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Talk:Eugene, Oregon

Climate
Climate section cites an astoria weather station which isn't relevant. should use eugene mahlon field — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.11.35.102 (talk) 23:17, 23 July 2020 (UTC)

 * @73.11.35.102 I've noticed that too. Astoria seems to be merely some kind of a regional HQ for NOAA; but the numbers definitely look like they are for Eugene.  Astoria would be  a lot wetter and more moderate in seasonal temperature variation, due to greater marine effects.2601:1C0:CC00:45D0:C920:DAFC:99D:238D (talk) 20:10, 30 September 2022 (UTC)

The climate section was poorly edited and now the comparison to Portland makes no sense. The first sentence states the mean annual temperature of Eugene. But the second sentence appears to have had the first part cut off and we are left with a discussion of Portland's average July low with no info on Eugene. This then makes the rest of the section confusing. Actually, the premise of Eugene and Portland having nearly identical climates may not be fully true as it seems Portland gets more snow than Eugene in the winter. I don't have any of these facts on hand so I didn't want to edit the article at this point. But if someone has the necessary data on Eugene and could straighten up this section it would help a lot. Mantisia 04:53, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Climate Template Also, please consider using the Template:Climate chart below, instead of the current markup (which is more difficult to maintain).

Climate
stuttermonkey (talk) 02:43, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

✅ for a while now. --Tesscass (talk) 00:17, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

The date cited for the record temp of 110 degrees is June 28th, 2021 - which hasn't happened yet. How did this get in here? Is it automated? This made Wikipedia totally unreliable for info about the past with regards to climate.
 * I fixed the issue. Best, Tyrone Madera (talk) 16:30, 24 June 2021 (UTC)

Issue with External Links
There's an external link to a site that claims to be "the" community wiki for Eugene. However, that claim is also made by another site. How should we respond to that situation? Greenineugene (talk) 01:27, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I think since there are "competing" wikis, neither one should be there, so I took it out. Katr67 (talk) 22:00, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

Include something about Madison Meadow?
The story of Madison Meadow would seem to warrant inclusion here, perhaps under Parks and recreation. I started to write this up here, but would prefer to see someone closer to this area and this article tidy up what I've started and decide where/how to insert it. I've included the references I found as of December 2008, with one update today (but there may be some more public coverage now that the project has been completed). Please feel free to just take my copy and use it! or contact me if you would like — I could help some, but don't have the time to devote to "doing it right" at the moment. Thanks! —Martha (talk) 02:22, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

Economy
Molecular Probes is another company that is important in the diversity of the local economy. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.160.190.11 (talk) 22:35, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

Anarchism
Is this section still relevant? Most of the anarchist activity was just high school kids acting out and it didn't really last that long. I wonder if it's still notable. Opinions? 198.6.46.11 (talk) 18:24, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

 * No there is still such activity there, at least on an intellectual level. Sometimes with really good insights. I never agreed with political anarchism that used arson and other violent techniques to trigger change. I thought that was extremely stupid and dangerously childish. I am also asking myself, how attractive such anarchy outposts are with regard to economic development. It certainly does not help to attract new companies to the region. I love Eugene, but it seemed after the death of Ken Kesey, things changed for the worse, at least in my subjective perceptions. Downtown Eugene has never really recovered from the days of total closure to cars, and besides the Saturday market, it feels weird down there, particularly in the evenings. Also, a number of companies have left Eugene in the last years. Work opportunities and also just happening places are few. The outdoors are attractive and hardly anybody would want to live in Eugene because of its night life or restaurants etc. Still though, the U of O has a wonderful campus, but it seems like an ivory tower. Another very good place to go include the Mount Pisgah arboretum; the staff there is wonderful and so involved with education for kids and everybody interested in native ecology.
 * Now, with the massive investments in sports facilities at the U of O, Eugene has moved to the forefront of sports. I believe, sports are a driving force in that area. Of course, as an European, I so much missed the charm of old world buildings and the feeling to be in a real city. All in all though, Eugene is an excellent place to find a house to live in, also for gardening, exploring nature etc. There are also countless private clubs, (such as Audubon and garden club) which organize meeting and outings for those interested in nature. Another plus in Eugene, is Hendricks park, probably one of the most beautiful, public park, I have seen anywhere. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.78.144.210 (talk) 13:27, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

 * But essentially, it is the most provincial nest I have ever seen in my whole life. The anarchism there is more akin to political agitation of the far right. So, if one wants to see only one type of America, and one longs for being away from the world, then Eugene, Oregon, is the perfect place. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.1.72.125 (talk • contribs) 13:20, February 17, 2011

 * I am very undelighted about the fact, that "anarchism" has a special entry for Eugene Oregon. We have not seen anything decent coming from that black book. In essence, anarchism refers to vandalism and destruction. To call for the elimination of the State or any government structure is foolish to the highest degree. Whoever is prone to such subhuman instincts is no longer a humanist, and should not have a special category. Even "primitivism" is at most a romantic preoccupation with native people. But native peoples themselves would never associate with anarchism. I therefore will delete the anarchy section from Eugene, Oregon because it serves no purpose. I have read with delight texts by Claude Levi-Strauss but have not even seen him mentioned in anarchy circles. Why the University of Oregon would continue to support such movements is puzzling to me, especially because of the poor content of anarchist thought.85.1.72.125 (talk) 13:54, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

Dear anon, most of your discussion above seems to be a general opinion about Eugene, and not about improving the Wikipedia article about Eugene. Please use article talk pages only to discuss the article. Also you should not remove cited sections of articles without discussion simply because you don't like them. And as an aside to the anon from 2009, many of the anarchists I know were well beyond high school age, which frankly, has no bearing on whether the movement was a notable part of Eugene history. Back to the article, it is possible that anarchism is being given undue weight but we should discuss that before removing the section. Wikipedia is not here to present a pretty, cleaned up, tourist guide version of the history of any one place. Valfontis (talk) 20:53, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

 * FWIW, the Bob Welch column of April 19 2011 mentioned above ("Wikipedia for Eugene in question". The Register-Guard) comments on the article's coverage of this topic, though not specifically with regards to this discussion. 67.101.6.245 (talk) 18:39, 24 October 2011 (UTC)

Reboot (of 5-year-old discussion!)
Relevant, maybe. Undue weight, for certain. The Anarchy movement covered in this section, while interesting in some respects, did not play a significant or lasting role in Eugene's story. Kesey and the hippie influx of the 70s made a much more important contribution to the Eugene of today, and rate barely a half-paragraph under Arts and Culture. Even the bicycle movement is of greater influence than the five or so years that the anarchists were prominent. The anarchy section is clearly misplaced as well. Anarchy in Eugene is not a demographic categorization; it is a philosophy, a political affiliation, a cultural phenomenon, perhaps an historical oddity--and/or possibly comic relief--but definitely not a topic of demography. A more interesting (and more relevant) story would be downtown Eugene's recent transformation into a vibrant urban district, filled with new businesses, new residents, and unique culture. Someone should write that. Pontoof (talk) 05:26, 9 January 2014 (UTC)

 * Just found this discussion and have some thoughts to add. First, I totally agree that this piece is misplaced. It fits better in Cultural or History. As far as weight goes, I have to think that the anarchists have been a feature of the environment around here for a while, so maybe they shuold get SOME weight, but I think this section is pretty clearly self-promotion. I'd cut it down to like half and move it to Culture if it was me. BusterYeats (talk 19:27, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

