Posted on June 16, 2022
The youth are the hope of our future, and we need to do more to get them involved in agriculture.
Posted on June 13, 2022
Nearly 70 prizes were awarded at the Annual Exceptional Achievers Function for the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences students in May this year.
Posted on June 09, 2022
Earlier this month, the National Science and Technology Forum announced the finalists for this year’s NSTF-South32 Awards. UP congratulates and celebrates nine of our own researchers who have been nominated!
Posted on June 06, 2022
One in every ten people worldwide fall ill due to food borne diseases, where some cases are mild but others are deadly- accounting for the loss of 33 million healthy life years (DALYs) each year. Over 200 diseases, such as Listeriosis, Salmonella, cancer, immune disease and Norovirus are all...
Posted on June 05, 2022
World Environment Day 2022's theme is #OnlyOneEarth, a campaign that calls for “Living Sustainably in Harmony with Nature”.
Posted on June 05, 2022
World Environment Day on 5 June celebrates one single fact that unites the entirety of humanity – we all are on this one planet together, and it’s the only home we have. It is the largest celebration of its kind and is the United Nations' principal vehicle for encouraging awareness...
Posted on June 01, 2022
A UP professor and his third-year conservation ecology students have embarked on a novel campaign to contribute to carbon dioxide reduction in the atmosphere – by growing spekboom in non-recyclable coffee cups.
Posted on May 31, 2022
Faculty newsletter for May 2022 now available
Posted on May 27, 2022
Dr Manana Mamabolo recently completed her PhD in Agricultural Economics.
Posted on May 24, 2022
UP student Zak Claassen has a received a Master’s Degree in Bioinformatics cum laude, successfully overcoming accessibility challenges during his postgraduate studies as a result of him being blind.
Posted on May 24, 2022
Professor Sheryl Hendriks says in her interview with BRINK that one of the big challenges in dealing with global food shortages caused by the Ukraine conflict is the lack of private sector involvement in the food sector in many countries.
Posted on May 24, 2022
James Mukombwe recently completed his Master's in Agricultural Economics and was part of the 2022 Autumn graduates. We spoke to him about his studies and research.
Posted on May 20, 2022
In late 2021, a range of experts around the world were approached to provide expert input to the Global Biodiversity Framework – a new framework under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) that is effectively intended to inform our interventions to conserve biodiversity and ecosystem...
Posted on May 19, 2022
A breakthrough study from the University of Pretoria has found that small hive beetles trapped inside a honeybee nest sneakily entice the very bees that keep them prisoner into providing them with the best of what there is to feed on in the hive – even some of the queen’s portion.
Posted on May 18, 2022
This year’s World Bee Day aims to raise awareness on the importance of bees and beekeeping.
Posted on May 12, 2022
Astronomers have unveiled the first image of the supermassive black hole at the centre of our own Milky Way galaxy. The announcement was made at simultaneous press conferences around the world. Professor Roger Deane, an Extraordinary Professor at the University of Pretoria and Director for the...
Posted on May 03, 2022
UP is proud to have been named SA’s second-best and Africa’s third-best university in the 2022 Times Higher Education Impact Rankings! UP’s overall score marks the greatest improvement among all SA universities.
Posted on April 26, 2022
Innovation is the next step forward. The innovations highlighted in this edition show us that the knowledge we create today is a step forward to future.
Posted on April 25, 2022
The UP ISMC focuses on the human, parasite and vector aspects when addressing malaria control and elimination challenges, and is already making tangible contributions towards mitigating malaria through several approaches.
Posted on April 25, 2022
NAS Featured scientist: Dr Dina Coertzen Senior Postdoctoral fellow: Malaria Parasite Biology and Drug Discovery laboratory (M2PL), Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology
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