Science news

Five AUT Marsden Fund grants

Five projects led by AUT researchers have been granted funding totalling $3.58 million in new research for the university, in this Marsden Fund round.

Minister launches sustainable blueprint

The Minister for Climate Change, the Hon James Shaw officially launched AUT’s Sustainability Roadmap on Friday 19 October.

THE rankings place AUT in NZ top three

AUT has significantly improved in global university rankings published today by the Times Higher Education.

AUT 2019 domestic and international fees

Tuition fees for new domestic students, and for domestic and international students currently enrolled in a programme will increase in 2019.

PhD grad takes eco message to the world

Environmental science and marine biology PhD graduate Stephanie Borrelle is taking on one of the world’s big problems – plastic pollution in the oceans.

nztrees app puts natives on the map

Do you know your mānuka from your kānuka, your pōhutukawa from your rātā or ever wonder which trees are native?

UK science journal publishes in te reo

NZ academics have taken a major step forward in encouraging the scientific community to recognise the importance of non-Western indigenous languages.

5 questions with Professor Michael Petterson

We asked Professor Michael Petterson 5 questions about his research at the time of his Inaugural Professorial Address.