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  • Prize for geology graduate

    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

  • UP shines at 48th SASPP Congress

    Posted on January 31, 2013

    Students and staff of the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences flew the University

  • UP student awarded a PhD scholarship for research on climate change

    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

  • UP signs MoU with university in South Sudan

    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

  • Another honorary doctorate for Prof Mike Wingfield

    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

  • Publication awards for new book from CERU

    Posted on December 07, 2012

    Prof Rudi van Aarde and Dr Robert Guldemond from UP

  • FABI hosts Annual Directors

    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

  • SCITAL Forum launched in Faculty of Natural & Agricultural Sciences

    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

  • Acting Deputy Dean for Teaching and Learning appointed in Faculty

    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.

  • Dr Carina Visser elected as Vice-President of IGA

    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

  • Prof Brenda Wingfield elected to ASSAf Council

    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

  • Prof Pat Eriksson wins prestigious award

    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

  • Prestigious medal for Ryan for his research on whales

    Posted on October 04, 2012

    Ryan Reisinger, a PhD student in the University

  • Accolades for UP

    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

  • Grade 9 Open Day benefits learners and teachers

    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.

  • Pretoria

    Posted on August 01, 2012

    After 150 years, Pretoria

  • UP a proud partner of Global Young Academy

    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

  • Prof Mike Wingfield receives another prestigious award

    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

  • UP appoints international expert in Genomics

    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

  • International expert speaks on ethical issues in water

    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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