Research News

  • ARUA Early-Career Research Fellowships

    Posted on May 13, 2021

    Research Fellowship initiated by the African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA), with support from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, to support a total of thirteen (13) Early-Career Research Fellows to undertake globally competitive research at the ARUA Centres of Excellence (CoEs).

  • New beginnings at NAS: Meet Ms Julia Tlou

    Posted on January 29, 2021

    Ms Julia Tlou is First Technical Assistant at the University of Pretoria’s Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (NAS) from 1 January 2021.

  • UP’s IVF Lab develops artificial reproduction technologies for rhino conservation

    Posted on June 24, 2020

    The University of Pretoria (UP) is working with international partners to perform in vitro fertilisation (IVF) to support dwindling rhinoceros populations. The In Vitro Fertility Laboratory, which is part of UP’s Department of Production Animal Studies in the Faculty of Veterinary Science,...

  • Official opening of shared research lab’s new home supports interdisciplinary research at UP

    Posted on December 16, 2019

    “Interdisciplinary research is a key competency for research-intensive universities such as the University of Pretoria, and we need to enable and amplify interdisciplinary research programmes so that we develop the capacity to respond meaningfully to global change challenges.” These...

  • UP animal and wildlife sciences professor named Gauteng Agriculturist of the Year

    Posted on December 05, 2019

    Professor Esté van Marle-Köster, Head of the Department of Animal and Wildlife Sciences at the University of Pretoria (UP), has been given the award for Gauteng Agriculturist of the Year. She received this prestigious award from Agricultural Writers South Africa at the association’s...

  • University of Pretoria: Striving to Feed 10 Billion People by 2050

    Posted on December 05, 2019

    One year ago United Nations Academic Impact announced the inauguration of the UNAI SDG Hubs, UNAI member institutions selected as exemplars for their innovative scholarship and engagement related to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) who serve as resources for best practices for the UNAI...

  • NATHouse scooped up more than a handful of awards

    Posted on October 25, 2019

    Not only did NATHouse win six awards at the annual Day and Faculty House Awards Ceremony hosted by the Division of Student Development (DSD) recently, but their Faculty Guardian, Dr Quenton Kritzinger, was also awarded as the Faculty Guardian of the Year. He also received this award in 2017.

  • UP’s Prof Hettie Schönfeldt receives prestigious Nevin Scrimshaw Award

    Posted on October 18, 2019

    Prof Hettie Schönfeldt, Director of the ARUA Centre of Excellence for Food Security led by UP and holder of a DST/NRF SARChl chair in the National Development Plan Priority Area of Nutrition and Food Security, was announced as the recipient of the distinguished Nevin Scrimshaw Award and...

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