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Arts Students of the Year awards
08 November 2017Congratulations to all the winners and nominees of the recent Arts Student of the Year awards. -
Public Policy Institute will address key policy issues
07 November 2017We've launched a comprehensive Public Policy Institute to foster independent, critical research on key policy issues affecting New Zealand, the Asia-Pacific and the broader global community. -
Eight projects successful in Marsden Fund
02 November 2017Eight projects from the Faculty of Arts have received funding in the latest round of the Marsden Fund. -
Treatment and diagnosis of depression needs major overhaul
02 November 2017The way depression is diagnosed and treated needs a major overhaul, say authors of a new review article in the scientific journal Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. -
Indian Diaspora Aotearoa three ways
31 October 2017Shuchi Kothari explores what it means to be a diasporic Indian in three short films which will be shown at the Auckland Art Gallery on Saturday 12 November. -
Skull could be world's oldest known tsunami victim
26 October 2017A new geological analysis of the site where a 6,000-year-old human skull was discovered in 1929 has revealed that the person probably died in a tsunami. -
Large pōwhiri for new professor
25 October 2017We're welcoming Linda Waimarie Nikora as our new Professor of Indigenous Studies and co-director of Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga on Friday 27 October. -
New poetry from Michele Leggott
24 October 2017Professor Michele Leggott's latest volume of poetry concerns itself with appearance and disappearance as modes of memory. -
Trifecta of Royal Society honours for Arts
11 October 2017Dr Aroha Harris, Professor Cris Shore and Professor Tracey McIntosh have been honoured by the Royal Society for their work. -
Arts students shine at Blues Awards
04 October 2017Our students have once again featured prominently at the Blues Awards. -
Heritage Rescue returns to our screens
02 October 2017The television series that revitalises museums and historic sites around New Zealand is back for a second season, and our graduates are right in the thick of it. -
Leading linguist to rethink language in public lecture
13 September 2017"First we invented language, then language changed us," says Dr Daniel Dor, who will give the annual Hood Lecture on Monday 18 September 2017. -
Caught in the Web achieves a hat-trick of #1s
06 September 2017Annie Goldson's Kim Dotcom: Caught in the Web has rocketed up all the best documentary lists’on iTunes internationally and is featuring well in the ‘All Movie Genres’ stakes. -
Development Studies graduate in Hawaii
30 August 2017Trish Tupou is continuing her study at the University of Hawaii after receiving both a Fulbright scholarship and a fellowship at the East-West Center. -
We're hosting a debate for young voters
29 August 2017The University of Auckland is partnering with TVNZ to host a special live debate focused on the issues that matter for young voters. -
New Zealand's new Poet Laureate
28 August 2017Associate Professor Selina Tusitala Marsh has been named New Zealand's new Poet Laureate. -
Lecturers in Japanese commended
25 August 2017Dr Wayne Lawrence and Dr Lawrence Marceau were honoured recently with a commendation from the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. -
Philosopher heads up bioethics panel
22 August 2017Dr Emily Parke is one of the two convenors of a bioethics panel focused on the ethical and social challenges to eradicating invasive predators in New Zealand. -
University becomes part of the debate
21 August 2017The University will be involved in two debates and the interactive engagement tool Vote Compass in the lead up to the General Election. -
New initiative focuses on Auckland's history
18 August 2017A new initiative focused on understanding Auckland's past in all its diversity and vibrancy is being launched at the University of Auckland.