Posted on May 30, 2012
Prof Mike Wingfield, Director of the Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI) at the University of Pretoria, has recently been awarded the prestigious Johanna Westerdijk Award by the Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures (CBS) Fungal Biodiv
Posted on May 18, 2012
Prof Don Cowan, an international researcher of note and the former Director of the Institute Microbial Biotechnology and Metagenomics at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) was appointed from 1 May to lead the newly established Centre for Genomics at
Posted on May 03, 2012
Dr Jerome Delli Priscoli, a Senior Adviser of the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) at the Institute for Water Resources recently delivered an address at an open lecture hosted by the UP Water Institute.
Posted on April 26, 2012
Scientists at the University of Pretoria Centre for Sustainable Malaria Control (UP CSMC) commemorated World Malaria Day in an effort to raise awareness for the fight against malaria on 25 April 2012.
Posted on April 19, 2012
Posted on April 18, 2012
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the United States of America Embassy and the University of Pretoria was signed on 5 April 2012. This MoU is a continuation of an established partnership between the two parties for the Mae Jemison US Science Rea
Posted on April 17, 2012
The University of Pretoria awarded an honorary doctoral degree to Prof Santosh M Warrier, much better known to the global geological community as Prof M Santosh and one of the world
Posted on April 04, 2012
The Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns recently bestowed the Havenga Prize for Biological Sciences on Prof Nigel Bennett from the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences at the University of Pretoria (UP).
Posted on April 02, 2012
On 29 March 2012, the Swedish Ambassador, Mrs Anna Lindstedt, visited the University of Pretoria
Posted on February 13, 2012
Prof Mike Wingfield, Director of the Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI) at the University of Pretoria and an internationally renowned researcher, has been selected to receive an honorary degree from the University of British Columbia
Posted on December 07, 2011
Prof Jean Lubuma was recently awarded with the South African Mathematical Society (SAMS) Award for Research Distinction 2011.
Posted on November 15, 2011
Prof Brenda Wingfield, Deputy Dean in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences and a researcher of international calibre, was recently honoured with the Chancellor
Posted on October 14, 2011
The University of Pretoria (UP) has a long and proud tradition of being one of the main sponsors of and hosting the national finals of the Eskom Expo for Young Scientists. The Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences also annually awards bursaries to
Posted on October 13, 2011
Prof Sheryl Hendriks from the Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences has been appointed as the Director of the newly established Institute for Food, Nutrition and Well-bein
Posted on September 15, 2011
On 23 August 2011 the Department of Chemistry at the University of Pretoria (UP) and the South African Chemical Institute (SACI) organised a half-day symposium to celebrate the International Year of Chemistry.
Posted on September 13, 2011
Two leading young researchers from the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences were recently elected as Founding Members of the South African Young Academy of Science (SAYAS).
Posted on September 09, 2011
Prof Bernard Slippers of UP's Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences has been honoured with the 2011 AU TWAS Young Scientists' National Award.
Posted on September 06, 2011
Prof Casper Schutte, an honorary professor and a member of the Unit for Advanced Studies in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Pretoria was recently honoured with two prestigious medals for his scientific contributions in the field of chemis
Posted on August 25, 2011
The formal launch of the annual Agricultural Baseline 2011 for Pretoria presented by the Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy (BFAP) took place recently at the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences of the University of Pretoria.
Posted on August 24, 2011
Two highly acclaimed researchers from the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences at the University of Pretoria were honoured with the prestigious South African Women in Science Awards (WISA) from the Department of Science and Technology (DST) on 19
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