I say take it out. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 140.211.82.4 (talk) 19:04, 22 January 2014 (UTC)

 * With all due respect. Re: the two above comments sofixit. Valfontis (talk) 23:23, 17 January 2014 (UTC)

It seems like this section is the source of some contention, so I just wanted to let everyone know that I made a few changes. I removed the information about the 2 activists (out of 11 co-conspiritors) that were mentioned and wikilinked for no apparent reason. I would have brought the question here first, but the material was inaccurate and improperly cited, so I just removed it. I actually took the time to find sources for both of those people, so if there's good reason to include them in an article about Eugene, it will be easy to put them back. [See refs for the first 2 sentences of the second paragraph.] My personal judgement is that they're not noteworthy enough, nor are they relevant enough, for inclusion.--TheCensorFencer (talk) 07:44, 5 January 2016 (UTC)

I moved this subsection, along with the "community" subsection, to "Arts and culture."--TheCensorFencer (talk) 04:40, 6 January 2016 (UTC)

 * The above mentioned section (on Anarchists) is no longer in the "Arts and Culture" section. And while some of the 'involved community' things currently mentioned there seem interesting & inviting to me, I really would like to know more about that stupid anarchist cra..q, which could suggest to me that Eugene is a place to avoid. UnderEducatedGeezer (talk) 01:51, 8 July 2020 (UTC)

Geography
The infobox says the city area is 40.6 sq mi (105.0 km²), land being 40.02 sq mi (104.9 km²) and water 0.04 sq mi (0.1 km²). First of all, 40.02 sq mi plus 0.04 sq mi does not equal 40.6 sq mi. Additionally, the Geography section states "the city has a total area of 40.6 square miles (105.0 km²).[9] 40.5 square miles (104.9 km²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.04 sq mi or 0.10%) of it is water." The area of water switches to listing km² first instead of sq mi, and the sum of the total area seems to be adding sq mi and km² to get 40.6 sq mi. It also lists land area as 40.5 sq mi, which contradicts the infobox value of 40.02 sq mi. I tried determining which values should be correct from the external source but was unable to find the cited values. -Bufori (talk) 23:10, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

 * The information was added at the fourth revision of the article by automated means from U.S. Census data. Originally it was X km² (X mi²), but of course somebody fiddled with that later.  The original is a total area of 105.0 km² (40.6 mi²). 104.9 km² (40.5 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.0 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 0.10% water.  In those days, editors didn't provide external links or much else in the way of citations for finding the information source.  At least the original is self-consistent.  —EncMstr (talk) 23:25, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

 * I updated the geographical values based upon the original addition that you cited. Since kilometers are more precise, I had intended on leaving the square miles blank since the infobox could do the conversion automatically, but the result seemed somewhat misleading since 105 km² is 40.54 sq mi and would be rounded to 40.5 (not 40.6 as the original data stated). Then the total area and total land area would have been the same number, and the total area of water would have been rounded to 0. So I thought it more appropriate to round the values manually to the hundredth decimal place for clarity. Yes, the km² are already listed and could have been used to determine that the total area and total land area are not really the same, but this way is more evident. I'm not sure if there is a rule or standard to displaying such data only to the tenth decimal place though. -Bufori (talk) 08:31, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

Recent edits
First, and foremost, we must use Wikipedia defined reliable sources. For the editor who wants to add gang info, please click on that link and read what that is. It is not the websites of these groups or one person's website hobby. We need books, magazines, newspaper articles, etc. that have some indicia of being recognized as reliable and having some sort of editorial oversight. One person's website likely lacks editorial oversight. Thing the R-G, The Oregonian, Eugene Weekly, KVAL, etc.

Secondly, this article is about Eugene. Springfield has its own article, so things about its library or police go there, not here. Obviously, some mention of the neighbor and co-habitator of the same metro area deserves some mention, but it is limited to items such as what was left: metro population, dividing line, shared transit, and the bit about the river. In time a Eugene-Springfield metro article should be created to better cover the shared topics, but until then Eugene stuff should go in this article and Springfield info in those articles. Aboutmovies (talk) 06:11, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

Fox Hollow Road
I'm a little concerned about the picture being used for that road. Can we remove it? First of all, it is needlessly doctored; the colors are way off. Secondly, the author of it said that he "guessed the coordinates", which indicates (to me) that it mayactually not be Fox Hollow Road, but an incorrect assumption that it's Fox Hollow Road.

It just seems like this picture, in its current form, is unencyclopedic at best, and incorrect at worst. YellowAries2010 (talk) 22:59, 24 December 2010 (UTC)

 * Be bold! Please fix it.  An explanatory edit summary to the effect should suffice.  —EncMstr (talk) 23:16, 24 December 2010 (UTC)

 * I almost did. But upon further examination of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Fox_Hollow_Road,_Eugene.jpg, and the uploader's talk about "guessing coordinates", I think he referred to guessing the coordinates of the picture, not snapping a photo through guessed coordinates. Therefore, I'm going to let it go. Nothing seems wrong, now that I've investigated more. WP:BOLD is great, but edits fore their own sake aren't. Leads to trouble.

 * Thanks for the bit about edit summaries. I've neglected that aspect of wikiediting. YellowAries2010 (talk) 03:44, 27 December 2010 (UTC)

 * I agree, the picture is WAY off. I'm not even sure that that is Fox Hollow! I it is, it must be a photo from the 1900's, because i'v never driven down that road in my life! — Preceding unsigned comment added by JellyBellyFred (talk • contribs) 18:27, 2 March 2013 (UTC)

I have placed on wiki commons perhaps a better image for Bike and walking Trails in Eugene if someone wants to use it The pic location is technically in Spfld (by about 300 feet) however Pre's Trail, the North Bank Path, and the Canoe Canal are all in Eugene. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Grrarg (talk • contribs) 15:10, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

Chart and table for demographics
I just added this chart I made to the Demographics section. It displays exactly the same population data as in the table below it. Would it be appropriate to remove the table or should it stay? Jsayre64  (talk)  01:19, 2 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Nice chart, Jsayre. A few comments, as it seems to touch on a few issues.
 * I agree that it's not ideal to have both the chart and the table in the article.
 * Personally, I like your chart better. I think a visual representation serves the average reader the best, as it very quickly conveys a sense of the city's growth, regardless of how "numbers-oriented" the reader may be.
 * The table, however, offers a few advantages: (1) specific census numbers, (2) specific percentage changes, and (3) citations.
 * There are probably a few viable options. The solution I'd most favor would be to transfer the table to the image description page for the chart on Commons, and to copy the citations in it into the caption for your chart in the article. I think that would cover it nicely.
 * Finally, a couple small quibbles, for your consideration: (1) It's probably best not to include the title "Eugene Population" in the image itself, but to use the caption box for it. It's generally friendlier for reuse, whether that's fixing up this article to work well for a sight-impaired audience, or for inclusion on other language version of Wikipedia. (2) For smaller screens, including laptops, I think the present size of the graphic is a little large. It's a judgment call, though.
 * Thanks for asking -- again, I think it's a good improvement over the existing table, and hope you'll continue to make graphics like this! -Pete (talk) 02:53, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the feedback, Pete. So I'll see if I can remove the title to the chart, I'll reduce the pixel size a bit, I'll move the citations into the caption for the chart, and perhaps the percentage changes could be moved within the article's text? I'm also confused about how one would move the table to the chart's description page. Jsayre64   (talk)  03:25, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Good question, this stuff gets a little tricky on the technical end. Basically, you'd want to go to your chart's page by clicking on it; then, in the box that talks about Wikimedia Commons, click the link that says "its description page there." That will take you to the very similar-looking page on Commons. Now, edit that page; and just cut-and-paste in the wiki code for the table.
 * Doing it this way, again, makes the table viewable by people that find the image from somewhere besides Wikipedia. That's why I suggest doing it there, instead of on the Wikipedia page. Does that clarify what I said enough? Feel free to ask more questions =) -Pete (talk) 04:01, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
 * OK, I did that, but the template fails and shows up as a red link, most likely because that template does not exist on Commons. Jsayre64   (talk)  15:41, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Ah, sorry -- I hadn't thought about the template issue. I'll think it over a bit and post back later. We'll sort it out! -Pete (talk) 22:21, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
 * by Pete. Jsayre64   (talk)  03:15, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

