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  • Listen up! You may have a hearing problem

    Posted on September 14, 2017

    So, what should South Africans do about Deaf Awareness Month this September? The answer is simple: Know your hearing status.

  • Now what? Problems graduates encounter in the workplace

    Posted on September 13, 2017

    Graduating from university and getting your first job are great achievements. However, the transition from student life to the life of a working professional should not be underestimated.

  • Effects of sexual harassment in the workplace

    Posted on September 12, 2017

    Sexual harassment in the workplace is a global phenomenon that has varying consequences and repercussions for victims.

  • Bottle or tap: Which is safer?

    Posted on September 11, 2017

    Dr Catherina van Zijl from the Environmental Chemical Pollution and Health Research Unit at UP analysed the differences between tap water and bottled water in South Africa as part of her PhD research.

  • University of Pretoria Spring Graduation Ceremony

    Posted on September 06, 2017

    The University will confer 1 807 degrees, diplomas and certificates during this year's Spring Graduation Ceremony. These include 142 doctorates, 427 master's degrees and 746 honours degrees, which will be awarded over three days.

  • Promising mosquito repellent formulations to fight malaria

    Posted on September 05, 2017

    Researchers from the Institute of Applied Materials and the UP Institute for Sustainable Malaria Control recently discovered a special blend of two repellents with improved mosquito repellent efficacy and persistence.

  • Solving food insecurity will be no picnic, researchers say

    Posted on September 04, 2017

    South Africa has a tradition of evidence-based decision making, grounded in the findings of national surveys. But many of them remain a largely untapped resource for understanding the contextual experience of food insecurity.

  • Moya moya moya moya

    Posted on August 31, 2017

    31 August is African Traditional Medicine Day. According to Dr Bosco Bae, a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at UP, however, the day is meaningless unless its value and history is recognised.

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