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University celebrates its community from refugee backgrounds
21 August 2019
PhD student Bilal Nasier, who fled war-torn Afghanistan when he was four-years-old, is one of 750 students with a refugee background at the University of Auckland who will be celebrated during the University's first ever Refugee Week next week.
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20 libraries to open in Tongan villages
21 August 2019
Twenty new libraries brimming with books donated by the University of Auckland community will soon open in Tonga.
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Not time to worry about robots - yet
21 August 2019
Opinion: Should we worry about robots taking over? Not anytime soon, says Dr Craig Sutherland who talks about the impact of robots for Raising the Bar on 27 August.
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More child head injuries from recreational than team sport
20 August 2019
An Australian/NZ study into childhood head injuries has found that children who do recreational sports like horse riding, skate boarding and bike riding are more likely to suffer serious head injuries than children who play contact sport like football or rugby.
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Helen Clark – keeping the end goal in sight
19 August 2019
Universities have a crucial part to play in making the world a more inclusive and sustainable place, says the Rt Hon. Helen Clark.
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Smoking cigarettes worse than smoking marijuana, say teens
19 August 2019
Smoking cigarettes is worse teenage behaviour than smoking marijuana, according to Year 11-13 students from New Zealand schools. Furthermore, they think their parents would agree with them.
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Fallen stars: most of our packaged food is ultra-processed, unhealthy
17 August 2019
A new, in-depth snapshot of packaged food sold in New Zealand supermarkets reveals most of it is unhealthy, with nearly 70 percent classified as ultra-processed.
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How technology is changing the music
16 August 2019
Understanding how technology applies to music is an emerging area of both research and teaching at the School of Music, and being developed by lecturer and coordinator of Music Technology, Dr Fabio Morreale, who joined the school this year.
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Beauty tyranny in the age of Instagram
16 August 2019
Young women in the age of social media are under ever more intense pressure to look ‘Insta-perfect’ and it’s not making them happy.
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Why you should go jump off a table
15 August 2019
“If you want to excite the bones, and get your bones to respond to that, the best thing you can do is jump off a table,” says Associate Professor Thor Besier. “Do that ten times, and your bones will receive more stimulus than if you went for a walk for two hours.”
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Business School entrepreneur honoured in Asia
15 August 2019
University of Auckland alumnus and Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Mitchell Pham, has been honoured in Ho Chi Minh City for his contribution to entrepreneurial leadership and international impact in the city's booming hi-tech industry.
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Short bursts of exercise good for the brain
14 August 2019
Short intensive bouts of exercise have similar beneficial effects on the brain as longer workouts, according to new research from the University of Auckland.