Healthcare section
Just a few points about the healthcare section. I apologize if this topic has been addressed before. The Eugene metro area actually has 3 hospitals serving them. Sacred Heart Medical Center-University District operates an ER, a medical unit, a behavioral health unit, an acute care for elders unit as well as several other services (http://www.peacehealth.org/sacred-heart-university-district/services/Pages/Default.aspx). Sacred Heart Medical Center-Riverbend Campus which is one of 3 level II trauma centers in Oregon and home to the Neurosciences Institute, the Oregon Heart and Vascular Institute, the Stroke Center, and a state of the art surgical service that includes robotic assisted surgeries as well as many other services (http://www.peacehealth.org/sacred-heart-riverbend/services/Pages/Default.aspx). McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center "is an acute-care, 114-bed hospital located in Springfield, Ore., serving the Lane County area. The hospital provides a broad range of services, including Intensive Care/Coronary Care, Pulmonary Medicine, Oncology, Da Vinci Technology Surgery, CT Scan, MRI, Maternity, Reproductive Services, Surgery, Diagnostic Imaging, Rehabilitation and a 24-Hour Emergency Department that is a designated Level III Trauma Center" (http://www.mckweb.com/Services/Pages/Services.aspx). I realize you may prefer Riverbend and MWH to be in the Springfield wiki. In my opinion this misrepresents the healthcare actually available to a city the size of Eugene, which would otherwise seem to be limited to behavioral health, elder care, urgent care clinics and doctor's offices. SHMC-Riverbend campus serves a majority of Eugene's citizens. It receives over double the ambulance traffic (both Eugene and Springfield EMS) as University District and all of the surgical, critically ill, pediatric, orthopedic, oncology, neurological and a majority of the medical patients who need care either start at Riverbend or are transferred there from the University campus. It is the largest medical center in the area as well as the only local trauma center, stroke center and neonatal intensive care unit available to the city of Eugene. Riverbend campus is the site of many research studies benefiting Eugene through the OHVI and the Neurosciences Insititute as well as research collaboration between local clinicians and professors at the UO and learning opportunities for 3rd and 4th year medical students through the Center for Medical Research and Education. MWH is a full service hospital offering Eugene citizens an alternative atmosphere for surgical and medical care including open heart surgery, cardiac catherization, a well designed and welcoming birthing center, and an intensive care unit. 76.105.132.45 (talk) 22:36, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

Climate Photo
I noticed the photo for Eugene's climate is full of snow. I've lived hear for 12 years and the weather is rarely like that. Maybe a picture of rain instead? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.189.2.58 (talk) 22:40, 21 May 2011 (UTC)
 * I was just noticing that. The caption actually says it was taken after a rare snowfall, so maybe it could work with a few more photos of sun and rain for a sort of spectrum.  I don't have time to track those down at the moment, but I plan to; unless someone voices objection, or fixes it first.--TheCensorFencer (talk) 17:38, 5 January 2016 (UTC)

Need opinions on online media source in Media section
Aside from the edit warring and misplaced embedded external link, is this website a good addition to the media section? Valfontis (talk) 00:37, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

Eugene Bombers
Apparently the city had a team in the Continental Football League back in the 1960s, the Eugene Bombers. Aboutmovies (talk) 18:23, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

Infobox photo
I restored the photo of the federal courthouse to the infobox because the skyline photo of downtown Eugene from Skinner Butte, recently added to the infobox, is a great photo, but it is just like the one at the bottom of the Neighborhoods section. I agree that a photo of the courthouse is not ideal, but it works better in this article than two photos of downtown Eugene as seen from Skinner Butte. Jsayre64  (talk)  01:48, 13 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Well...maybe the photo in the "neighborhoods" section should just be removed? It's not like it's a necessary photograph in that section. The federal courthouse isn't exactly beloved, and it's hardly an iconic image of Eugene (while downtown from Skinner Butte certainly is).Binkyping (talk) 01:04, 6 June 2012 (UTC)

Media
Suggested corrections. The Daily Emerald is not an Independent student run newspaper, it is part of Viacom: http://www.quantcast.com/dailyemerald.com

Considering this is Wikipedia, online only media should be considered as a sub-category. Organizations like Eugene Daily News (http://eugenedailynews.com) should be considered a member of local media; 2 years old as of this date, online only and hyper-local (Lane County) but focused on Eugene.24.22.43.191 (talk) 05:46, 31 January 2013 (UTC)

 * Agreed 67.171.211.245 (talk) 16:48, 14 July 2013 (UTC)

Notable mentions in popular media
I was wondering if there should be a section about this. Three instance I am aware of are
 * Sublime's song April 29th, 1992 included Eugene as one of the city's with riots on the streets at 3:24 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsQJJfTX6dE)
 * Futurama's comparison to "Bum Base Alpha" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpjcY4vENCY)
 * And the Simpson's comment on the beauty of Eugene (http://www.thefreelibrary.com/IT%27S+NO+JOKE%3A+EUGENE+GETS+A+PLUG+ON+%27THE+SIMPSONS%27.-a0113206410) Season 15 episode 324 "Margical History Tour"

67.171.211.245 (talk) 16:48, 14 July 2013 (UTC)

I was wondering why there is no mention of Emily and Theresa from Warpaint? They were there before, but have now been deleted. They are both from Eugene and their band has reached more people worldwide than the Daddies. Also missing is Dustin Lanker from the Daddies AND the Mad Caddies. Deleted. Why? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.5.87.192 (talk) 03:50, 28 February 2015 (UTC)

Community
Why is Community listed under Demographics? T-man 2396 (talk) 20:21, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
 * That's a good question, T-man 2396. I think that it belongs in Arts and culture, or maybe Arts and culture belong in community.  I'm going to do the former now.--TheCensorFencer (talk) 04:21, 6 January 2016 (UTC)

I moved this subsection, along with the "anarchism" subsection, to "Arts and culture."--TheCensorFencer (talk) 04:42, 6 January 2016 (UTC)

Is "members of a Eugene-based cell" better than "members of a Eugene cell"?

-based is fashionable and overused but rarely necessary.

86.139.156.35 (talk) 14:59, 26 September 2016 (UTC)cacambo

Conger Street Clock Museum, RIP
The Conger Street Clock Museum is closed, as of September 2016. The owner, J.D. Olsen, has retired.

