Posted on April 15, 2019
The Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics hosted the annual South African Symposium on Numerical and Applied Mathematics (SANUM) from 27 to 29 March 2019. The conference was officially opened by the Dean of the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (UP), Prof Jean Lubuma.
Posted on April 05, 2019
Two seasoned academics from the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (NAS), Prof Jan Verschoor (Biochemistry) and Prof Wentzel Schoeman (Chemistry) recently gave their own unique flavour to the term ‘soapbox’.
Posted on February 04, 2019
The second issue of the 2019 NAS T&L Bulletin was officially launched on 1 February 2019. According to Dr Rory Biggs from the Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, one of the editorial members of the Bulletin, "The T&L@NAS Bulletin aims to be a forum for sharing thoughts,...
Posted on December 10, 2018
On the occasion of the annual breakfast hosted by the Dean of the Faculty of Natural Sciences on 29 November 2018, the winner of the award for Best First-year Lecturer, as well as the winner of the newly introduced award for Best Lecturer for Senior Courses were announced. The first of the...
Posted on November 01, 2018
The Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics is celebrating 10 years of Mathematical Biology at UP this year. In 2008, the Department drove the decision to make Mathematical Biology a strategic research focus for the Department.
Posted on September 13, 2018
2018 ASSA South African Mathematics Team Competition was held on Saturday 8 September.
Posted on September 06, 2018
The South African Tertiary Mathematics Olympiad took place on Saturday, 25 August 2018. There were 44 candidates at UP who wrote the test.
Posted on September 04, 2018
On 12-15 July 2018, six teams of students from UP competed in the South African Mathematical Modelling Contest (SAMMC). It is a four day mathematical modelling competition whereby students work in small teams to solve one of three given mathematical modelling challenges, culminating in a short...
Posted on September 04, 2018
The Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics hosted the annual Midwinter Morning. The event was a great success.
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.
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