Feature Article
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.
Sustainable impact
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2 October 2023
On the City Campus, the old Social Sciences building used to be a dark rabbit warren that was the butt of many jokes. Now the refurbished building is barely recognisable and a shining example of 6 Green Star Design.
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2 October 2023
Opinion: The need for shelter, warmth and care for the homeless is acute. Professor Diane Brand is chipping in to help a charity with a difference, but says things must change.
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21 September 2023
A University of Auckland collaboration to help bring solar energy to more homes in Aotearoa New Zealand has been recognised at the Energy Excellence Awards.
Arts and culture
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2 October 2023
The University of Auckland art collection comprises around 1,700 items. Art collection adviser Madeleine Gifford showcases a piece by Salome Tanuvasa.
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25 September 2023
Prominent Te Ao Māori leader leaves a legacy of strengthening te reo Māori and raising the profile of Aotearoa New Zealand.
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20 September 2023
Music graduate Tayla Alexander is ready to take the world by storm after signing a multi-million dollar production deal.
Business and economy
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27 September 2023
Despite being over-educated, workers who undergo on-the-job training are less likely to quit, according to a University of Auckland study.
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27 September 2023
Opinion: Google knows that when confronted with a search engine that comes as a default, most of us won’t expend the mental energy to seek out a new search engine, writes Ananish Chaudhuri.
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21 September 2023
The US Congressional Budget Office scores each party’s economic policies. Ananish Chaudhuri asks why we don’t have something similar.
Education and society
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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.
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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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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
Environment
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21 September 2023
The first leaders' debate was a sobering reminder that we're not taking climate change seriously enough. Kevin Trenberth looks beyond the usual talking points.
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23 August 2023
Covid has fundamentally changed how people view the environment, their relationship to it and their vision for the future, according to new research from the University of Auckland.
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14 August 2023
A project to understand the benefits of 'living' roofs is sprouting up at the Faculty of Engineering.
Health and medicine
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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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2 October 2023
The Pacific Mental Health Survey launches in Tonga this week.
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25 September 2023
A new study finds the vagus nerve, famed for helping us ‘rest and digest’, also plays an important role in exercise.
Politics and law
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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.
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4 October 2023
Opinion: The welfare system pushes some of the most vulnerable people into debt, writes Hanna Wilberg.
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27 September 2023
Election campaigns are a rich source of social history. The University library has a 112-year-old collection of election advertising.
Science and technology
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2 October 2023
In Tuvaluan Language Week, researcher urges clearing a path for migrants to Aotearoa.
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29 September 2023
The world’s rarest marine dolphin, New Zealand’s Māui, is getting younger.
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21 September 2023
A University of Auckland collaboration to help bring solar energy to more homes in Aotearoa New Zealand has been recognised at the Energy Excellence Awards.
University news
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27 September 2023
The University of Auckland has maintained its place in the world’s top 150 universities in this year’s Times Higher Education World University Rankings.
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25 September 2023
Prominent Te Ao Māori leader leaves a legacy of strengthening te reo Māori and raising the profile of Aotearoa New Zealand.
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19 September 2023
Higher education trailblazer Kate Milligan Edger has been given a posthumous honorary doctorate from the University of Auckland as part of its 140th anniversary commemorations.
The Challenge
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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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25 July 2023
Emeritus Professor Rod Brodie’s research has led to a brand eco-system to enhance social licence for business.
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17 July 2023
Gout is not an affliction of wealthy men overdoing food and alcohol. It more commonly affects Māori and Pacific men from a surprisingly young age. Professor Nicola Dalbeth says equitable treatment means dispelling the myths.