The associated business, "Creative Clock", is being continued by former employees, and is housed across the street from the original shop. But the museum, alas, is no more. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.95.43.249 (talk) 22:25, 3 November 2016 (UTC)

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Eugene's political background
Hey folks, just looking to run by some changes for the article. I've added some local history to the page, specifically societal change in the 1960s, the 1990s, and now. I feel like there was a distinct lack of political background on this page given that it is already very well done and complex in many areas, and for a large city such as Eugene. Generally, for cities like Eugene, actions taken by the community, especially those that shape the culture and remain relevant today, deserve coverage.

I am currently working on a thesis involving Eugene's turbulent political history and was honestly surprised to see virtually none of it represented here. Anyways, that's my piece for the day. Thanks in advance for any input you have and more aptly, well done on the page already. Cheers! MarkRosewater (talk) 22:07, 18 July 2020 (UTC)
 * The new history of unrest section should be a subsection under History, not its own section. It may help to look at Wikipedia:WikiProject Cities/Settlements: Article structure for guidance. Thanks for the additions, which I have not yet perused carefully. – Jonesey95 (talk) 23:56, 18 July 2020 (UTC)
 * I moved the new history additions under the History section-- it's a little bumpy because it falls below the "Twentieth century" heading, so that section may need better integration? — Grand'mere Eugene (talk) 00:58, 19 July 2020 (UTC)

Thanks! That looks really nice. Thank you all for using my information! MarkRosewater (talk) 03:41, 19 July 2020 (UTC)

History of Unrest Excessive Detail
I disagree that the history of unrest section is excessively detailed. It seems to account for necessary parts of the city's history. Tyrone Madera (talk) 15:05, 16 May 2021 (UTC)

Section on Homelessness?
There's no section on the homelessness situation of the city. If someone could help to add that, that would be great. Tyrone Madera (talk) 20:45, 4 June 2021 (UTC)

Matt pearson
Gdtfyggh 2601:648:8200:59D:2C74:5C7:F10E:BE8F (talk) 00:41, 28 November 2022 (UTC)

Disambiguation?
The latest GFS run is showing a Major Hurricane (which would most likely be named Eugene) impacting coastal mexico (it’s beatriz but stronger). There may need to be a disambiguation, because that hurricane name is most likely going to be destructive enough to warrant a wiki page. 50.39.162.156 (talk) 15:51, 31 July 2023 (UTC)

 * No, because Eugene is already a disambiguation page. StAnselm (talk) 16:32, 31 July 2023 (UTC)
 * It may become the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC for Hurricane Eugene, of course. StAnselm (talk) 16:44, 31 July 2023 (UTC)

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Tom Selleck

Thomas William Selleck (born January 29, 1945) is an American actor. His breakout role was playing private investigator Thomas Magnum in the television series Magnum, P.I. (1980–1988), for which he received five Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, winning in 1985. Since 2010, Selleck has co-starred as New York City Police Commissioner Frank Reagan in the series Blue Bloods. From 2005–2015, he portrayed troubled small-town police chief Jesse Stone in nine television films based on the Robert B. Parker novels.

In films, Selleck has played bachelor architect Peter Mitchell in Three Men and a Baby (1987) and its sequel Three Men and a Little Lady (1990). He has also appeared in more than 50 other film and television roles since Magnum, P.I., including the films Quigley Down Under, Mr. Baseball, and Lassiter. He appeared in recurring television roles as Monica Geller's love interest Dr. Richard Burke in Friends, as Lance White, the likeable and naive partner on The Rockford Files, and as casino owner A. J. Cooper on Las Vegas. He also had a lead role in the television western film The Sacketts, based on two of Louis L'Amour's books.

Selleck is a California Army National Guard veteran, a spokesman for the National Rifle Association of America (NRA), an endorser in advertisements for National Review magazine, and co-founder of the Character Counts! organization.

Family
Thomas William Selleck was born in Detroit, Michigan, on January 29, 1945, to housewife Martha Selleck (Jagger) and Robert Dean Selleck, who was an executive and real estate investor. He has an elder brother Robert, a younger sister Martha, and a younger brother Daniel.

Selleck is of mostly English descent, although he also has some German ancestry. Through an entirely paternal line, Selleck is a direct descendant of English colonist David Selleck who moved to Massachusetts from Somerset, England in 1633. Through this line, Selleck is of the 11th generation of his family born in North America.

Selleck's family moved to Sherman Oaks, California in 1948.

Education
Selleck graduated from Grant High School in 1962 and enrolled at Los Angeles Valley College, living at home and saving money. Selleck, who stands 6 ft tall, transferred to the University of Southern California during his junior year to play for the USC Trojans men's basketball team. He also was a pitcher and designated hitter for the USC baseball team. He is a member of Sigma Chi fraternity and a member of the Trojan Knights. While Selleck was majoring in Business Administration, a drama coach suggested he try acting and, in his senior year, he dropped out of the university. Selleck then studied acting at the Beverly Hills Playhouse, under Milton Katselas.

California National Guard
Upon receiving a draft notice during the Vietnam War, Selleck joined the California National Guard. He served in the 160th Infantry Regiment of the California Army National Guard from 1967 to 1973.

Early work
Selleck's first television appearance was as a college senior on The Dating Game in 1965 and again in 1967. Soon after, he appeared in commercials for products such as Pepsi-Cola.

He began his career with bit parts in smaller movies, including Myra Breckinridge (invited on the set by Mae West), Coma, and The Seven Minutes. He appeared in a number of TV series, mini-series and TV movies. He was also the face of Salem cigarettes and Revlon's Chaz cologne. Selleck appeared in a commercial for Right Guard deodorant in 1971, with Farrah Fawcett in 1972 for the aperitif Dubonnet, and another in 1977 for the toothpaste Close-Up. He was also in a Safeguard deodorant soap commercial (1972). In 1972, he starred in the B-movie Daughters of Satan. He had a recurring role in the 1970s as private investigator Lance White in The Rockford Files.

Selleck is an avid outdoorsman, marksman and firearms collector. These interests led him to leading-man cowboy roles in Western films, starting with his role as cowboy and frontier marshal Orrin Sackett in the 1979 film The Sacketts, opposite Sam Elliott, Jeff Osterhage, and Western legends Glenn Ford and Ben Johnson, and that same year, Concrete Cowboys with Jerry Reed. The Shadow Riders followed in 1982. Then Selleck shifted gears, portraying a cat burglar in 1930s London in Lassiter in 1984. Quigley Down Under is one of his best-known Western films, but it was for his 1997 role in Last Stand at Saber River that he won a "Western Heritage Award".

Magnum stardom
Selleck's big break came when he was cast in the lead role as Thomas Magnum in Magnum, P.I. The producers would not release the actor for other projects, so Selleck had to pass on the role of Indiana Jones in Raiders of the Lost Ark, which meant that the role went to actor Harrison Ford instead. It turned out that the shooting of the pilot for Magnum was delayed for over six months by a writers' strike, which would have enabled him to complete Raiders.

"Look, I made a deal with Magnum, and it was the best thing that ever happened to me. I'm proud that I lived up to my contract, and some people said, "You've got to get into a car and drive into a brick wall and get injured and get out of Magnum and do [Raiders]." I said, "I gotta look my mom and dad in the eye, and we don't do that," so I did Magnum... That's not so bad, is it?"

