YASCOM shows their support for Pledge a Pad

Posted on April 19, 2016

The Young Alumni and Student Committee (YASCOM) of the University of Pretoria, in collaboration with Junior Tukkie, donated sanitary pads to Pledge a Pad at UP's Hatfield Campus on Monday, 4 April 2016.

Indigenous, instant superfood for rural children

Posted on April 19, 2016

For her PhD research, Dr Nokuthula Vilakazi chose to investigate the possibility of using locally produced grains to develop a nutritious, ready-to-eat meal comparable to some of the so-called superfoods sold in shops.

Enrichment Camp for JuniorTukkie first- to final-year students

Posted on April 18, 2016

The JuniorTukkie (JT) Student Society hosted its annual Enrichment Camp for first- to final-year JT Student Society members from 8 to 10 April 2016. The main purpose of the Camp is, as the name suggests, enriching the students with invaluable skills that they can apply during their tenure as...

UP students launch travel app

Posted on April 18, 2016

Two former University of Pretoria (UP) students, Tyler Hoffman and Unathi Chonco, have launched an app for public transport navigation which they believe will change public transport in South Africa.

Visually impaired Tuks athlete graduates with MA degree

Posted on April 18, 2016

'Perseverance overcomes failure and turns the extraordinary achievement into great success.' These words certainly apply to Carley Lomax, a visually impaired student at the University of Pretoria (UP), who graduated with an MA degree in Recreation and Sport Management at the University's Autumn...

Geoinformatics student wins Esri Young Scholar award

Posted on April 13, 2016

Kathryn Arnold, a BScHons (Geoinformatics) student in the Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology at the University of Pretoria, won the Esri Young Scholar Award for her third-year project titled, 'A GIS-based response time and risk analysis of municipal firefighting services in...

UP students compete in finals of Global Supply Chain Student Challenge

Posted on April 13, 2016

Four students from the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology, along with their lecturer and mentor Dr Olufemi Adetunji, have been selected to represent UP and South Africa in the Netherlands during the final...

Antarctic blue whales discovered off the South African west coast

Posted on April 12, 2016

A team of researchers from UP, in collaboration with various partners, recently discovered the first evidence of Antarctic blue whales off the west coast of South Africa since they were nearly hunted to extinction in the last century.