Posted on November 22, 2017
The production of the annual Research Review is always a highlight in the research calendar of the University of Pretoria, and the Research Review 2016 was no exception.
Posted on November 21, 2017
Melissa van der Merwe from the University of Pretoria's Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development not only represented the University at the International Food and Agribusiness Management Association (IFAMA) Conference in Miami, Florida, but was also part of the case...
Posted on November 21, 2017
The University of Pretoria's Dr Pieter Olivier is part of an international collaboration whose work was recently published in Nature. The study highlights how biodiversity is changing as a result of deforestation.
Posted on November 20, 2017
Earlier this year, the Centre for Geoinformation Science (CGIS) at the University of Pretoria hosted the 2017 Winter School on Participatory Sensing as part of the Geomatics and Participation project between UP and the Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences in Germany.
Posted on November 17, 2017
Prof Bernard Slippers has officially been appointed as Professor and Director of the Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI) in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences at the University of Pretoria from 1 January 2018.
Posted on November 14, 2017
Not only did the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences at the University of Pretoria (UP) celebrate a hundred years of agriculture at a prestigious event earlier this month, but it also recognised Dr Johan van Zyl, former Vice-Chancellor and Principal of UP and current CEO of African...
Posted on November 13, 2017
According to Prof Frans Swanepoel, one of the major reasons that the agricultural sector is currently unable to realise its full potential is the fact that education and training practices is in need of a very serious overhaul.
Posted on November 08, 2017
Researchers at the University of Pretoria form part of the Kalahari Meerkat Project in the Northern Cape's Kuruman River Reserve, which has studied groups of wild meerkats for over 20 years.
Posted on November 07, 2017
Storme de Scally, a student at the Centre for Microbial Ecology and Genomics, won the best oral presentation at the 2017 Annual Genetics Postgraduate Student Symposium. Storme is currently in the final stages of her Master's degree in Genetics, and works on microbial communities in the Southern...
Posted on November 06, 2017
Dear students, We are almost at the end of the year and for most of you, the year-end exam period started on Saturday, 4 November. All the best for the next few weeks, and enjoy the summer vacation period that follows.
Posted on November 06, 2017
The negative outlook of credit rating agency Moody's regarding the South African government's ability to repay its debt is a clear signal that a downgrade of the country's domestic debt to sub-investment grade (junk status) is imminent.
Posted on November 03, 2017
Prof Elna Buys has been appointed as the Head of the newly merged Department of Consumer and Food Science at the University of Pretoria from 1 November 2017.
Posted on November 02, 2017
Prof Brenda Wingfield weighs in on the conversation about the current state of South African universities.
Posted on November 01, 2017
Prof Marinda Oosthuizen is a pathogen discoverer, always on the lookout for novel and/or emerging tick-borne pathogens. Understanding what something is, why it is there and what it can do is her forte.
Posted on November 01, 2017
The Department of Physics hosted a highly successful postgraduate interdisciplinary course on solar energy and photosynthesis at the University of Pretoria during the October recess.
Posted on October 30, 2017
Hilde von Grunning was announced as one of the top 100 students in the prestigious GradStar Awards for 2017.
Posted on October 26, 2017
A number of African countries are taking bold action to tackle malnutrition. They have successfully implemented a range of actions that have started to improve nutrition for all.
Posted on October 23, 2017
Dr Riaan Rifkin, a research fellow at the University of Pretoria Centre for Microbial Ecology and Genomics, recently won the Best Presentation Award at the 8th Oppenheimer De Beers Research Conference.
Posted on October 20, 2017
Dr Riaan Rifkin, a Research Fellow at the University of Pretoria Centre for Microbial Ecology and Genomics, was recently awarded the best presentation at the 8th Oppenheimer De Beers Research Conference.
Posted on October 20, 2017
The 2017 exam period begins on Monday, 6 November. If you or someone you know is struggling to cope during this time, we urge you to make use of the following support services.
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