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HRC Emerging Researchers First Grants

AUT picked up one third of Health Research Council Emerging Researchers First Grants this year.

AUT: How we managed to kill the ‘bill’

Despite 2020 being peppered with COVID lockdowns, they were not the only contributor to impressive savings for AUT’s energy bill.

Leafless Kauri stump

Such undead tree stumps have been observed for almost 200 years, but the evolutionary and physiological processes leading to their existence remain a myste

Climate Science 2020 – 10 New Insights

Professor Sebastian Leuzinger outlines some of 2020's significant findings within the field of climate science.

Beyond labs and lecture theatres

Research opportunities and field trips to estuaries, zoos, marine parks and intertidal shores are key components of AUT’s marine science programmes.

Vavanga hospo returned

Marine ecology staff have raised $4000 toward a new primary school in the Solomon Islands.

AUT success with Marsden funding

Two AUT academics have won 2020 Marsden funding for research projects.

David Towns awarded professor emeritus

One of NZ’s most influential conservation scientists, Professor David Towns, has been awarded the title of professor emeritus.

5 questions: Prof. Sebastian Leuzinger

We asked Professor Sebastian Leuzinger five questions about his research ahead of his Inaugural Professorial Address.

Indigenous names valuable to science

Professor Len Gillman says indigenous names for plants and animals should be restored within the scientific naming system.