UP conservation ecologist makes international science society’s list of top 50 changemakers

Posted on June 10, 2025

Dr Bernard Coetzee was recently recognised as part of The Explorers Club 50’s Class of 2025

Legal officer in the Presidency graduates from UP with a PhD

Posted on June 09, 2025

Reason Misiiwa Baloyi recently graduated from the University of Pretoria

Prof Irene Barnes addresses forest threats through genetic research

Posted on June 09, 2025

UP hosted the inaugural lecture of Professor Irene Barnes, a world expert in forest pathology

Seeing is (dis)believing

Posted on June 05, 2025

GenAI has had a major impact in the broadcasting industry

UP and University of Michigan Symphony Orchestras demonstrate diversity through music and global collaboration

Posted on June 04, 2025

PRETORIA – The University of Pretoria Symphony Orchestra (UPSO) recently hosted the University of Michigan Symphony Orchestra (UMSO) for a powerful cultural exchange.

UP celebrates staff members and departments announced as ‘Science Oscars’ finalists

Posted on June 04, 2025

Widely known as the “Science Oscars”, the NSTF-South32 Awards recognise outstanding contributions to science, engineering, technology and innovation.

UP lecturer to take on Comrades Marathon to support missing-middle students

Posted on June 04, 2025

Dr Bianca Frost will take on the Comrades Marathon to support UP’s missing-middle students.

Breaking new ground - United Nations Volunteers and University of Pretoria set to launch first-ever Global Volunteer Index

Posted on June 03, 2025

In a step to elevate the value of volunteerism, UNV and UP launched the Global Volunteer Index

UP and partners launch first national Type 1 diabetes burden study

Posted on June 02, 2025

UP and other South African institutions have launched a nationwide study to measure the burden of Type 1 diabetes

WORLD NO TOBACCO DAY: ‘Africa is facing a tobacco epidemic, fuelled by product manipulation, marketing and weak regulation’ – UP public health expert

Posted on May 31, 2025

World No Tobacco Day is observed annually on 31 May to raise awareness of the harmful effects of tobacco use

Barriers to learning: Visually impaired learners left behind by education system, experts warn at national Principals Forum

Posted on May 30, 2025

The Principals Forum, arranged by the SANCB, was hosted at UP’s Groenkloof Campus

University of Pretoria prof runs to fund ‘missing middle’ students

Posted on May 29, 2025

Supporters can pledge R90, symbolising 90 kilometers, to the University of Pretoria’sVice-Chancellor and Principal’s Scholarship Fund, aiding academically strong butfi nancially constrained students.

Comrades Marathon: Four UP staff members take on ‘the ultimate human race’ to support ‘missing middle’ students

Posted on May 29, 2025

Four UP staff members are set to tackle South Africa’s Comrades Marathon

Green, deep learning

Posted on May 29, 2025

A single query to ChatGPT uses as much electricity as burning a light bulb for about 20 minutes.

Breaking boundaries: UP student completes actuarial science degree at age 17

Posted on May 28, 2025

Mongiwa Hazel Ntuli will be obtaining a degree in Actuarial Science that she’d completed at the age of 17

Traffic Engineering Expert Dr Christo van As Awarded Honorary Doctorate by UP

Posted on May 26, 2025

UP conferred an honorary doctorate on Dr Sebastiaan Christo van As

UP confers honorary doctorate on social worker and former First Lady Zanele Mbeki

Posted on May 26, 2025

UP's Faculty of Humanities recently awarded Zanele Mbeki an honorary doctorate

Marathon surgery by UP vets breathes new life into white rhino

Posted on May 21, 2025

A UP veterinary team gave four-year-old white rhino Houdini a breath of life after performing fully invasive surgery

University of Pretoria confers honorary doctorate on science leader and visionary Dr Khotso Mokhele

Posted on May 15, 2025

UP has awarded South Africa’s distinguished science leader, Dr Khotso Mokhele, an honorary doctorate

UP scientists home in on gene that could play pivotal role in diet-induced obesity

Posted on May 14, 2025

Researchers at UP may have identified the gene that is responsible for diet-related obesity.