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Cather Simpson leaves the board.

Te Whai Ao Dodd-Walls Centre Board Chair Charlotte Walshe has announced that University of Auckland Professor Cather Simpson has resigned from the Centre’s Governance Board.

Exceptional alumni honoured with prestigious University award

Renowned physicist and science communicator Professor John Dudley has been recognised for his exceptional accomplishments in the University’s 2026 Distinguished Alumni Awards.

A New Zealand breakthough in quantum-inspired optical computing

With fully fault‑tolerant quantum computers still years away, New Zealand researchers have built a hybrid device that could solve major problems much sooner.

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Dodd-Walls Centre Director receives the 2022 Thomson Medal

Congratulations to Professor David Hutchinson, Dodd-Walls Centre Director who has been awarded the prestigious Thomson Medal

Dodd-Walls Centre Marsden Funding Success

Congratulations to our fifteen Dodd-Walls Centre Investigators and Associate Investigators in this year's Marsden Funding results. (Photo Supplied by Dr. Graff)