Past Events - 2014
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2014 Inaugural Professorial Lecture Series - Professor Stuart Locke
11 Mar 2014 6:00 PM
Beyond the piggy bank: Making financial literacy fly
The first in this year's 2014 Inaugural Professorial Lecture Series features Stuart Locke from the Waikato Management School discussing financial literacy.
Urban Turban - film screening
4 May 2014 7:30 PM
***THIS EVENT NOW CANCELLED***
2014 Inaugural Professorial Lecture Series - Professor Bronwen Cowie
20 May 2014 6:00 PM
The politics of evidence: Assessment agenda
2014 Inaugural Professorial Lecture Series - Professor Kim Pickering: Making, Shaking and Breaking
17 Jun 2014 6:00 PM
Making, Shaking and Breaking - Professor Kim Pickering discusses how materials science and engineering is a key driver for technological development and national economic success
The Man Who Cleaned up Penang - Visiting Lecturer
10 Jul 2014 5:30 PM
Malaysian politician and Minister Boon Poh Phee will outline how the transformation of Penang was carried out, providing valuable insight into how similar ideas could be adopted in New Zealand.
2014 Inaugural Professorial Lecture Series - Professor Michele Akoorie
15 Jul 2014 6:00 PM
My father was a race alien: Globalisation and immigration in New Zealand
Art Thou Arty?
3 Aug 2014 7:00 PM
A celebration of artistry by the University of Waikato Hillary Scholars . Talented displays of music, dance, theatre, Maori performing art, graphic design, screen and media are revealed in this 90 minute celebration.
2014 Winter Lecture Series - It's Business Time: What Will Business Look Like in the Future?
6 Aug 2014 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
The first in a series of four free public lectures focuses on how business is changing for the future.
2014 Winter Lecture Series - Don't Get Bit-ten - How Safe Are You Online?
13 Aug 2014 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Second in the Winter Lecture Series focuses on cyber security
2014 Winter Lecture Series - That's Entertainment: What Does the Future of Viewing Look Like?
20 Aug 2014 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Join host Jesse Mulligan as panelists discuss the future of entertainment in an ever-changing digital world.
2014 Winter Lecture Series - The City of the Future: What Can Hamilton Learn From the Others?
27 Aug 2014 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Can we learn anything about building a better city from our Canadian namesake, Hamilton, Ontario – a city that has successfully overcome its 'steel-worker town' reputation to become Ontario's No. 1 city to invest in?
Aronui Lecture - Professor Atholl Anderson
4 Sep 2014 7:30 PM
Catching the wind: The first great phase of oceanic colonisation.
Professor Atholl Anderson
Finding Happiness - lectures and workshops by Nayaswami Asha
26 Sep 2014 - 28 Sep 2014
A weekend of workshops and lectures on the theme of "Finding Happiness" taken by Nayaswami Asha, lifelong devotee of Paramhansa Yogananda, who studied under his disciple Swami Kriyananda for over 40 years.
2014 Inaugural Professorial Lecture Series - Professor Robert Hannah
14 Oct 2014 6:00 PM
Measuring time in antiquity: Archaeoastronomy in the Greek and Roman worlds
PROSPECTS FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH: AS VIEWED THROUGH THE LENSES OF DEMOGRAPHY AND HEALTH
21 Oct 2014 6:00 PM
Professor Bloom from the Harvard School of Public Health is Waikato University’s Golden Jubilee Distinguished Professor
Paleofantasy - What evolution tells us about modern life
6 Nov 2014 6:30 PM
Are our bodies and brains truly at odds with modern life? Professor Marlene Zuk , Professor of Ecology, Evolution and Behaviour at the University of Minnesota, discusses the relationship between human evolution and environment.
2014 Inaugural Professorial Lecture Series - Professor Iain White
18 Nov 2014 6:00 PM
The more we know, the more we don't know: Flood risk management in the 21st Century'