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Connecting with Indigenous whanau at NASA to build a Māori Aerospace sector
Pauline Harris and Kirsty Doyle are part of a joint six-month feasibility study looking at Earth observation research with NASA.
April 15, 2024
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Discovery Scholarships Programme’s first commercial co-sponsor
We are delighted to announce Spirax Sarco New Zealand as the first commercial co-sponsor for our Discovery Scholarship programme.
April 15, 2024
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Co-Directors appointed Fellows of the Royal Society of New Zealand Te Apārangi
MacDiarmid Institute Co-Directors Professor Nicola Gaston and Professor Justin Hodgkiss have both been elected to the New Zealand Royal Society…
April 4, 2024
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Significant piece of science history donated to the University
If you're reading this on your mobile phone, you may be holding a piece of New Zealand Nobel Prize history.
February 27, 2024
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2023 International Science Festival celebrates the legacy of Sir Paul Callaghan
Sir Paul Callaghan played a role in developing the Magnetic Resonance technology that has so many uses today, both in…
December 3, 2023
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Prof Nicola Gaston awarded Royal Society Thomson Medal
Our Co-Director Prof Nicola Gaston has been awarded the Thomson Medal by Royal Society Te Apārangi for transformative leadership for…
November 9, 2023
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2023 Marsden grant success
Congratulations to our long list of Marsden winners this year - it's wonderful to see the talent being recognised with…
November 3, 2023
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Discovery Scholarship Programme receives continued funding in 2024
We are delighted to announce the continued funding of the Discovery Scholarship Programme, for Māori and Pacific Island students.
October 10, 2023
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Commercialisation Manager wins KiwiNet Commercialisation Professional Award
Kevin Sheehy won the Commercialisation Professional Award at the 2023 KiwiNet Research Commercialisation Awards.
October 2, 2023
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Postdoc in Japanese collaboration for computational discovery
Dr Geoffrey Weal and colleagues are using computing and AI to discover materials increasing solar cell efficiency.
September 1, 2023
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Commercialisation Manager one of five KiwiNet Award finalists
Kevin Sheehy has been shortlisted for the KiwiNet Simpson Grierson Commercialisation Professional Award.
August 31, 2023
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We welcome two new Deputy Directors
We welcome Associate Professors Anna Garden and Natalie Plank as our new Deputy Directors, and bid farewell from our directorship…
July 3, 2023
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