- Tom Selleck • Build Series Interview

Selleck played the role of Thomas Magnum in 1980 after filming six other TV pilots that were never sold. Magnum was a former U.S. Navy SEAL officer who had served in the Vietnam War; after the war, Magnum had been in the "Naval Intelligence Agency" (a fictional version of the Office of Naval Intelligence) and then resigned from the Navy to become a private investigator living in Hawaii. The show continued until 1988, lasting 8 seasons and 163 episodes, winning him an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 1984.

Selleck was famous for his mustache, a Hawaiian-style aloha shirt and a Detroit Tigers baseball cap.

Magnum drove a Ferrari 308 GTS in the series.

After the end of the show in 1988, it established itself as the top-rated one-hour show in the history of syndicated reruns (at least until 1998).

In 1984, he introduced Nancy Reagan at the 1984 Republican National Convention.

Selleck was offered the lead role of Mitch Buchannon in Baywatch but he turned it down because he did not want to be seen as a sex symbol. The role eventually went to David Hasselhoff.

During the Magnum years, he also starred as an acrophobic police detective in Runaway and a stand-in father in Three Men and a Baby, which was the biggest hit at the American box office in 1987. In 1989, he ended the decade by starring in the romantic comedy Her Alibi and crime drama An Innocent Man.

TV and advertising
In 1990, he starred as an American 19th-century sharpshooter in the Australian Western Quigley Down Under, a role and film that he considers one of his best. During the 1990s, he also starred in Three Men and a Little Lady, Folks!, Christopher Columbus: The Discovery, Mr. Baseball, In & Out and The Love Letter. Selleck's role in In & Out is his first as a gay character (Peter Malloy).

In the mid-1990s, Selleck played the role of Richard Burke, Monica's older boyfriend, beginning at the end of the second season of the TV series Friends. Richard was a divorced ophthalmologist who was a friend of Monica's parents, and at first the relationship was hidden from her parents. The relationship eventually ended over Richard's reluctance to commit to having children, though Selleck did make a few more appearances in later episodes. His decision to star in a six-episode plot of Friends was seen as a digression from the movies back to TV shows and a mistake by his career advisers. Selleck recruited a new agent and accepted the part. This role earned him an Emmy Award nomination in 2000 for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series.

He did the voice-over for the 1993 AT&T advertising campaigns titled "You Will." These advertisements had a futuristic feel, and posed the question of, "What if you had the technology to _____? Well, you will ... and the company that will bring it to you? AT&T."

In the mid-1990s, Selleck hosted a special series on TLC called The Practical Guide to the Universe, in which he talked about the stars, planets, galaxies, etc.

In February 1998, he accepted the lead role in a sitcom for CBS called The Closer. This role was his big comeback on prime-time TV. In it, he played Jack McLaren, a legendary publicist heading up a brand-new marketing firm. His costars included Ed Asner, David Krumholtz, and Penelope Ann Miller. Despite the high pedigree, and the expectations for Selleck's first series since Magnum, P.I., low ratings caused the show to be canceled after ten episodes.

His last two cowboy roles to date were in the 2001 TNT movie Crossfire Trail (based on a Louis L'Amour novel of the same name), and the 2003 motion picture Monte Walsh. In 2001, Selleck played the lead role of Murray in a Broadway revival of Herb Gardner's comedic play A Thousand Clowns. The production toured for four months, playing in North Carolina, Chicago and Boston before opening on Broadway at the Longacre Theatre. Critics, though far from uniformly negative about Selleck's performance, generally compared it unfavorably to that of Jason Robards, who won awards in the 1960s for playing the character on the stage and in a movie version. The production closed as a result of the attacks on 9/11.

Selleck played the role of General Dwight D. Eisenhower in A&E's 2004 made-for-TV movie Ike: Countdown to D-Day. The movie showed the planning, politics, and preparation for the 1944 Invasion of Normandy, and Selleck was critically lauded for playing a cool, calm Eisenhower. Selleck played the role of Mr. Kornfeldt in the movie Killers in 2010. Since 2005, Selleck has starred in the role of transplanted lawman Jesse Stone in a series of made-for-TV movies based on Robert B. Parker's novels. To date, the series comprises nine films, with the most recent released in October 2015. In addition to his portrayal of the films' protagonist, Selleck now acts as producer for the series. The fifth film, Jesse Stone: Thin Ice, was not adapted from Parker's novels, but was instead an original story by Selleck.

He joined the cast of the NBC drama Las Vegas in the season-five premiere on September 28, 2007. He played A. J. Cooper, the new owner of the Montecito Casino. He replaced James Caan, who left the cast in the same episode. This was Selleck's first regular role in a drama show since he played Thomas Magnum in Magnum, P.I. As of December 30, 2007, he began doing commercial voice-overs for Florida's Natural orange juice.

Since 2010, he has starred as Frank Reagan in the CBS American police procedural/drama series Blue Bloods, filmed on location in New York City. Frank Reagan is the Police Commissioner, and the series follows the Reagan family of law enforcement officers with the New York City Police Department and the Manhattan district attorney's office. The show premiered on September 24, 2010, and is in its final season as of 2024.

In 2012, Selleck was featured in Coldwell Banker's television ad campaign focusing on homeownership. Starting in 2016 he has been the pitchman for reverse-mortgage lender American Advisors Group (AAG).

Selleck appeared in a recurring role on the acclaimed ABC drama Boston Legal as Ivan Tiggs, the troubled ex-husband of Shirley Schmidt (Candice Bergen).

In 2021, Selleck made his album debut singing “Yessir, That’s My Baby” with Nicolas King (recorded live in 2001 during their run of “A Thousand Clowns”) on King's album “Act One” released by Club44 Records.

Personal life
From 1971 to 1982, Selleck was married to model Jacqueline Ray. During that time, he adopted her son, Kevin Shepard (born 1966), who would go on to be the drummer for the American rock band Tonic. On August 7, 1987, Selleck married Jillie Joan Mack (born 1957). They have one daughter, Hannah (born December 16, 1988).

Selleck and his family live near Thousand Oaks-Westlake Village, California, on a 60 acre avocado ranch in Hidden Valley formerly owned by Dean Martin. In a 2012 interview with People, Selleck talked about living and working on his ranch: "So I like to get outside and work on the ranch, from fixing roads to clearing brush. I hate going to the gym, so sweating outdoors sure beats sitting on a stationary bike staring at my navel. And I work cheaper than anyone I could hire to do it."

Selleck is an accomplished indoor and beach volleyball player, playing the outside hitter position for the Outrigger Canoe Club, Honolulu. (Son Kevin attended Selleck's alma mater, USC, and became a volleyball team All-American in 1990.) Outrigger Canoe Club teammate Dennis Berg, in the summer 2011 issue of Volleyball USA magazine, said of Selleck, "Tom was a great teammate, appreciative of being included with such a talented and experienced group, practicing and playing hard when his Magnum schedule permitted.... He was very patient with all of us, and we relished the big crowds that replaced the usual sparse number of players' friends and spouses at the national tourney matches."

