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.
Posted on June 28, 2016
A lecturer in Mathematical Statistics in the day, an oboist at night. These are just two of the facets of the multi-talented Johan Ferreira of the Department of Statistics at the University of Pretoria who was named one of the Mail & Guardian top 200 young South Africans 2016.
Posted on June 24, 2016
The first-ever hybrid fair was recently hosted at the University of Pretoria (UP) to celebrate the hybrid model of teaching and learning.
Posted on June 06, 2016
On the 21st of May 2016, the University of Pretoria held its Open Day. This is a day where learners get exposed to the study opportunities beyond grade 12. As part of their maths awareness campaign, the Crypto Giants (CG) took part by engaging learners with some interesting Maths conversation and...
Posted on May 31, 2016
The Annual Outstanding Achievers Function for students of the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (NAS) was held in May 2016.
Posted on May 26, 2016
On 26 May the Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics celebrated ‘Take a Girl Child to Work’ day by hosting seven high school girls on campus for a day of math fun.
Posted on May 18, 2016
The Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences at the University of Pretoria celebrated the academic achievements of its top students at its annual Outstanding Achievers Function earlier in May this year.
Posted on May 16, 2016
Two students from the University of Pretoria, Mr Erick Nzimande and Ms Tsitsi Makoni, have been awarded Vundla scholarships for 2016.
Posted on November 16, 2015
The Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics hosted a Symposium on Friday 13 November, organized by Prof Eben Maré. Talks included Dr F van Dyk, ‘Insights into hedge fund risk & return characteristics: novel measures to augment traditional performance measures’; Rene...
Posted on November 10, 2015
A large number of researchers from the Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics participated in the 58th Annual Congress of the South African Mathematics Society (SAMS). This year the event was hosted by WITS and held from 4 to 6 November in Johannesburg.
Posted on September 15, 2015
The 2015 Southern African Mathematics Team Competition was held on 12 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 August 27, 2015
The South African Tertiary Mathematics Olympiad (SATMO) took place on the 22nd of August 2015. The Olympiad was written by a total of 47 undergraduate students who will each received a certificate.
Posted on August 24, 2015
The BIOMATH2015-S International conference was organised and hosted by the SARChI Chair M3B2 and the Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics from 13 to 17 July 2015.
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