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.

NWU Alumni Award of Excellence for Prof Braam van Wyk

Posted on November 10, 2015

Prof Braam van Wyk, a world renowned botanist and plant taxonomist from the Department of Plant Science at the University of Pretoria, was recently honoured with an Alumni Award of Excellence by the North-West University (NWU).

UP PhD candidates selected to present papers at IAFP

Posted on November 06, 2015

Earlier this year, two PhD candidates in food science from the University of Pretoria (UP), were among a group of only 19 students from across the world selected to present papers at the International Association for Food Protection (IAFP).

Prestigious Research Fellowship awarded to young UP entomologist

Posted on November 05, 2015

Dr Abdullahi Yusuf of the Social Insects Research Group (SIRG) in the Department of Zoology and Entomology at UP, was awarded a Georg Forster Research Fellowship by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation of Germany.

UP and CIRAD dedicated to governance innovation

Posted on November 02, 2015

The University of Pretoria (UP) and the French Agricultural Research and International Cooperation organisation, working for the sustainable development in the South (CIRAD), have recently signed a five-year agreement establishing the Centre for the Study of Governance Innovation (GovInn) at UP...

UP Derek Gray Award rewards young scientists

Posted on October 26, 2015

The University of Pretoria and Prof Rosemary Gray recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding as partners of the prestigious University of Pretoria (UP) Derek Gray Award.

It is possible to reduce all forms of malnutrition by 2030, says report

Posted on October 19, 2015

Lawrence Haddad had the rare opportunity to share a global nutrition report, hot off the press, with an eager-to-engage multi-sectoral audience when he presented an overview of the Global Nutrition Report at the Indaba Hotel in Johannesburg on Friday, 2 October 2015.

Symposium brings together experts from around the world

Posted on October 15, 2015

Scientists and industry leaders in plant science recently shared the latest advances in plant breeding at the Second Annual DuPont Plant Breeding Symposium Africa, held at the University of Pretoria (UP).