IN MEMORIAM: Professor Anton Carel Stoltz

Posted on May 21, 2020

The University of Pretoria mourns the loss of Professor Anton Carel Stoltz, a top infectious diseases expert, who passed away on Wednesday night from complications following surgery.

‘Social media plays a key role in promoting a diversity of voices’ – UP Vice-Chancellor on World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development

Posted on May 21, 2020

Living a fulfilling life has many facets. One needs to have a reasonable level of intellectual stimulation, emotional capacity and connection, a strong moral compass and even a sense of service to humanity. These facets allow one to develop oneself and consequently society.

HR in a post-COVID-19 world: UP expert on embedding a ‘people over profit’ culture

Posted on May 21, 2020

Every crisis in history has resulted in change, and this crisis will be no different. Overnight, HR functions across industries and company sizes experienced what it really means to operate in a VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity) world.

UP mathematicians develop website for communication of mathematical analysis of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19

Posted on May 20, 2020

A group of University of Pretoria (UP) mathematicians has developed a website for rapid communication and exchange of ideas devoted to the modelling and mathematical analysis of SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, which causes COVID-19) and COVID-19 itself.

University of Pretoria strengthens institutional ties with New York University

Posted on May 19, 2020

The University of Pretoria and New York University have signed an institutional agreement to cooperate in the areas of transformational leadership, faculty exchange, renewal and transformation of curricula, and student leadership capacity development.

OUTsurance donates 20 000 items of COVID-19 personal protective equipment to UP’s Faculty of Health Sciences

Posted on May 19, 2020

UP’s Faculty of Health Sciences received a generous donation of 20 000 COVID-19 personal protective equipment (PPE) from OUTsurance to help keep health care workers safe during the COVID-19 pandemic.

UP medical researchers call for substance use screening and harm-reduction treatment for hospital patients

Posted on May 18, 2020

A study by the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Pretoria (UP) has found that a significant proportion of hospital inpatients in Tshwane use regulated and unregulated substances including tobacco, alcohol, cannabis and heroin (known locally as nyaope).

Replacing fat in food without compromising sensory properties leads to PhD for UP student

Posted on May 18, 2020

You don’t have to sacrifice taste for less fat in your favourite mayonnaise, and Dr Joyce Agyei-Amponsah has proven it scientifically, earning a PhD in Food Science from the University of Pretoria (UP) in the process.