Selleck is an avid ice hockey fan and has been seen attending Los Angeles Kings games at Staples Center. He lists Anže Kopitar and Alexander Frolov as two of his favorite players. He was once a minority owner of the Detroit Tigers, his favorite baseball team since childhood. In 1986, Selleck hit a batting practice home run while working out with the Tigers. In preparation for his role in the film Mr. Baseball, Selleck reached out to the Tigers to practice with them during the spring of 1991. He took batting practice for three weeks, even making an appearance in an exhibition game against Cincinnati, where Tiger manager Sparky Anderson put him into a game as a pinch-hitter. He managed to foul off 3 pitches from Reds pitcher Tim Layana before striking out. Selleck believes his training helped him considerably in his film role, having gained valuable experience from attending team meetings and developing an understanding of how competitive players function together.

One of Selleck's Magnum co-stars, Larry Manetti, in his 1996 memoir Aloha Magnum, was lavish in his praise of Selleck. Manetti lauded Selleck for his extraordinary work ethic on a grueling show (shooting for hours in the midday Hawaiian sun), Selleck's work with Hawaiian charities, and his willingness to support the program's cast and crew members.

In February 2009, Selleck joined the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund as national spokesman for the new Education Center being built on the National Mall.

Upon James Garner's death in 2014, he said, "Jim was a mentor to me and a friend, and I will miss him." Two years after Garner's death, Selleck said, prior to filming his then 6th season of Blue Bloods: "It's kind of like my mentor, who never wanted to hear he was my mentor [James Garner], I don't accept the mentor role. That they feel that way is, I think flattering although it adds a certain amount of pressure."

2015 water lawsuit
Selleck was sued by the Calleguas Municipal Water District for allegedly improperly transferring approximately 1.4 million gallons of water from the Calleguas Municipal Water District to the Hidden Valley Municipal Water District during the driest California drought since record-keeping began, which he used to water his avocado farm. He settled the suit by paying $21,685.55 to the Calleguas Municipal Water District, an amount which represented the district's private investigator fees in connection with the case.

Political views

Selleck has been a member of the board of directors of the National Rifle Association of America and served as a spokesman for the organization. He resigned from the board on September 18, 2018, though he remained a member of the organization. After his close friend Charlton Heston stepped down from his role as an NRA spokesman in 2003, Selleck succeeded him. In 2002, Selleck donated the rifle he used in Quigley Down Under (a custom 13-pound [6 kg], single-shot, 1874 Sharps Rifle, with a 34-inch [86-cm] barrel), along with six other firearms from his other films, to the NRA. The firearms are part of the NRA's exhibit "Real Guns of Reel Heroes" at the National Firearms Museum in Fairfax, Virginia.

To promote his film The Love Letter, Selleck was invited to be on The Rosie O'Donnell Show on May 19, 1999. During the appearance, O'Donnell questioned Selleck about his support of gun ownership and an ad in which he appeared supporting the NRA. At the end of the interview, Selleck stated, "It's your show and you can talk about it after I leave." Selleck later confided to Shaun Robinson: "I still like Rosie. I think she needs to take a deep breath and stop thinking everybody who disagrees with her is evil."

For a number of years, Selleck appeared in television advertising for National Review. He also subscribes to The New Republic. Selleck describes himself as "a registered independent with a lot of libertarian leanings".

In the 2016 presidential election, Selleck did not support either Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump, instead writing in former Dallas Police Department Chief David Brown, saying that he was deeply touched by the grace and leadership Brown showed through the 2016 Dallas police shooting.

Awards and honors
On April 28, 2000, Selleck received an honorary doctorate degree from Pepperdine University. He was chosen because of his outstanding character and ethic. He is a board member of the non-profit Joseph and Edna Josephson Institute of Ethics and co-founder of the Character Counts Coalition. He received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1986. The star is situated at 6925 Hollywood Blvd. In 1989, he received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement.

Book

 * Selleck, Tom (with Ellis Henican). (2024) You Never Know: A Memoir. New York: Dey Street Books. ISBN 978-0062945761

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Auckland University of Technology

Auckland University of Technology (abbr. AUT; Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Makau Rau) is a university in New Zealand, formed on 1 January 2000 when a former technical college (originally established in 1895) was granted university status. AUT is New Zealand's third largest university in terms of total student enrolment, with approximately 29,100 students enrolled across three campuses in Auckland. It has five faculties, and an additional three specialist locations: AUT Millennium, Warkworth Radio Astronomical Observatory and AUT Centre for Refugee Education.

AUT enrolled more than 29,000 students in 2018,  including 4,194 international students from 94 countries  and 2,417 postgraduate students. Students also represent a wide age range with 22% being aged 25–39 years and 10% being 40 or older.

AUT employed 2,474 full-time equivalent (FTE) staff in 2016, including both professional and academic.

Data suggests that 86% of AUT's graduates are employed full-time within nine months of graduating.

History
AUT was founded as Auckland Technical School in 1895, offering evening classes only. Daytime classes began in 1906 and its name was changed to Auckland Technical College. In 1913 it was renamed Seddon Memorial Technical College. In the early 1960s educational reforms resulted in the separation of secondary and tertiary teaching; two educational establishments were formed; the tertiary (polytechnic) adopting the name Auckland Technical Institute (ATI) in 1963 and the secondary school continuing with the same name. For three years they co-existed on the same site, but by 1964 the secondary school had moved to a new site in Western Springs and eventually became Western Springs College. In 1989 ATI became Auckland Institute of Technology (AIT), and the current name was adopted when university status was granted in 2000.

Sir Paul Reeves served as university chancellor from 2005 until his death in 2011.

In July 2019, controversy arose when AUT cancelled an event commemorating the Tiananmen Square massacre, and allegations arose that this was due to interference from the Government of China, due to contact between Chinese officials and the university. AUT denied that China had pressured them, although this claim has been heavily disputed, including by some university staff.

In late October 2022, Stuff reported that AUT was intending to lay off 250 full-time staff including 170 academic staff and 80 professional staff. Earlier, AUT had announced plans to lay off 230 staff members in early September 2022. The university's Vice-Chancellor Damon Salesa attributed the redundancies to rising salary costs, declining government funding, and a projected decline in the number of student enrolments for 2023. In response, the Tertiary Education Union (TEU) announced that it would take legal action against AUT in an attempt to halt the 170 staff job redundancies. In early January 2023, the Employment Relations Authority (ERA) ordered AUT to scrap the 170 planned redundancies it had issued to TEU members. ERA also ruled that the university had violated its collective employment agreement with staff when it issued its severance notices in early December 2022.

Campuses and facilities
AUT has three campuses: City (in Auckland CBD), North and South, and the training institute, Millennium. City and North campuses offer student accommodation. AUT runs a shuttle bus service between the city and south campus.

City campus
City Campus spreads over several sites in the heart of central Auckland. The largest site is situated on Wellesley Street East and is home to most of the academic units and central administration, including the Vice-Chancellor's Office and research centres. The Faculties of Business, Economics and Law, Design and Creative Technologies, Culture and Society and Te Ara Poutama share this location.

Facilities of the campus include an early childhood centre, International Student Centre, printing centre, gym, Chinese Centre, Pasifika Student Support Service, Postgraduate Centre and Te Tari Āwhina Learning Development Centre. The Central Library holds over 245,000 books and journals on four floors. There are cafes, restaurants and bars, including the student-owned Vesbar. Training restaurants Piko Restaurant and Four Seasons Restaurant have operated commercially since 2011. There is also a marae, the AUT Shop, St Paul St Art Gallery, a university bookshop, and the Wellesley student apartments.

