Posted on June 24, 2021
UP students Aaron Bornmann and Joseph Nyamariwata are on their way to the AfricArena Grand Summit in December after their innovative startup, 123tutors, recently won Best Seed Pitch in the southern African round.
Posted on June 21, 2021
In the lead up to the Food Systems Pre-Summit and the World Food Day taking place later in the year, the Department of Global Communications within the UN Secretariat together with FAO, the UN Foundation, and Sony Pictures Entertainment launched a joint digital campaign with the characters from...
Posted on June 20, 2021
World Refugee Day is celebrated on the 20th of June. We celebrate this day with an opinion piece.
Posted on June 15, 2021
Climate change in South Africa has major health risks associated with it, such as new vector-borne diseases emerging from heavy rainfall, malnutrition from poor food security caused by drought, and respiratory diseases caused by dust storms and air pollution.
Posted on June 15, 2021
The World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought is celebrated on 17 June and this day aims to not only highlight methods to prevent desertification, but also to encourage the discussion around resilience and recovery from drought. One of the most important aspects of combating desertification...
Posted on June 09, 2021
Warmer weather makes feeding time much easier, and more effective, for honeybees, according to Professor Sue Nicolson of the University of Pretoria (UP) and colleagues from various Chinese universities, who made this discovery after analysing several high-speed videos. The results were published...
Posted on June 08, 2021
We celebrate World Ocean Day on the 8th of June, and take some time to reflect on the state of our oceans and food systems.
Posted on June 08, 2021
NAS Featured scientist Prof Thulani Makhalanyane - Associate Professor in the Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology and Deputy Director: Centre for Microbial Ecology and Genomics
Posted on June 07, 2021
NAS Featured scientist: Dr Nwabisa Mehlomakulu - Lecturer in the Department of Consumer and Food Sciences
Posted on June 06, 2021
NAS featured scientist: Dr Mesfin W Gossa - SANBI Postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Zoology and Entomology and the Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute.
Posted on June 05, 2021
Scarce skills in the natural and agricultural sciences Focus on a soil scientist: Prof Eyob H Tesfamariam - Associate Professor in the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences
Posted on June 03, 2021
Congratulations to the eight UP academics and the University’s science centre, Sci-Enza, for being selected as finalists in the 2020/2021 National Science and Technology Forum’s NSTF-South32 Awards.
Posted on June 03, 2021
Azile Mdleleni was voted as one of the Top 15 Young GEEKS OF 2021 (https://geekulcha.dev/young-geeks). This initiative recognises local talent who work beyond the surface within the local Geek Culture. The role of Geekulcha is to create and enable platforms for Innovation and Creativity. In this...
Posted on June 03, 2021
World Environment Day is celebrated on 5th June. The Department offers undergraduate and postgraduate qualifications focusing on geography, as well as environmental studies, with our Centre for Environmental Studies (CFES) offering course-based Masters, as well as research-based Masters and...
Posted on June 01, 2021
Prof. Abel Ramoelo recently joined the University of Pretoria as a Director of the Centre for Environmental Studies, and Associate Professor at the Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology. Prof. Ramoelo was trained as an environmental scientist with Geospatial skills - remote...
Posted on June 01, 2021
Feature a scientist in Natural and Agricultural Sciences (NAS): Prof Lourens Erasmus - Department of Animal Science
Posted on May 30, 2021
18-year-old whizz-kid Hjalmar Rall, who registered as a UP student when he was 14, recently graduated cum laude with a BSc Honours Degree in Physics.
Posted on May 30, 2021
Scarce skills in the natural and agricultural sciences Focus on an ornithologist: Prof Andrew McKechnie (Holder of the South African Research Chair in Conservation Physiology, South African National Biodiversity Institute) in the Department of Zoology and Entomology
Posted on May 28, 2021
NAS Featured scientist - Prof Abubeker Hassen in the Department of Animal Science
Posted on May 26, 2021
Nine top-performing UP graduates have been awarded the Vice‐Chancellor and Principal's medal for their consistently excellent performance through their undergraduate studies.
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