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Professor John Fraser of the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences.

3 October 2023

The University is the co-lead of a project of national significance to build a mRNA plaform to spark the next revolution in medical science and healthcare.

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Education and society

  • 27 September 2023

    University alumna, Auckland City Missioner Helen Robinson laid down a stirring challenge to social work students in her recent lecture at the University's Epsom Campus to "keep going" as the need has never been greater.

  • Election brochure for Helen Clark

    27 September 2023

    Election campaigns are a rich source of social history. The University library has a 112-year-old collection of election advertising.

  • Roof of Mt Eden prison in Auckland

    21 September 2023

    Opinion: Bex Silver says the being 'tough on crime’ narrative, driven by opportunistic politicians, dominating the election campaign, contradicts evidence that prisons are a training ground for harder criminals

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Politics and law

  • Dame Alison Burns Quentin-Baxter  Image Services, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington.

    4 October 2023

    The first female chair of Auckland University College's law students' society, Dame Alison Quentin-Baxter passed away peacefully at home on 30 September 2023 at the age of 93.

  • upset woman

    4 October 2023

    Opinion: The welfare system pushes some of the most vulnerable people into debt, writes Hanna Wilberg.

  • Election brochure for Helen Clark

    27 September 2023

    Election campaigns are a rich source of social history. The University library has a 112-year-old collection of election advertising.

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The Challenge

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