Dr Maurine Musie becomes UP’s youngest holder of PhD in nursing

Posted on November 02, 2023

In 2015, Dr Maurine Musie became the first black African student to obtain a Bachelor of Nursing Science cum laude from the University of Pretoria (UP), as well as a Golden Key International honorary membership.

UP alumnus designs one-stop-shop tool for academic writing

Posted on November 02, 2023

For scholars looking to develop a manuscript from their data in a fraction of the time it currently takes, University of Pretoria (UP) alumnus Dr Israel Agaku has a straightforward and elegant solution: one application to replace the many software applications that academics usually have to make...

UP celebrates honourees of Mail & Guardian 200 Young South Africans initiative

Posted on November 01, 2023

The University of Pretoria (UP) recently honoured UP affiliates who had made the grade for this year’s Mail & Guardian 200 Young South Africans initiative over lunch on Hatfield Campus.

UP Future Africa sets up a Chair for Global Equity in Africa

Posted on October 23, 2023

Future Africa www.futureafrica.science is the University of Pretoria’s unique pan-African collaborative research platform that works across scientific fields and disciplines, and with society, to address Africa’s biggest and most urgent contemporary challenges.

Tres, dos, uno, lift off! UP alumna Karishma Maharaj part of Spanish MIURA 1 rocket launch

Posted on October 23, 2023

UP alumna Karishma Maharaj excitedly recalls the moment Payload Aerospace SL, the Spanish aerospace company that she is a business developer at, made history when it launched MIURA 1, marking Europe’s first fully private rocket launch.

Gutsy Tuks wins Varsity Netball Tournament for a third time

Posted on October 19, 2023

The statistics will forever show that Tuks is the 2023 Varsity Netball Champions.

‘It was love at first sight’ – Moodleys’ UP-born love story celebrates 20 years

Posted on October 19, 2023

Preshnee and Reagan Moodley met at the Merensky Library on the University of Pretoria (UP) Hatfield Campus on 6 November 2003 – and 20 years down the line this pair of UP alumni lovebirds is still happily married, with three children who they hope to send to UP for their academic studies.

UP alumna Patricia Stock set to become first female CEO of SA Institute of Chartered Accountants

Posted on October 19, 2023

University of Pretoria (UP) alumna Patricia Stock has been appointed as the first female Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA). Stock will be taking over the office from 1 December 2023.