UABS monthly

Most of the world's easy oil may already be tapped, but new production techniques and the rise of natural gas as a fuel look likely to extend the reign of hydrocarbons for a while yet.  >>

A better understanding of the geology at the heart of hydraulic fracturing – or “fracking” – would set people's minds at ease over the controversial technique.  >>

There is a reason why Google barons and Hollywood director James Cameron are investing in a new venture to mine asteroids.  >>

New Zealand has the natural resources and technical capabilities to be at the forefront of the development of marine energy globally.  >>

More than 40 of New Zealand’s brightest university students spent an intensive week learning about energy economics at the Business School during their summer holidays.  >>

When engineer Trevor Nash tried to improve a wind turbine design as a final-year student project in the 1980s, he felt strangely at home.  >>

New Zealanders face a dilemma. We must generate economic growth to build and sustain the sort of society we want, but how can we do this without threatening some of the very qualities of life that we value most?  >>

Could New Zealand become a global leadership laboratory? Will encouraging “over-confident” entrepreneurs do more harm than good?  >>

Four of New Zealand’s best energy management and renewable energy “stars” are lined up in a tight contest for the public sector category of the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority’s annual awards.  >>

Earlier this month we celebrated the Autumn Graduation, which involved 1,454 Business School graduands, 74% of whom graduated in person, the remainder in absentia.  >>

We have a copy of The New Zealand Economy: An Introduction to give away, courtesy of Auckland University Press.  >>

Since breaking away from other continents 80 million years ago, New Zealand had the longest isolation of any non-polar region.  >>

Small, advanced countries have outperformed larger ones on a wide range of economic and social measures, and are actively and successfully engaged in the global economy.  >>

In 1998, Time magazine described Business School graduate Richard Yan as one of the rising stars among China's new breed of mainland business people.  >>

Privahini Bradoo, a neuroscience graduate with a talent for entrepreneurial thinking honed at the Business School, has been invited to join the prestigious Forum of Young Global Leaders.  >>

An invitation to try academic life while he was a student changed the trajectory of Norman Wong’s career and sparked his eventual rise to the office of Associate Dean (Postgraduate) at the Business School.  >>

Networking is an integral part of building a professional career, and the Business School is encouraging alumni to take advantage of its frequent networking.  >>

The University of Auckland Business School has a very strong alumni community. We are in touch with more than 28,000 graduates, of which 88 percent live in New Zealand and some 12 percent overseas.  >>

Art and science patron Chris Mace (Ngāti Porou, Te-Whānau-ā-Apānui) is the winner of the Aotearoa New Zealand Māori Business Leaders premier award for 2011.  >>

Early one morning in 1987 AJ Hackett tied a length of latex rubber to his ankles and flung himself from the Eiffel Tower.  >>