AUT has recently completed a number of buildings, including the new WZ building designed to house the engineering, computer science and mathematics students under one roof. The first 8 levels of the 12-storey $120 million building opened in July 2018 to coincide with the start of the second academic semester. The building itself was designed to be a teaching tool, with structural components visible, ceilings left exposed for viewing and the building management systems being visible on screens for analysis by students. Sustainability was also a goal, with rain water being collected for use in the labs, occupancy sensors in the rooms to ensure that areas are not being unnecessarily lit and solar fins on the outside of the building to regulate heat from the sun and ease load on the air-conditioning system.

Another recent building completion is the $98 million WG precinct. Named after the former Chancellor of the university, the Sir Paul Reeves Building hosts the School of Communication Studies. The 12-storey building was officially opened by Prime Minister John Key on 22 March 2013. It provides an additional learning space of about 20,000 square metres that consists of convention spaces, screen and television studios and a motion capture, sound and performance studio.

The most recent addition to the city campus is the WQ building (Formally known as Te Āhuru Student Accommodation and Recreation Centre). This building serves as the home to 697 students in the student accommodation part of the building operated by UniLodge. The rest of the building is occupied by the AUT Recreation centre which has a multipurpose court, breakout rooms, dance studios as well as staff offices. The student accommodation opened its doors in February 2021 and the Recreation Centre followed shortly later with it being officially opened by MP Chlöe Swarbrick on 22 July 2021.

South campus
AUT opened South Campus (formerly Manukau Campus) in 2010, creating the first university campus based in the region. It offers undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in business, computer and information sciences, education, health sciences, year 1 of law, as well as sports management and science. South Campus hosts its own library, student lounges, student information centre, course information centre, computer labs, wireless network, and café. The campus also boasts astro turf courts with tennis, basketball, netball, volleyball, touch, and soccer equipment available for hire.

In 2016, the university invested significantly in the construction of the Mana Hauora (MH) Building. Construction of MH was completed in December 2016, and was officially opened by Prime Minister Bill English in March 2017. As the largest building on campus, MH is now the new heart of the campus and incorporates a number of sustainability design features. In 2017, three awards were given in recognition of the new MH Building at the New Zealand Institute of Architects (NZIA) Auckland Regional Awards.

North campus
North Campus is located on Akoranga Drive in Northcote. The Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences (including the Sport and Recreation division) and School of Education share this campus, which has park-like grounds. AUT's main sport and fitness centre is located at the campus, encompassing a gymnasium, weights room, testing equipment, golf swing clinic, and indoor courts. The campus also offers a library, student services centre, early childhood centre, AuSM branch, PrintSprint shop, health counselling and wellbeing centre, university bookshop, and food outlets. In addition, the campus provides five health clinics (oral, physiotherapy, podiatry, psychotherapy, and ultrasound), which are now located at the NorthMed Health Clinic building at 3 Akoranga Drive, Northcote (since July 2017). North Campus is closely linked with the nearby AUT Millennium Institute of Sport and Health.

AUT Millennium
Like AUT North Campus, the Millennium Institute is located on Auckland's North Shore, at Mairangi Bay. AUT Millennium provides sports training, and hosts national and local sports organisations, including Swimming New Zealand, New Zealand Water Polo, Northsport Olympic Weightlifting, and Sport and Recreation New Zealand. The institute has training facilities, athlete accommodation, sports science laboratories, an aquatics facility, and a commercial gym.

Warkworth Radio Astronomical Observatory
AUT maintains a number of facilities off campus, which until 2023, included the AUT Radio Telescope, New Zealand's first radio telescope. The 12m telescope is located near Warkworth and is part of New Zealand's and Australia's involvement in the international mega-science project, the Square Kilometre Array. The AUT/New Zealand Alliance won the 'Highly Commended' award in the Innovation Excellence in Research category at the 2016 New Zealand Innovation Awards.

AUT Centre for Refugee Education
AUT's Centre for Refugee Education, located in Māngere, provides an on-arrival six-week education programme for the 1,000 refugees who come to New Zealand each year under the government quota scheme. The education programme teaches English language skills at early childhood, primary, secondary and adult levels, as well as orientation to life in New Zealand. With a new set of learners arriving every two months, and with ages ranging from early childhood to adult, the teaching team has developed a curriculum that gives refugees English and life skills, but remains flexible in order to tailor the lessons to each new intake.

Faculties
AUT has five faculties. These are: AUT has 16 schools that sit within these faculties. These are:
 * Culture and Society
 * Business, Economics and Law
 * Design and Creative Technologies
 * Health and Environmental Sciences
 * Te Ara Poutama

 * Art and Design
 * Business
 * Clinical Sciences
 * Communication Studies
 * Economics
 * Education
 * Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences
 * Future Environments (also contains the former Colab: Creative Technologies)
 * Hospitality and Tourism
 * Language and Culture
 * Law
 * Public Health and Interdisciplinary Studies
 * Science
 * Social Sciences and Public Policy
 * Sport and Recreation
 * Te Ara Poutama – Māori and Indigenous Development

Programmes
AUT offers undergraduate and postgraduate (both doctoral and Master) degrees, as well as sub-degree qualifications such as diplomas and certificates. Programmes are offered in the areas/fields of applied sciences, art and design, business, business information systems, communication studies, computer and information sciences, education, engineering, health care practice, hospitality and tourism, languages, law, mathematical science, midwifery, nursing, occupational therapy, oral health, paramedicine and emergency management, Māori development, physiotherapy, podiatry, psychology, psychotherapy, public health, rehabilitation and occupation studies, social science, and sport and recreation.

The AUT Business School has been recognised as one of the top business schools in the world by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) International.

Research centres
As a relatively new university, AUT came in eighth place in the 2006 Performance-Based Research Fund (PBRF) round, but has shown the greatest improvement in PBRF rating of New Zealand's eight universities.

Research partnerships and exchanges have been established with some of the world's leading universities. AUT's growing research profile has seen an increase in research programme enrolments and external funding, as well as research institutions.

The university opened new research centres and institutes in 2016, bringing the total number to more than 60, covering a wide range of disciplines. In 2016, AUT's quality-assured research outputs increased by 9% to more than 2000 outputs, including publication in leading international journals.

New Zealand Tourism Research Institute
Disestablished in 2023

The New Zealand Tourism Research Institute (NZTRI), brings together local and international experts in tourism and hospitality. It was established in 1999 by Professor Simon Milne, and is located in the School of Hospitality and Tourism. In 2010 the institute brought together 19 researchers as well as 15 PhD students, several other graduate students being linked to the Institute in more informal ways.

NZTRI conducts research projects around the world and has developed strong links with Huế University in Vietnam, Wageningen University in the Netherlands, University of Akureyri in Iceland, McGill University and York University in Canada among others. Its research programme areas include coastal and marine tourism, community development, cultural heritage tourism, event tourism, health and wellness tourism, hospitality research, indigenous tourism, Pacific Islands tourism, tourism marketing, and tourism technology. The institute has a team of research officers, international interns and other allied staff.

Pacific Media Centre
The Pacific Media Centre (PMC) is located within the School of Communication Studies. It was founded in 2007 to develop media and journalism research in New Zealand, particularly involving Māori, Pacific Islands, ethnic and vernacular media topics. It is recognised as a diversity project by the Human Rights Commission (New Zealand), and has been featured by the Panos London Media Development programme for its development communication work.

