Posted on July 31, 2018
Official launch of the NAS T&L Bulletin - Wednesday 1 August 2018
Posted on June 18, 2018
Prof Ansie Harding delighted her audience, as guest speaker, at the East Rand Business Woman (ERBW) meeting. The meeting took place on 13 June and the topic of her talk was Social Media and its generation.
Posted on December 11, 2017
'Don’t let your background determine your future. You should dream big and not be scared to venture into new territories.' These are the inspirational words of Miss Fhatuwani Nemakhavhani who recently became the first black female actuary from the University of Pretoria (UP).
Posted on September 18, 2017
The Actuarial Society of South Africa (ASSA) South African Mathematics Team Competition took place on Saturday 9 September 2017.
Posted on August 30, 2017
Prof Gerrit Stols, Head of the Department of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education at the University of Pretoria, has been responsible for the development of five apps for Android tablets and mobile phones.
Posted on August 24, 2017
The University of Pretoria (UP) will host its first Community of Practice focusing specifically on the elimination of malaria in the UP Institute for Sustainable Malaria Control.
Posted on July 25, 2017
Prof Jacek Banasiak, the Chair holder of the DST/NRF SARChI Chair in Mathematical Models and Methods in Bioengineering and Biosciences (M3B2) at the University of Pretoria recently received the good news that the Chair was successful in its bid for another five-year cycle.
Posted on July 24, 2017
Professors Jim Cushing and Hal Smith visited the UP Hatfield Campus on 2 July 2017.
Posted on July 24, 2017
The Mathematics Department was a buzz of excitement from 22 to 23 June 2017. With several overseas visitors to UP being present, four Biomathematics activities were held.
Posted on May 25, 2017
More than 60 prizes and trophies were awarded to the top students in the Faculty at the Annual Outstanding Achievers Function for students of the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, which took place earlier this month.
Posted on April 24, 2017
Quintine Mkhondo, an extraordinary student from the University of Pretoria (UP) has graduated at the age of 19. He received his degree in Actuarial Science and Financial Mathematics during the University's Autumn Graduation Ceremonies on Friday.
Posted on April 19, 2017
The Mathematical Sciences cluster hosted a general lecture on curriculum transformation with Prof Overtoun Jenda, Auburm University, USA, as guest speaker. It took place in the Plant Sciences Auditorium on 20 March 2017, and the title of the lecture was Towards STEM Curriculum Transformation in...
Posted on April 03, 2017
Five researchers from the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences have been elected as Fellows of the African Academy of Sciences (AAS).
Posted on December 14, 2016
A lecturer who inspires and motivates students ... This encompasses Mr Carel Oosthuizen, the first-year co-ordinator for Animal Diversity in the Department of Zoology and Entomology who received the Best First-year Lecturer Award in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (NAS) on 2...
Posted on November 29, 2016
Ms Amelia van Schalkwyk, an academically brilliant master's student in Mathematical Statistics at the University of Pretoria, was selected as one of the fifteen 2017 SAS Student Ambassadors.
Posted on September 16, 2016
The 2016 Southern African Mathematics Team Competition was held on 10 September. This is the yearly event where the top mathematical high school learners compete against each other on provincial level. Teams are decided on the ground of learner achievements in the second round of the SA Maths...
Posted on September 12, 2016
On this year's Spring Day, the analysts at UP spent a productive day at the inaugural mini-conference "Analysis Spring Day @ UP" (organised by Jan-Harm van der Walt, Miek Messerschmidt, and Eder Kikianty).
Posted on August 30, 2016
The fifth edition of the SATMO took place on Saturday, 27 August from 14:00 to 16:00. There were 28 UP students who participated.
Posted on August 11, 2016
The Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics held its yearly Mathematics Midwinter Morning event on Friday 5 August 2015. The speaker for the day was Dave Pepler and the title of his talk; 'Nearly a triangle: chaos and nature, a personal view'.
Posted on August 11, 2016
Prof Mohammed Arashi, an Extraordinary Professor in the Department of Statistics, was recently awarded the Behboodian Award for statisticians younger than 40, who have published outstanding papers. This award is made biannually by the Iranian Statistical Society.
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