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PhD graduate wins Maori Excellence award
An AUT PhD graduate was recognised on Friday at the Te Amorangi National Māori Academic Excellence Awards.
Peter Maulder, Ngati Kahungunu and Ngati Pahauwera, was the recipient of one of these awards, having graduated from AUT at the end of 2011. He completed his research by answering the question 'What is the role of joint coupling variability and joint stiffness in lower limb injury'.
The Council of Auckland University of Technology has announced the election of Mr John Maasland as the Chancellor of the University.
Mr Maasland’s service to the governance of the University began in 2009 when he was appointed to the University Council in consultation with the Central Organisation of Employers.
AUT takes on prestigious business awards
AUT University Business School now owns the prestigious Excellence in Business Support Awards, brainchild of business support specialist Sarah Trotman.
Lecturer selected for Ministry Advisory Group
AUT lecturer Mele Ileini Tautakitaki was recently named as a member of the Ministry of Education’s Early Childhood Taskforce Advisory Group for children under the age of two.
Increasing cost of alcohol won't stop youth drinking
Increasing the cost of alcohol won't be enough to combat youth binge-drinking, says AUT Associate Professor of Retailing Andrew Parsons.
A controversial book about a report into the reconstruction of the Nuku'alofa Central Business District in Tonga has been launched at AUT University.
The book
The book’s author, Dr Teena Brown Pulu, is a lecturer at AUT and launched the book, ‘Shoot the Messenger’ at the Manukau Campus on Monday night.
Carving it up for Pasifika Festival
The public is cordially invited to the 2012 Pasifika Festival preview at AUT University’s Manukau campus on Saturday, 25 February from 12.30pm.
Please join us for this festive occasion as we host three celebrated master carvers, and local emerging artists from the Manukau region, as they create ‘anchor stone’ carvings as part of AUT’s ongoing partnership with the Pasifika Festival.
Unique film opportunity for AUT professor
AUT University professor Welby Ings has this week flown to Amsterdam to take up an eight-week residency with a prestigious film institute.
Ings is a professor of graphic design, but is also no stranger to the film making world; he has made two short films and is currently working on his first feature length film.
Science stars to shine at astronomy conference in Auckland
An array of top international scientists including the inventor of Wi-Fi and the astronomer who downgraded Pluto converges on Auckland next week for the SKANZ 2012* conference hosted by AUT University.
Export windfall for seaweed harvest
Undaria pinnatifida is known as a highly invasive and unwanted organism under New Zealand biosecurity laws, yet AUT University researchers are touting it as the aquaculture sector’s next big thing.