The centre publishes Asia-Pacific journalism, and has published Pacific Scoop since 2009. It also publishes media and communication studies books, like the 2009 book Communication, Culture and Society in Papua New Guinea: Yo Tok Wanem?, in collaboration with other publishers or overseas universities. The centre was featured as a Creative Commons case study in 2010. Founding director David Robie, a New Zealand author, journalist and media academic, won a Vice Chancellor's Award in 2011 for excellence in university teaching.

Pacific Media Watch is PMC's daily independent Asia-Pacific media monitoring service and research project. The site was launched in Sydney in October 1996, and has links with the University of the South Pacific, the University of PNG (UPNG) and the Australian Centre for Independent Journalism (ACIJ). Since moving to AUT in 2007, it has become a digital repository and received a grant from the Pacific Development and Conservation Trust in 2010 to "expand its educational and research role for the Pacific region". PMW has established a Pactok server archive, and added a D-Space archive in 2010. Representatives of Pacific Media Watch report on the region's news developments, provide advocacy for media freedom, and published a media freedom report on the South Pacific in 2011.

PMC has also published Pacific Journalism Review, a peer-reviewed research journal on media issues and communication in the South Pacific and Australia, since 2002. The journal was previously published at the University of Papua New Guinea from 1994 to 1999. The editorial policy focuses on the cultural politics of the media, including new media and social movements, the culture of indigenous peoples, the politics of tourism and development, the role of the media and the formation of national identity. It also covers environmental and development studies in the media and communication, and vernacular media in the region. In October 2010, PJR was awarded the "Creative Stimulus Award" for academic journals in the inaugural Academy Awards of the Global Creative Industries in Beijing, China. The journal has advocated free speech and freedom of information in the Asia-Pacific region.

Other research institutions

 * Centre for Kode Technology Innovation (KTI, in association with Kode Biotech)
 * Centre for Social Data Analytics (CSDA)
 * Creative Industries Research Institute (CIRI)
 * Earth and Oceanic Sciences Research Institute (EOS)
 * Engineering Research and Innovation Cluster (ERIC)
 * Health and Rehabilitation Research Institute (HRRI)
 * Institute for Culture, Discourse and Communication (ICDC)
 * Institute for Radio Astronomy and Space Research (IRASR)
 * Institute of Biomedical Technologies (IBTec)
 * Institute of Public Policy (IPP)
 * Institute of Sport and Recreation Research
 * Knowledge Engineering and Discovery Research Institute (KEDRI)
 * National Institute for Public Health and Mental Health Research (NIPHMHR)
 * National Institute for Stroke and Applied Neurosciences (NISAN)
 * New Zealand Work and Labour Market Institute (NZWALMI)
 * Te Ipukarea: National Māori Language Institute

Within these research institutes exist a large number of research centres and units. The NIPHMHR administers the Pacific Islands Families Study.

Highlights and achievements
In the 2024 QS World University Rankings, AUT was ranked 412th, which puts it in the top 2% of universities worldwide. The 2017 Times Higher Education (THE) World University Ranking ranked AUT as one of the top 20 universities worldwide for International Outlook, due to its high proportion of international staff, students and research partnerships. AUT was amongst the world's top 60 young universities and ranked for the first time in THE's top 150 universities under 50 years old.

AUT now features amongst the world's elite institutions in 11 subjects, featuring in the QS World University Rankings for: AUT is the first and only tertiary provider in New Zealand to be awarded the Rainbow Tick, which attests to the university's work to ensure inclusiveness for the LGBTQI community, and in positively responding to issues of gender diversity.
 * Accounting and Finance
 * Art and Design
 * Business and Management Studies
 * Computer Science and Information Systems
 * Economics
 * Education
 * Electrical Engineering
 * Hospitality and Leisure Management
 * Law
 * Linguistics
 * Sports Subjects

Notable staff

 * Richard Bedford (born 1945), human geographer
 * Hannah Buckley, professor of ecology
 * James George (born 1962), novelist, short-story writer and creative writing lecturer
 * John Hinchcliff, inaugural vice-chancellor
 * Nikola Kasabov, computer scientist, academic and author
 * Katherine Ravenswood, professor of industrial relations

Notable alumni
AUT has more than 75,000 alumni

Art

 * Kay George – artist
 * Joan Gragg – Cook Islands artist
 * Andy Leleisi'uao – artist

Business and law

 * Stephen Tindall – founder The Warehouse.
 * Jim Anderton – politician
 * Peter Williams – alpine skier.

Entertainment

 * Joo Jong-hyuk – South Korean actor
 * Fiona Sussman – novelist, short story writer and doctor

Media and communications

 * Carol Hirschfeld – General Manager production at Māori Television, former anchor of 3 News, former executive producer of Campbell Live.
 * Pippa Wetzell – host of Fair Go, former host of Breakfast at TVNZ.
 * Charlotte Glennie – Asia correspondent for ABC.
 * Duncan Garner – Radio Live drive host, former political editor at 3 News, TV3.
 * Joel Defries – former presenter of Blue Peter on BBC, Select Live on C4.
 * Dominic Bowden – presenter of X Factor New Zealand and former presenter of NZ Idol.

Technology

 * Annette Presley – founder and CEO, Slingshot ISP.
 * Bruce McLaren – race-car designer, driver, engineer and inventor.

Other

 * Claire McLachlan – professor, specialist in early-childhood literacy

Student union
AUTSA (AUT Students' Association) is the students' association at AUT. Every student attending a course run by AUT is a member of AUTSA, and its primary function is to promote and maintain the rights and welfare of students. It provides advocacy and support, assignment binding, student diary and wall planner, Student Job Search, food vouchers, and food bank. The AUTSA Advocacy Team provide advice to students with academic grievances, grade appeals, harassment, or tenancy issues.

The AUTSA Student Representative Council (SRC) is composed of a president, a vice president, and Māori Affairs, Pasifika, Diversity, International, Disability and Postgraduate Officers. There are Business and Law, Design and Creative Technologies, Health and Environmental Sciences, Culture and Society and Te Ara Poutama Faculty Representatives. There are also City Campus, North Campus and South Campus Representatives. AUTSA representatives sit on various committees, focus groups and boards to speak out on behalf of 24,000 AUTSA members. Former presidents include April Pokino (2014–2015), Kizito Essuman (2012–2013), Veronica Ng Lam (2010–2011), Andre D'cruz (2009), and Jan Herman (2007–2008). The 2018 president is Dharyin Colbert (in 2017 it was Urshula Ansell).

AUTSA provides a fortnightly student magazine called Debate. The magazine is produced by a full-time editor and a team of student contributors. The magazine features news, views, cartoons, feature articles and columns. Debate was recognised by the Aotearoa Student Press Association Awards in 2005 "Best Small Publication" (Rebecca Williams, editor) and 2009 "Best Humourist" (Ryan Boyd, editor) and "Best Original Photography" (Clinton Cardozo, designer). AuSM also produces an annual student diary and wallplanner, and operates social media accounts.

AUTSA supports more than 40 affiliated clubs, and organises concerts, comedy shows, live DJs, dance parties, the annual Orientation Festival and other events. AUTSA sponsored the AUT Titans at the Australian University Games in 2009, winning gold in netball and touch rugby. The AUTSA lodge is based in Tongariro National Park, accommodates up to 12 people and is available to AUTSA members from $160 per night for up to 12 people. Campus venue Vesbar is owned and operated by AUTSA for its students, and operates throughout the year.

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