Posted on April 11, 2017
Kgomotso Dhlangamandhla, a fourth-year BScAgric student in Food Science and Technology at the University of Pretoria, was recently awarded the Aubrey Parsons South African Association for Food Science and Technology (SAAFoST) bursary for academic excellence.
Posted on April 10, 2017
Men do become depressed. This is a seemingly obvious statement. What is less well known to men, health care professionals and the public however, is that many more men are depressed than we realise.
Posted on April 07, 2017
More than 13 000 students will receive their degrees at the University of Pretoria's 2017 Autumn Graduation Ceremonies.
Posted on April 07, 2017
The University of Pretoria (UP) is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Edward Webb as Deputy Dean: Research and Postgraduate Studies in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (NAS), with effect from 1 April 2017.
Posted on April 06, 2017
Professor Lorenzo Fioramonti's latest book titled The world after GDP: economics, politics and international relations in the post-growth era, has been reviewed in a full-page article in the Financial Times.
Posted on April 06, 2017
Journalist and author, Fred Khumalo, recently shared his thoughts with an audience of staff and students at the 'Meet your Writers’ event organised by the Department of English, in collaboration with the Department of Library Services on the University of Pretoria's Hatfield Campus.
Posted on April 06, 2017
Dr Engela van der Klashorst writes about the inherent power of sport to bring communities together, to provide a sense of inclusion to people living on the fringes of society and to solve a myriad of social problems.
Posted on April 05, 2017
The Faculty of Theology, in cooperation with the Merensky 2 Library, has begun a year-long series of literary exhibitions that highlight significant events, individuals and publications related to the Faculty’s 1917–2017 centenary celebration.
Posted on April 04, 2017
Itumeleng Magabane, a second-year MScAgric student in Food Science and Technology at the University of Pretoria was recently awarded the Brian Koeppen Memorial scholarship of the South African Association for Food Science and Technology (SAAFoST).
Posted on April 03, 2017
The Library and Information Association of South Africa (LIASA) celebrated South African Library Week from 18–26 March 2017 with the theme 'My library, your library' and sub-themes 'My library, my home', 'Mind your library' and 'Tell me about your library'.
Posted on April 03, 2017
Eighteen-year-old sprint sensation Tlotliso Gift Leotlela lived up to his billing as the top junior sprinter in South Africa when he achieved a record-equalling 10,12 s win in the men's 100 m at the second and final Varsity Athletics meeting held under near perfect conditions at the University of...
Posted on April 03, 2017
World Autism Awareness Day is celebrated annually on 2 April and aims to raise awareness about people with autism throughout the world. Ms Ilse de Bruin, a PhD student at UP, shares some interesting facts about the condition.
Posted on March 31, 2017
Dr Francis Kolo, of the Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases at UP, conducted a study on the dog population of Hluvukani Village to determine the prevalence of rabies in the area and the causes of mortality in the population.
Posted on March 31, 2017
Prof Charles Ngwena from the Centre for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria, writes about what colonialism really means to us as South Africans in light of the recent public utterance posted on twitter by Western Cape Premier, Helen Zille.
Posted on March 31, 2017
Dr Flavia Senkubuge, of the Division of Health Policy and Management in the School of Health Systems and Public Health at the University of Pretoria, has been appointed as the Chairperson of the Health Systems Trust (HST) Board of Trustees.
Posted on March 30, 2017
The next Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) Autum Graduation Ceremony will take place at 15:00 on Thursday, 30 March 2017. The session will be livestreamed via YouTube so that family and friends who cannot attend the event can also be a part of our students' big moment.
Posted on March 30, 2017
The 4th International Conference on Responsible Leadership hosted by the Albert Luthuli Centre for Responsible Leadership and the Gordon Institute of Business Science in partnership with the Copenhagen Business School and the Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative, was held in Johannesburg,...
Posted on March 28, 2017
The Department of Statistics, in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences at the University of Pretoria, recently hosted a statistics awareness day for Mathematics teachers and learners to demonstrate the importance of statistics in the school curriculum and in everyday life.
Posted on March 28, 2017
South Africa's planned sugar tax will take effect on 1 April 2017. Prof Hettie Carina Schönfeldt, Beulah Pretorius and Dr Nicolette Hall from UP discuss the benefits of this decision in an article published on The Conversation.
Posted on March 28, 2017
The Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Pretoria, Prof Cheryl de la Rey, cordially invites you to the 20th lecture in the UP Expert Lecture Series: 'Rise of an invisible epidemic - Fighting hearing loss with advances in technology and connectivity' at 17:00 on Tuesday, 28 March 2017.
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