Posted on February 20, 2013
Justice Keletso Kgarume, of the Department of Geology in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences at the University of Pretoria (UP), was recently awarded a cash prize of R1 000 for being the best geology honours student to attend Venmyn Deloitte
Posted on January 31, 2013
Students and staff of the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences flew the University
Posted on January 28, 2013
Melissa Lazenby, a former student in the Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology at the University of Pretoria, was recently awarded a full scholarship to study in the United Kingdom. The prestigious, fully funded PhD Peter Carpenter Afric
Posted on December 12, 2012
The Dr John Garang Memorial University of Science and Technology in the Republic of South Sudan recently formalised relations with the University of Pretoria (UP) by signing a memorandum of understanding and cooperation agreement between the two universit
Posted on December 12, 2012
Prof Mike Wingfield, Director of the Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI) at the University of Pretoria was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science degree from the University of British Colombia (UBC) during a graduation ceremony held on
Posted on December 07, 2012
Prof Rudi van Aarde and Dr Robert Guldemond from UP
Posted on November 27, 2012
The Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI) at the University of Pretoria is not only home to the Centre for Tree Health Biotechnology (CTHB), but also played host to the Annual Directors
Posted on November 27, 2012
A new initiative, the Science Teaching and Learning (SCITAL) Forum, was recently launched in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences. The aim of the SCITAL Forum is to bring together staff with a common and particular interest in teaching and lea
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.
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