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El Niño and La Niña weather patterns will become even more dominant in New Zealand with climate change, according to research from The University of Auckland published in Nature Climate Change  >>

Four associate professors from the Faculty of Science have been promoted to professor.  >>

Professor Suzanne Purdy, an expert in speech science, will deliver her inaugural lecture as professor at The University of Auckland on Thursday 1 December.  >>

A Memorandum of Understanding was signed by Vice-Chancellor Professor Stuart McCutcheon and the Grand Master of the Freemasons, Mr Selwyn Cooper, this evening.  >>

Associate Professor Shaun Cooper of Massey University (Albany), a Mathematics department MSc alumni was awarded the NZMS medal at the Royal Society of New Zealand 2011 Research Honours event held in Wellington on Wednesday 17 November  >>

Professor Gillian Lewis, an expert in microbial water quality, will deliver her inaugural lecture as professor at The University of Auckland on Monday 21 November.  >>

The transition from solitary to group living provided protection from predators that allowed our primate ancestors to come down from the trees and become active during the daytime, according to research from the Universities of Auckland and Oxford.  >>

Ti Point Vineyard’s 2010 Ti Point One Merlot Cabernet franc and Omaha Bay Vineyard’s 2009 Pinot gris, both from Matakana, were named the champion red and white wines of the 2011 Upper North Island Wine Competition at Old Government House on Satur  >>

Professor Winston Byblow, an expert in movement neuroscience, will deliver his inaugural lecture as professor at The University of Auckland on Thursday 10 November.  >>

Professor Rod Gover from the Department of Mathematics at The University of Auckland has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand.  >>

Internationally renowned mathematician Professor Marston Conder is one of four researchers from New Zealand universities to receive a prestigious James Cook Research Fellowship this year.  >>

Professor John Read, an expert in clinical psychology and mental health, will deliver his inaugural lecture as professor at The University of Auckland on Wednesday 2 November.  >>

Professor Fred Seymour, a registered psychologist and expert in child and family psychology, will present his inaugural lecture as Professor of Clinical Psychology at The University of Auckland on Tuesday 18 October.  >>

Eight research teams from the Faculty of Science were successful in the 2011 Marsden Fund round, winning a total of $5.5 million. They are joined by a further eleven teams from across the university and all of the funded proposals are for three years  >>

There are far fewer species on Earth – just 2 million – than widely believed and it is possible to discover them all this century, according to Associate Professor Mark Costello from The University of Auckland’s Leigh Marine Laboratory.  >>

The death of a Bryde’s whale hit by a ship in the Hauraki Gulf highlights the need for more research and greater vigilance on the water, according to University of Auckland marine mammal scientist Dr Rochelle Constantine.  >>

Congratulations to the winners of this year’s Faculty of Science Poster Competition.  >>

Rutherford Discovery Fellowships for New Zealand’s top young researchers have been awarded to Dr Nicholas Shears and Dr Quentin Atkinson from The University of Auckland, and will bring alumnus Dr David Goldstone back to the University  >>

Mr Nick Jones from The University of Auckland has been appointed Director of the New Zealand eScience Infrastructure (NeSI), a nation-wide supercomputer network designed to support cutting-edge research.  >>

Nominations are called for noteworthy statistics – good, bad and ugly – quoted in the New Zealand media, for a new weekly competition on the Stats Chat blog run by the Department of Statistics at The University of Auckland.  >>