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The recurrent myth that the label “Pākehā” is derogatory is challenged by the latest findings from the large scale New Zealand Attitudes and Values Study.  >>

Social research that, by chance, was underway in New Zealand at the time of the devastating 2011 Christchurch earthquake is providing insight into age-old questions about the role of religious faith in a crisis.  >>

Professor Russell Gray was last night awarded the New Zealand Royal Society’s inaugural Mason Durie medal for his pioneering social science research on questions of the fundamental relationships between human language, cognition and biology.  >>

The University of Auckland is celebrating the success of its researchers who received seven medals at the Science Honours Dinner, including the top award.  >>

Ten research groups led by investigators from the Faculty of Science were awarded a total of $7.3 million in this year’s Marsden Fund grants.  >>

In certain situations animals can spontaneously solve problems without planning their actions, according to research from The University of Auckland’s School of Psychology.  >>

Honours students from the School of Psychology presented posters showing their research  >>

Read about some of the work we’re doing on memory at the University. This profile of Donna Rose Addis was published in Issue 11 of Auckland Now.  >>

A new tool for face perception being developed by Assoc Prof Paul Corballis (Psychology) with Dr Mark Sagar and Jason Turuwhenua (ABI) and Ben Thompson (Optometry) has won $100,000 from the CFRIF for the Major Category Award.  >>

New video by Associate Professor Niki Harre shows how insights from psychological research could be applied to promoting sustainability  >>

The Department of Psychology has been renamed the School of Psychology in recognition of its size and complexity.  >>

Research published today in the journal Science tackles a 200-year old question and supports the controversial hypothesis that Indo-European languages originated in Anatolia 8,000 to 9,500 years ago and spread with the expansion of farming.  >>

Potential applicants can check the website and/or get in touch with Ministry of Education directly [Moira.Shepherd@minedu.govt.nz] for more information.  >>

The University of Auckland is to invest more than $200 million in a major redevelopment that will provide state of the art research and teaching facilities for its Faculty of Science and a new entranceway to the University.  >>