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UP receives boost in NRF ratings

Posted by: University of Pretoria

14 December 2018

Two University of Pretoria (UP) academics have received prestigious A-1 ratings by the National Research Foundation (NRF) for 2018, bringing the number of UP scientists rated in the A category to 14.

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MoA signed for state-of-the art UP AFMA feed mill research facility

Posted by: University of Pretoria

13 December 2018

A Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) between the University of Pretoria (UP) and the Animal Feed Manufacturers Association of South Africa (AFMA) to the value of R50 million for the establishment of a feed mill research facility was officially signed on 11 December 2018.

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Newly launched research centre for food security aims to transform food policy

Posted by: University of Pretoria

13 December 2018

The African Research Universities Alliance Centre of Excellence for Food Security was recently launched at the University of Pretoria’s Future Africa campus. The theme of the launch was ‘The future of food in Africa’.

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UP students scoop 4 of 14 L’Oreal-UNESCO research fellowships

Posted by: University of Pretoria

12 December 2018

Four University of Pretoria scientists conducting research in sub-Saharan Africa are among a group of 14 women who were recently awarded fellowships by the L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Regional Programme.

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Best undergraduate lecturers honoured in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences

Posted by: Faculty of Natural & Agricultural Sciences

10 December 2018

On the occasion of the annual breakfast hosted by the Dean of the Faculty of Natural Sciences on 29 November 2018, the winner of the award for Best First-year Lecturer, as well as the winner of the newly introduced award for Best Lecturer for Senior Courses were announced. The first of the abovementioned awards went to Dr Harry Wiggins from the Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, and the second to Dr Jaco Visagie from the Department of Statistics.

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Two UP professors make Web of Science’s Highly Cited Researchers list for 2018

Posted by: University of Pretoria

07 December 2018

Two internationally renowned researchers from the University of Pretoria (UP), Prof Mike Wingfield and Prof Bernard Slippers, have been included on the 2018 Web of Science’s list of the world’s most highly cited researchers.

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Meshack Kekana - South African Risk Influencers of the year 2018

Posted by: Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology

06 December 2018

Meshack Kekana was selected out of 500 nominees as part of the top 4 South African Risk Influencers of the year 2018. These are all the individuals who are making positive changes on a national scale. At age 23, Mr Kekana was the youngest nominee in the history of the awards.

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UP postdoctoral fellow wins British Ecological Society photography competition

Posted by: University of Pretoria

04 December 2018

Dr Chris Oosthuizen of the University of Pretoria’s Department of Zoology and Entomology recently won the British Ecological Society’s annual photography competition, Capturing Ecology, which celebrates the diversity of ecology around the world.

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