Posted on November 22, 2012
Prof Marietjie Potgieter has been appointed as the Acting Deputy Dean for Teaching and Learning in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences from 1 January 2013 until 30 June 2013.
Posted on November 06, 2012
Dr Carina Visser from the Department of Animal and Wildlife Sciences in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences was elected as Vice-President of the Board of Directors of the International Goat Association (IGA) during the XI International Confer
Posted on October 18, 2012
Prof Brenda Wingfield, Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences and a researcher of international calibre, has been elected to the Council of the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) for the 2012 to 2016 cycle. The election to
Posted on October 18, 2012
Prof Pat Eriksson, Head of the Department of Geology in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, has been honoured by TWAS (Academy of Sciences for the Developing World) for his fundamental contribution to the understanding of Precambrian sedimen
Posted on October 04, 2012
Ryan Reisinger, a PhD student in the University
Posted on October 01, 2012
The University of Pretoria scooped the first prize for the Best Science Show and second prize for the "Best Exhibition
Posted on October 01, 2012
Learners need to be exposed to the various possible future study and career options so that they will be able to make informed choices when they select their subjects for Grade 10.
Posted on August 01, 2012
After 150 years, Pretoria
Posted on June 14, 2012
With a programme headlined by the South African Minister for Science and Technology, the Editor-in-Chief of Science magazine and other luminaries, the Global Young Academy (GYA) recently completed a very successful General Assembly meeting at the Universi
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.
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