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  • UP's Women in Science honoured with top awards

    Posted on August 12, 2008

    Two of the University of Pretoria researchers were prize recipients at the esteemed DST South African Women in Science Awards 2008. Prof Brenda Wingfield and Dr Wanda Markotter excelled at the prize giving ceremony held on 8 August 2008 at the Hilton Hote

  • Growing Minds

    Posted on August 05, 2008

    The University of Pretoria's Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences and the Department of Plant Science recently expanded its roots to one of its local feeding schools at their 50th Anniversary. At least 30 trees were donated by the University to Ho

  • 7th World Congress in Probability and Statistics, Singapore

    Posted on July 30, 2008

    Three members from the Department of Statistics attended the 7th World Congress in Probability and Statistics in Singapore from 14 - 19 July 2008. This congress was organised by the Bernoulli Society, which is a subdivision of the International Statistica

  • Faculty's Woman in Science Succeeds

    Posted on July 30, 2008

    It is a great pleasure to announce that Dr Sabine Verryn from the X-Ray Analytical Facility, which is linked to the Department of Geology, was recently elected Vice-Chairperson of the Mineralogical Association of South Africa (MINSA).

  • University of Pretoria Hosts China Delegates

    Posted on July 29, 2008

    Seven delegates from the Chinese Government Department of Agriculture recently visited the University of Pretoria's Department of Animal and Wildlife Sciences.

  • Annual Bursary Awards Function

    Posted on July 29, 2008

    The department of Animal and Wildlife Sciences had its Annual Bursary Awards Function where the academic achievements of students were acknowledged.

  • 'Green City' Congress

    Posted on July 29, 2008

    Dr Truter (Department of Plant Production and Soil Science) and Dr Hassen, (Department of Animal and Wildlife Sciences) attended the 8th International Joint Rangeland and 21st International Grassland "Green City" Congress (IGC-IRC) 2008 from 29 June - 5 J

  • Warning: Climate change is a reality!

    Posted on July 28, 2008

    Climate change is not an academic fallacy, but a real concern which is affecting the masses, especially the poorest of the poor who depend on agriculture for survival. That's the message from Prof Rashid Hassan, Director of the University's Centre for Env

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