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Rutherford postdoctoral fellow award

Dr Syrie Hermans, has been awarded a Rutherford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship to research how microbes in the soil benefit agricultural ecosystems.

New Professors and Associate Professors

Eight AUT academics have been promoted to the position of Professor, and a further 22 have been appointed as Associate Professors.

The sustainable in-tent: fashion design

For final-year fashion student Molly Whitehead, sustainability and bringing old back has been central to her study at AUT.

Vaccines: AUT student accommodation

AUT has confirmed COVID-19 vaccination will be a condition of residence at its student accommodation in 2022.

Students go global with APEC logo design

Five AUT design students are thrilled their work has gone global, after they created the APEC Voices of the Future 2021 logo on behalf of New Zealand.

Barriers for Māori with prostate cancer

The Oranga Tū project funded by Movember has mapped ‘the cancer pathway’ for Māori men and their whānau after diagnosis of prostate cancer.

Teaching sustainability in design

For Industrial Design students at AUT, light-proof milk bottles are a valuable resource to be reimagined in a circular economy challenge.

Ancient fish bones reveal lost habitats

AUT scientists combine satellite tracking and chemical analysis to reveal ancient habitats of Hauraki Gulf snapper.

Research: offshore fish farms

AUT is leading a large 36-month international project to develop a technique to assess the environmental impact of offshore aquaculture.

Meet law graduate Natalie

Meet Natalie Devery, one of the four graduates featured in AUT’s Find Your Greatness Campaign.