Posted on December 03, 2022
Congratulations to Prof Stephanie Burton (Professor in Biochemistry and Professor at Future Africa) for her appointment as Co-Chair of the Interacademy Partnership (IAP) board for the 2022-2024 mandate, and Prof Christian Pirk (Department of Zoology and Entomology) for his appointment as a member...
Posted on November 30, 2022
UP taxonomist and leading expert in dung beetles occurring in southern Africa Christian Deschodt was contacted by researchers to help describe a dung beetle they suspected was a new species.
Posted on November 28, 2022
Professor Don A Cowan, Director of the Genomics Research Institute and the Centre for Microbial Ecology and Genomics at the University of Pretoria, was recently awarded the South African Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (SASBMB) Gold Award.
Posted on November 24, 2022
A new series of maps drawn up by Emeritus Professor Rudi van Aarde of the University of Pretoria (UP) and Dr Ryan Huang of Duke University in the US details where African elephants prefer to roam in Southern Africa.
Posted on November 23, 2022
Professor Namrita Lall, NRF/DSI Research chair for Plant Health Products from Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS), which forms part of the NRF’s South African Research Chairs Initiative (SARChI), hosted a prestigious event on 15 November showcasing the most recent achievements resulting from...
Posted on November 22, 2022
Food security experts recently published an article in BMJ reflecting on the threats that global environmental climate change, COVID-19, and conflict have had on global food security and nutrition.
Posted on November 21, 2022
For years now, invasive water hyacinth plants have clogged up the North West’s Hartbeespoort Dam, which lies downstream from Pretoria and Johannesburg. In new research, hydrogeologists from the University of Pretoria (UP) have used the internal workings of the plants themselves to reiterate...
Posted on November 18, 2022
Professor Abba B Gumel, an Extraordinary Professor from the Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics at the University of Pretoria (UP), has recently been elected a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (AMS).
Posted on November 16, 2022
In South Africa, UP is ranked 3rd (4th in 2021), overall. This is the University’s best performance over the past five years.
Posted on November 15, 2022
Inspire the world with GIS – “GIS is a scientific framework for gathering, analyzing, and visualizing geographic data to help us make better decisions” (www.gisday.com)
Posted on November 15, 2022
The UP model predicts moderate to weak La Niña conditions to persist throughout most of the 2022/23 mid-summer season. There is an enhanced likelihood for an above-normal rainfall season during the 2022/23 summer over the larger summer rainfall region. Additionally, there is an enhanced...
Posted on November 14, 2022
Professor John Taylor, a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Consumer and Food Sciences at the University of Pretoria (UP) and an internationally renowned food scientist, has been awarded the Clyde H Bailey Medal by the International Association for Cereal Science and Technology (ICC).
Posted on November 10, 2022
Professor Louis van Rooy, an Extraordinary Professor from the Department of Geology at the University of Pretoria (UP), has recently been awarded the Hans Cloos Medal for 2022 by the International Association of Engineering Geology and the Environment (IAEG).
Posted on November 09, 2022
South Africa is a global crime hotspot. But, as residents put up higher walls to stay safe, a new South African study suggests that greenspaces can be an important tool in creating safe and sustainable cities.
Posted on November 09, 2022
I was honored to be one of 3 students who got selected to attend a workshop in Malawi on 2 September 2022. We were invited to participate in OpenStreetMap (OSM) mapping training with the YouthMappers from the University of Malawi in Zomba. We arrived at Chileka Airport in Blantyre where we...
Posted on November 09, 2022
Anina Hunter, a University of Pretoria BSc (Agric.) Animal Science alumni, has been appointed as Chairperson of the Animal Feed Manufacturers Association’s (AFMA) Board of Directors. As the official representative body for the livestock feed sector, AFMA liaises and cooperates with various...
Posted on November 03, 2022
Prof Belinda Reyers, Professor of Sustainability Science in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences at the University of Pretoria, has spent the past three years working with the team behind the UN Human Development Report as a member of their Advisory Group and a member of the...
Posted on November 02, 2022
The Southern Ocean around Antarctica needs urgent protection – for the sake of the rest of the world. This marine wilderness is threatened by climate change and commercial fisheries, says University of Pretoria (UP) macro-ecologist Dr Luis Pertierra, an expert on the natural value of the...
Posted on October 28, 2022
A new ‘rule book’ for naming genomically sequenced bacteria is a boon for science and UP's Prof Fanus Venter, professor in the Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology and Deputy Director of FABI, is part of a core group of international scientists who contributed to the...
Posted on October 27, 2022
Professor Loretta Feris, Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Academic at UP, said the universities are working towards strengthening their relationship through collaborative work and possibly having a memorandum of understanding in place.
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