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NZ pioneer in gambling policy

New Zealand’s approach to gambling policy and countering gambling problems has led international thinking, says AUT University Pro Vice-Chancellor Professor Max Abbott. “New Zealand has been a pioneer in gambling research and changed the way people think about gambling problems. It was the first country to provide nationwide problem... 
 
Lecturer finds solar system

AUT University lecturer Tim Natusch is part of the collaborative effort which led to the discovery of a new solar system similar to our own. The solar system, named OGLE-2006-Big-109, has two planets which resemble smaller versions of our own Jupiter and Saturn and is about 5000 light years away. Dr Natusch, a senior lecturer in the School of... 
 
Prof named top scientist

AUT University’s Professor Nik Kasabov (above) is the science category winner of the Bayer Innovators Awards 2007, an inaugural award which recognises 60 of the country’s top achievers. For the awards Bayer New Zealand and the National Business Review identified 10 finalists in six categories: science; manufacturing; design and... 
 
Business school finalist

The AUT Business School is a finalist in the 2008 Vero Excellence in Business Support Awards. The awards recognise organisations and individuals that provide quality services and products to small-to-medium sized businesses, which make up 96 per cent of all New Zealand’s businesses. Finalists were chosen after a “rigorous and... 
 
Changes support approach

AUT University’s Research and Commercialisation portfolios will be integrated under the broader grouping “Research and Development”, following the success of the university’s holistic approach to scholarship. AUT Tech Park will also be repositioned as the AUT Innovation Centre and work closely with Research and...