News

12 December 2011
Legacy Society plaque unveiled at Leigh luncheon
Professor John Montgomery unveiled the Legacy Grove commemoration plaque at this year's Legacy Society luncheon at the South Pacific Centre for Marine Science at Leigh.

1 December 2011
Scholarship boost for geothermal study
Geothermal energy has been given a boost with 25 new scholarships available next year for international postgraduate students to study the subject at The University of Auckland.

1 November 2011
New history prize
The Judith Binney - Te Tomairangi o Te Aroha Prize will honour the work of the late Professor Dame Judith Binney. Initiated by Department of History colleagues, friends, students, and alumni, the prize will encourage and reward student achievement in, and commitment to, New Zealand history.

5 August 2011
First law firm funding for chair
Leading law firm Chapman Tripp has pledged substantial funding over a five year period to support the establishment of the Chapman Tripp Chair in Corporate and Commercial Law at The University of Auckland's Faculty of Law.

29 July 2011
Leigh Marine opening
Donors and staff gathered at the Marine Science Laboratory at Leigh to celebrate the opening of the redeveloped campus and the Edith Winstone Blackwell Centre.

25 July 2011
Major gift to wine science
Kim Goldwater and his wife Jeanette have made a unique $4 million gift to the University as part of a development that will see their iconic vineyard and winemaking operation become a new centre for the University’s Wine Science programme.

26 July 2011
Launch of the Erica Pabst scholarship
A scholarship named in memory of educator Sister Erica Pabst was launched at Baradene College in July.

27 June 2011
Generosity boosts leukaemia and lymphoma research
Research into leukaemia and lymphoma has received an enormous boost, thanks to the generosity of an anonymous donor who has pledged $5.5 million in the hope of making a difference in the lives of others.

8 February 2011
New scholarship builds relations with UC Davis
A new scholarship has just been established, funded by The George Mason Charitable Trust.

22 December 2010
Million dollar donation for New Zealand’s first Biobank for brain research
A generous gift from the Hugh Green Charitable Trust will fund the vital development and operational expenses of the country's first Biobank, which will house human cells and tissues from patients with brain disorders for expanded lab-based research into brain disease. While there are cancer tissue banks, this will be the first brain-oriented Biobank in the country.

4 November 2010
University donors give $120 million for research and learning
Philanthropic support totalling $120 million has been given for research and learning at The University of Auckland since 2006, the Vice-Chancellor Professor Stuart McCutcheon announced at a recent dinner celebrating giving to the University.

26 June 2010
$1.8 million gift benefits research centres
The University of Auckland has been gifted $1.8 million by the Aotearoa Foundation to support postdoctoral fellowships at the Auckland Bioengineering Institute and the Centre for Brain Research.

28 September 2009
Participation counts - the Annual Alumni Appeal helps us do together what we cannot do alone
At the start of September, alumni received an annual appeal to support students and significant initiatives in each of the University's nine faculties and schools.

20 March 2009
To explore the mysteries of the deep
The spirit of an extraordinary woman is behind a major gift to further research in marine science and to encourage love and respect for the sea.

20 November 2008
University's Leading the Way Campaign launched