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Innovative research has revealed why Bryde’s whales are so vulnerable to being killed by ships in the Hauraki Gulf, and University of Auckland scientists Dr Rochelle Constantine and Dr Natacha Aguilar are calling for speed restrictions  >>

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

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 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.  >>

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  >>

University of Auckland staff have scooped four of the 12 National Tertiary Teaching Excellence Awards for 2011 plus the Prime Minister’s Supreme Award.  >>

Scientists have discovered that southern right whales, hunted to near extinction in the 19th century, appear to be re-colonising mainland New Zealand calving grounds from a remnant population in the subantarctic Auckland Islands.  >>

Ground-breaking research by NIWA and The University of Auckland, investigating the annual movements of New Zealand seabirds migrating within the Pacific Ocean, has revealed that populations are genetically distinct, and have been for centuries  >>

The University of Auckland continues to be the best performing New Zealand university in subject rankings released by QS World University Rankings®.  >>

The University of Auckland has been ranked in the top 50 in the world and first in New Zealand in life sciences subjects.  >>

State-of-the art facilities housing New Zealand’s first biotechnology incubator, the Institute for Innovation in Biotechnology, will be opened by Prime Minister the Rt. Hon. John Key in Auckland on Tuesday 19 April.  >>

Dr Gillian Lewis has been promoted to professor at The University of Auckland. Promotion to professor is a mark of distinction, recognising professional and academic eminence at an international level.  >>