News

  • Geography student part of international climate change resolution

    Posted on March 04, 2016

    Courtney Gehle, a third-year BSc Geography student in the Department of Geography with a special interest in Climate Change and Environmental Sustainability recently had the opportunity to be part of the United Stated Leadership Programme and visit Paris and the US.

  • UP veterinarians do their part to save our rhino

    Posted on March 03, 2016

    As the rhino poaching crisis escalates, this year's theme for World Wildlife Day, 'The future of wildlife is in our hands' is a chilling reminder of the situation in South Africa.

  • The future of wildlife in our hands

    Posted on March 03, 2016

    On 3 March 2016, the UN celebrates World Wildlife Day with the theme 'The future of wildlife is in our hands'.

  • Africa Science Leadership Programme announces a second round

    Posted on March 02, 2016

    Twenty-two outstanding scientists from major regions in Africa will participate in the second round of the Africa Science Leadership Programme (ASLP). The scientists represent basic and applied sciences, and span a wide variety of disciplines including the social sciences and humanities.

  • UP Scientists teach young South Africans about food science and food security

    Posted on February 18, 2016

    Scientists from the University of Pretoria (UP) were recently featured in an episode of Teenagers on a Mission (TOMz), a creative and innovative programme of SABC Education, aimed at the youth of South Africa.

  • Bee nutrition and human food security

    Posted on February 12, 2016

    The Department of Zoology and Entomology’s Prof Sue Nicolson, her colleague Prof Christian Pirk, and the Honeybee Research Group at UP are investigating how bees cope with varying diets.

  • CGIS wins prize at Durban AgriHack Talent Challenge

    Posted on February 11, 2016

    A team of postgraduate Geoinformation Science students from the Centre for Geoinformation Science (CGIS) recently won the climate change category at the Durban AgriHack Talent Challenge.

  • Waterwise at UP

    Posted on January 07, 2016

    While Gauteng is experiencing one of the driest and hottest summers in years, the University of Pretoria has to ensure that it adheres to water restrictions while maintaining one of its biggest assets – its environment.

  • The science behind hail

    Posted on January 04, 2016

    Parts of the country were subjected to severe hailstorms towards the end of last year and hailstones the size of tennis balls inflicted massive damage. Dr Liesl Dyson explains the science behind this weather phenomenon.

  • New strategies for talking to the public about climate change

    Posted on December 14, 2015

    In a time of worrying discoveries about the state of our planet's climate, new research on emotive communication offers new avenues to effect behaviour change in favour of mitigating climate change.

  • NAS academics shine bright at 'Oscars of Higher Education Innovation'

    Posted on December 11, 2015

    Two academics from the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (NAS), Dr Patricia Forbes and Ms Thea Corbett, were awarded first prizes at the Reimagine Education 2015 Conference in Philadelphia on 8 December 2015.

  • PhD student in malaria wins presenters trophy

    Posted on December 07, 2015

    Mr Shehu S Awandu, a PhD student at the University of Pretoria Centre for Sustainable Malaria Control (UP CSMC) won the trophy as best presenter at the Limpopo Provincial Health Research day held in Polokwane in November 2015.

  • Three L'Oreal Fellowships awarded to UP researchers

    Posted on December 07, 2015

    One staff member and two PhD students from the University of Pretoria won three of the twelve fellowships awarded by the 2015 L'Oréal-UNESCO for Women in Science Sub-Saharan Africa 2015 programme.

  • Ancient giants reveal the realities of climate change

    Posted on December 03, 2015

    When a giant baobab toppled over in the Pafuri area of the Kruger National Park a number of years ago, researchers from UP had a hunch that the fallen giant could give them access to a wealth of information about the past.

  • SASAS awards Gold Medal to Prof Jannes van Ryssen

    Posted on December 01, 2015

    Prof Jannes Jansen van Ryssen, an extraordinary professor in the Department of Animal and Wildlife Sciences at the University of Pretoria, was recently awarded the Gold Medal from the South African Society for Animal Science (SASAS).

  • CGIS celebrates International Map Year

    Posted on November 24, 2015

    In celebration of the International Cartographic Association’s International Map Year, the Centre for Geo-information Science at UP hosted a Mini-conference to showcase the role of maps in research conducted at the University.

  • Royal Society of South Africa honours Prof Bob Millar

    Posted on November 19, 2015

    Prof Bob Millar, an internationally recognised scientist at the University of Pretoria (UP) is the winner of the 2016 John FW Herschel Medal in recognition of his highly distinguished multidisciplinary contributions to the furtherance of science.

  • PhD student in Animal Science wins two esteemed scholarships

    Posted on November 18, 2015

    A PhD student in the Department of Animal and Wildlife Sciences, Nadia Swanepoel, was recently awarded two prestigious international scholarships.

  • Empowering communities to beat malaria

    Posted on November 17, 2015

    Dr Taneshka Kruger, from the UP CSMC is very passionate about eliminating malaria in South Africa, and eventually in Africa as a whole and has been involved in research on the subject for a number of years.

  • Mathematicians excel at SAMS Congress

    Posted on November 16, 2015

    The Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics recently made their presence felt at the 58th Annual Congress of the South African Mathematics Society (SAMS). Two staff members were elected as council members and two PhD students received awards for their presentations.

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