Posted on August 17, 2021
UP’s new Diabetes Research Centre, the first of its kind at a public academic institution, takes a holistic approach to addressing the challenges around the disease, from prevention to care.
Posted on August 16, 2021
UP alumnae Mankhuwe Caroline Letsoalo and Zenia Pero’s paper on the decolonisation of the LLB curriculum in historically white universities has won the first prize of the Yunus Mohamed Public Interest Award for Law, Business and Ethics.
Posted on August 16, 2021
South Africans have been found to tend towards flocking instead of taking flight as a resilience response. This is according to Professor Liesel Ebersöhn, a professor in the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Pretoria (UP) and Director of the University’s Centre for...
Posted on August 13, 2021
As part of a UP Transformation Office initiative, Natasha Allie, Acting CEO of the Adelaide & Oliver Tambo Foundation, and attorney Thandiwe Matthews discuss how advocates of women’s rights in SA can be more meaningfully honoured.
Posted on August 13, 2021
Research being conducted by UP’s Prof Este van Marle-Koster can help farmers selectively breed more productive animals, improving food security, while conserving the features that make breeds such as the Nguni cow special.
Posted on August 12, 2021
“There are indeed significant silver linings that have emerged that can help institutions shape a successful future.” – UP VC Prof Tawana Kupe discusses lessons learned and advances made in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Posted on August 11, 2021
University of Pretoria (UP) Fine Arts student Sinead Page is using the art of bead-making as a bonding experience for occupants of Reliable House, a safe haven for homeless men who want to escape the effects of substance abuse.
Posted on August 11, 2021
Over 700 unique works from the University of Pretoria Museums can now be enjoyed virtually from anywhere in the world.
Posted on August 11, 2021
UP’s Onderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital (OVAH) in the Faculty of Veterinary Science has invested in the latest device to test deafness in dogs, and is currently testing 20–30 dogs per month, most of which are puppies.
Posted on August 10, 2021
“Men who believe that women need to be under the leadership of men need to unlearn such beliefs.” – Newly appointed EMS Faculty Dean Prof Margaret Chitiga-Mabugu on championing the advancement of women in the workplace.
Posted on August 09, 2021
“Women researchers at UP are making today, and every day, matter by changing perceptions, leading society and debate, and contributing to knowledge production and research.” – Vice-Chancellor Prof Tawana Kupe.
Posted on August 06, 2021
Prof Jenny M Hoobler offers advice on how to overcome learned helplessness that results from the similar societal feelings we all experience in the face of COVID and the many economic challenges South Africa must now confront.
Posted on August 06, 2021
Prof Fathima Paruk chats about her journey to associate professor and Head of the Department of Critical Care at Steve Biko Academic Hospital and UP, and about overcoming gender disparity in the medical field.
Posted on August 05, 2021
Teach4Reach, a collaborative project between UP and the Universities of Innsbruck and Vienna in Austria, recently hosted a virtual event broadcast from UP’s Future Africa Research Institute.
Posted on August 04, 2021
UP's Professor Charles Maimela said the faculty is humbled by Former Deputy Chief Justice Dr Dikgang Moseneke’s generous donation, which includes items from his personal, political and judicial career.
Posted on August 03, 2021
While the panellists acknowledged what a difficult year 2020 was, they agreed that universities have had the opportunity to be uncharacteristically flexible and responsive.
Posted on August 02, 2021
“I'm delighted to receive this fellowship.” – Dr Nokuthula Mazibuko Msimang, inaugural fellow of the Artist in Residency Fellowship Programme launched by the Future Africa Research Institute.
Posted on August 02, 2021
Meet Prof Tivani Mashamba-Thompson, Deputy Dean of Research and Postgraduate Studies at @Faculty_HSUP, and a social media campaigner for equal access to COVID-19 vaccination.
Posted on July 28, 2021
“Abandoned babies deserve a fighting chance at life, despite the circumstances they are born into.” – Leader of the Bags of Hope project, spearheaded by UP’s Department of Radiography, which supplies vulnerable newborn babies with care packs.
Posted on July 26, 2021
UP’s Onderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital has entered a new era in patient care with the acquisition of an MRI scanner, which allows for the bodies of big cats, great apes and the necks of horses, among others, to be scanned.
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