Posted on April 24, 2019
Two graduates from the University of Pretoria’s (UP) Faculty of Veterinary Science recently shared with Primarashni Gower why veterinary practice is in their blood.
Posted on April 23, 2019
“Katsuzo! Zettai makenai!” This is Japanese for “I will win! I’ll never give up!”, and it’s a phrase that certainly applies to Lisa Sanders, who’s just graduated with a master’s degree in Translation and Interpreting Studies, from the University of...
Posted on April 18, 2019
Justin Harrison, a recent MSc graduate from the Department of Physics at the University of Pretoria (UP), will be one of only 20 top young scientists from South Africa to attend the 69th Nobel Laureate Meeting later this year in Lindau, Germany.
Posted on April 18, 2019
The Faculty of Humanities at the University of Pretoria (UP) marks its centenary this year, and recently celebrated this milestone with a Dean’s Concert at UP’s Musaion, a concert hall for musicians.
Posted on April 17, 2019
A recently released Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) report reveals that the University of Pretoria (UP) produced the most weighted research outputs per capita for 2017, as well as the highest number of published research outputs in South Africa.
Posted on April 16, 2019
Minister of Higher Education and Training Dr Naledi Pandor took her portfolio seriously by going back to class and graduating with a PhD in Education from the University of Pretoria (UP) this week. Her research topic was ‘The contested meaning of transformation in higher education in...
Posted on April 16, 2019
The University of Pretoria will be commencing the process of electing a President of the Convocation in May 2019. This position, which runs for a term of five years, has been vacant since August 2017.
Posted on April 12, 2019
The University of Pretoria (UP) congratulates Tinyiko Cathrine Gwambe on graduating with a Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) degree with distinction, and welcomes her back to UP to pursue her postgraduate studies.
Posted on April 10, 2019
University of Pretoria (UP) astrophysicist Professor Roger Deane was part of the international group of scientists who have captured the first image of a black hole. His group worked to develop simulations of the complex, Earth-sized telescope used to make this historic discovery. These...
Posted on April 10, 2019
The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) — a planet-scale array of eight ground-based radio telescopes forged through international collaboration — was designed to capture images of a black hole. Today, (10 April) in coordinated press conferences across the globe, EHT researchers reveal that...
Posted on April 08, 2019
University of Pretoria (UP) alumnus Ezette Coetzee, who has a Diploma in Veterinary Nursing from UP’s Faculty of Veterinary Science, is believed to be the first South Africans to write and pass the prestigious National Veterinary Technician Exam (NVTE) in the United States.
Posted on April 05, 2019
Most of the 200 rescued flamingos from Kimberley’s Kamfers Dam, which were nursed to good health by the University of Pretoria’s (UP) Faculty of Veterinary Science, are ready to be returned to the dam.
Posted on April 05, 2019
The University of Pretoria’s (UP) Professor Ann Skelton, the UNESCO Chair in Education Law in Africa, situated in the Faculty of Law, has played an integral role in the compilation of the Abidjan Principles, which were officially released recently.
Posted on April 04, 2019
UP celebrates the achievements of three of its former Chartered Accounting (CA) students after they passed their second and final CA professional exam, the Assessment of Professional Competence of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA), which was written in November 2018.
Posted on April 03, 2019
Scholars of art, culture and heritage met at the University of Pretoria’s Future Africa Campus, next to its Experimental Farm, in Hillcrest, Pretoria, recently to discuss the role and relevance of culture to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, the African Union 2063 Agenda and...
Posted on March 30, 2019
Kidney disease is a global health problem with a growing disease burden in both developed and undeveloped countries. The magnitude and the impact of kidney disease are unknown and will remain so if a concerted effort is not made to develop a national data collection system to acquire data on...
Posted on March 28, 2019
Playwright and president of the African Cultural Policy Network Mike van Graan recently led a public debate at the University of Pretoria (UP) on whether South Africa needs a national theatre and national museum.
Posted on March 28, 2019
The Department of Consumer and Food Sciences at the University of Pretoria recently partnered with the French embassy and well-known celebrity chef, Nataniël, to prepare a meal for invited guests to celebrate Goût de France on the Hatfield campus.
Posted on March 27, 2019
World Theatre Day was established in 1961 by the International Theatre Institute (ITI) and is celebrated annually on 27 March across the globe. The day has at its core the vision of theatre as an actant of peace. Each year, the ITI invites a prominent figure in the broad domain of theatre to...
Posted on March 26, 2019
University of Pretoria (UP) veterinary ophthalmologist, Dr Izak Venter, accompanied by Dr Keri-Lee Dobbie, a veterinary surgeon and resident in ophthalmology, recently travelled to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to examine a chimpanzee at the JACK Sanctuary for chimpanzees.
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