Research Matters: Focus on forest health

Posted on August 22, 2016

Visit our brand new Research Matters website to find out more about how researchers at the University of Pretoria are making today matter through projects that support pest management in our forests and plantations.

Ntombi wins prestigious DST Fellowship

Posted on August 17, 2016

Ntombi Gama, a PhD student at the University of Pretoria was recently awarded a prestigious fellowship from the Department of Science and Technology at the 2016 Women in Science Awards (WISA) ceremony.

Statistician rewarded for excellent publishing record

Posted on August 11, 2016

Prof Mohammed Arashi, an Extraordinary Professor in the Department of Statistics, was recently awarded the Behboodian Award for statisticians younger than 40, who have published outstanding papers. This award is made biannually by the Iranian Statistical Society.

Research Matters: Focus on food security

Posted on August 10, 2016

Visit our brand new Research Matters website to find out more about how researchers at the University of Pretoria are working with poor communities to turn the tide on hunger.

Tornadoes - powerful, but uncommon in SA

Posted on August 08, 2016

Images and video clips that looked like scenes from the disaster movie Twister were all over social media a few weeks ago when unexpected tornadoes hit the Gauteng province.

UP participates in Summer School on Geomatics in Germany

Posted on August 04, 2016

The first 'Geomatics and Participation' Summer School with students and lecturers from the University of Pretoria and the Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences recently took place in Karslruhe, Germany.

UP's Veterinary Science students star in new TV series

Posted on August 04, 2016

A new reality/documentary TV series on SABC 3 titled Frontier Vets, depicts the daily lives of six South African soon-to-be-qualified veterinary students from the University of Pretoria's Faculty of Veterinary Science.

Prof Robin Crewe appointed to co-chair IAP committee

Posted on August 02, 2016

Prof Robin Crewe, Director of the Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship at the University of Pretoria, has been appointed as co-chair of the committee established by the InterAcademy Council / InterAcademy Partnership for Research to consider 'harnessing science, engineering and medicine to...