $35
Golden Days
Caroline Barron, Affirm Press, $38
It’s Not Rocket Science: a Guide to the School Improvement Cycle
Frauke Meyer and Linda Bendikson, Myers Education Press, $40
Secrets of the Seas: The Story of New Zealand’s Native Sea Creatures
Robert Vennell, Harper Collins, $55
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