Feature Article
2 April 2020
Opinion: Beyond direct impact on demography and genome, pandemics have brought dramatic change across history. Tatjana Buklijas considers the impact of Covid-19.
Coronavirus
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6 April 2020
Opinion: Are you living an apartment during the level 4 lockdown? Associate Professor Siouxsie Wiles has some advice on how to stay safe and healthy.
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6 April 2020
Opinion: Associate Professor Helen Petousis-Harris summarises the vaccine scene with respect to COVID-19, with an extra reminder of what we should do to stay safe in the meantime.
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6 April 2020
A creative solution to the fact that academic conferences have had to be cancelled all over the world because of Covid-19, Cancelled Conference Conversations, a virtual symposium series, is looking for interested speakers.
Arts and culture
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6 April 2020
Two senior lecturers at the School of Architecture and Planning have won, in their private practice, the Best Colour and Detail category in this year’s Home of the Year Awards.
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18 March 2020
Ashley Tofa is one of ten photographers to be shortlisted in the student category of the Sony World Photography Awards for her series of portraits presented for her MFA (Honours) at the University of Auckland, and also for her series about Ihumātao.
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16 March 2020
Dr Fabio Morreale looks at the way music streaming platforms such as Spotify influence and even control what we listen to.
Business and economy
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1 April 2020
Opinion: As Covid-19 threatens livelihoods and recession seems inevitable, charities and voluntary organisations face an uncertain future, writes John Mohan.
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26 March 2020
Opinion: Surveillance on an unprecedented scale may be justified but must end when no longer needed says Associate Professor Gehan Gunasekara.
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21 March 2020
Opinion: Mike Lee analyses the impact of Covid-19 on different types of business, and how they will fare in future pandemic-related crises.
Education and society
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6 April 2020
A creative solution to the fact that academic conferences have had to be cancelled all over the world because of Covid-19, Cancelled Conference Conversations, a virtual symposium series, is looking for interested speakers.
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2 April 2020
Using digital data for contact tracing could be a powerful tool for containing the spread of Covid-19, and a new technology app in Singapore could help address fears of data privacy, says a digital data expert.
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2 April 2020
Opinion: Beyond direct impact on demography and genome, pandemics have brought dramatic change across history. Tatjana Buklijas considers the impact of Covid-19.
Environment and sustainability
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6 April 2020
Two senior lecturers at the School of Architecture and Planning have won, in their private practice, the Best Colour and Detail category in this year’s Home of the Year Awards.
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23 March 2020
A New Zealand – Australia collaboration has produced the first full genome sequence of Rattus rattus (ship or black rat).
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20 March 2020
Opinion: COVID-19 is not just a medical emergency, it is also a social and cultural crisis. Judging by the ways other countries are coping, it will test our values to the core, writes Anne Salmond.
Health and medicine
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6 April 2020
Opinion: Are you living an apartment during the level 4 lockdown? Associate Professor Siouxsie Wiles has some advice on how to stay safe and healthy.
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6 April 2020
Opinion: Associate Professor Helen Petousis-Harris summarises the vaccine scene with respect to COVID-19, with an extra reminder of what we should do to stay safe in the meantime.
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3 April 2020
Opinion: Will there be 20 deaths, or 27,000? Virus mortality projections offer Kiwis very different outlooks - Robert Bartholomew explains the the missing variables that could determine which of these predictions will become our reality.
Politics and law
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2 April 2020
Opinion: When we rethink our economy and how we support citizens, we must end the 19th Century bias against those in relationships, writes Susan St John.
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29 March 2020
Opinion: The government has responded to Covid-19 with a rescue package for business, writes Susan St John. The same must be done to help low income children.
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28 March 2020
Opinion: Donald Trump and Boris Johnson's response to coronavirus has revealed some disturbing attitudes towards segments of the population, writes Neal Curtis.
Science and technology
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2 April 2020
Using digital data for contact tracing could be a powerful tool for containing the spread of Covid-19, and a new technology app in Singapore could help address fears of data privacy, says a digital data expert.
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2 April 2020
Professor Martyn Nash, of the Auckland Bioengineering Institute (ABI) and Department of Engineering Science, has been inducted to the College of Fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE).
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23 March 2020
A New Zealand – Australia collaboration has produced the first full genome sequence of Rattus rattus (ship or black rat).
University news
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6 April 2020
A creative solution to the fact that academic conferences have had to be cancelled all over the world because of Covid-19, Cancelled Conference Conversations, a virtual symposium series, is looking for interested speakers.
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20 March 2020
The University of Auckland has advised staff and students that next week (23 to 27 March) will be a Teaching Free Week, in which teaching across the University will be suspended.
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16 March 2020
The University welcomes a new Vice-Chancellor, Professor Dawn Freshwater, who joined us this week.
