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  • Statistics sends its branches out

    Posted on July 03, 2009

    Lecturers and post-graduate students from the Department of Statistics will attend the 57th Session of the International Statistical Institute (ISI) in Durban 16

  • Faculty announces new Deputy Deans

    Posted on June 22, 2009

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  • University's annual secretary/assistant function 2009

    Posted on June 22, 2009

    The Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences cordially invites you to the 2009 Secretary/Assistant function. The much appraised function is due to take place on Friday, 18 September 2009 at 11:00 for 11:30.

  • Workshop to incorporate the love of soccer and food

    Posted on June 11, 2009

    The South African Association for Food Science and Technology (SAAFoST) will be hosting a workshop that addresses the various food opportunities and challenges for the Soccer World Cup 2010. This multidisciplinary event will combine academics with industr

  • Lesotho Minister of Mines, Energy and Water At UP

    Posted on June 05, 2009

    The honourable Lesotho Minister of Mines, Energy and Water

  • Food science makes waves abroad

    Posted on June 05, 2009

    Three of the University of Pretoria

  • Visually impaired

    Posted on June 03, 2009

    Forty learners from Prinshof School for the Visually Impaired recently visited the University of Pretoria

  • The

    Posted on June 03, 2009

    "Your Planet Needs You! UNite to Combat Climate Change" is the slogan of World Environment Day which is to take place on 05 June 2009.

  • What is in a Voo Doo Duodu?

    Posted on June 01, 2009

    Academic staff at the Dept of Food Science recently had a very special honor bestowed on them. TUKSFoST (the University of Pretoria Food Science & Technology student society) held a Cocktails & Cupcakes function.

  • Two thousand fed academic insight at University's Sci-Enza

    Posted on June 01, 2009

    No less than 500 high school learners daily attended the

  • Faculty's NSTF Awards finalists

    Posted on May 28, 2009

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  • DST supports tree genomics and bioenergy initiative at UP

    Posted on May 28, 2009

    The Department of Science and Technology (DST) has awarded a strategic grant of R1.5 million to a team of UP researchers in support of a project to decipher the complete transcriptome (DNA sequence of all expressed genes) of a Eucalyptus tree and to produ

  • University Of Pretoria Professor Wins Esteemed Bill Venter/Altron Literary Award: 2008

    Posted on May 21, 2009

    The University of Pretoria is proud to announce that Prof Sue Nicolson, Head of the Department of Zoology and Entomology, was recently selected by the Board of Control of the Bill Venter/Altron Literary Award as co-winner of the award for 2008.

  • Honorary doctorate for great geologist

    Posted on May 19, 2009

    Prof Kenneth Eriksson, the Head of Department of Geosciences at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) in the USA, was conferred an honorary doctorate in Science by the University of Pretoria.

  • Faculty's outstanding student achievers

    Posted on May 19, 2009

    The Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences' Outstanding Achievers Function for Students took place at the end of last month at the Sanlam Auditorium.

  • Open doors for National University of Lesotho

    Posted on May 19, 2009

    Once again, the Faculty opened its doors to host fourth year BSc (Crop Science) students from the National University of Lesotho.

  • The tall necks - uncovered

    Posted on May 19, 2009

    Prof Graham Mitchell FRSSAf of the University of Wyoming presented an interactive talk which was focused on the evolution of giraffes.

  • Actuarial careers fair

    Posted on May 19, 2009

    The actuarial careers fair was recently held at the University of Pretoria's Conference Centre. Prof Str

  • Maths Movie night

    Posted on May 19, 2009

    The School of Mathematical Sciences hosted the first of a series of mathematics movies earlier this year. The "surprise" movie shown during the movie night was Good Will Hunting - a movie that featured both student life and mathematics.

  • Birds of Prey Descend upon University

    Posted on April 14, 2009

    At least 250 primary school learners had the opportunity to share their classroom with dinosaur fossils and a living vulture during the

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