Doctoral research by UP Food Science grad may help lower obesity and diabetes rates

Posted on November 26, 2020

Research by Dr Clarity Ropafadzo Mapengo, who recently graduated from UP has found that infrared energy can be used to make starch in foods like maize meal less digestible, thereby promoting satiety and potentially decreasing the risk and incidence of diabetes and obesity.

UP students launch social media initiative to honour lives lost to COVID-19 and GBV

Posted on November 25, 2020

UP student Tanya Šafrová is calling on the UP community to heed President Cyril Ramaphosa’s call to mourn the individuals who have lost their lives to COVID-19 and gender-based violence.

UP Centre for Child Law continues fight for consideration of learners with disabilities amid COVID-19

Posted on November 25, 2020

World’s Children Day on 20 November and Disability Awareness Month in November presented an opportune time to reflect on how the experience of COVID-19 has brought into greater light the urgent need to affirm, protect and realise the rights and well-being of children with disabilities.

UP’s Centre for Transport Development acquires Africa’s first portable emissions measurement system

Posted on November 23, 2020

“The multidisciplinary Centre for Transport Development is providing evidence-based research to make smart a reality.”

UP PhD candidate wins big in international engineering competition

Posted on November 23, 2020

University of Pretoria student Bianca Gevers has won the Young Persons’ Lecture Competition in South Africa, while also placing second in the Young Persons’ World Lecture Competition.

UP academics share expertise on ‘the importance of trying on a leader identity’ in a world facing a leadership crisis

Posted on November 20, 2020

What does your leader identity look like? To answer this question, UP's Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences hosted a webinar on the topic under the theme ‘The Importance of Trying on a Leader Identity’.

South Africa has failed to harness the digital revolution: how it can fix the problem?

Posted on November 20, 2020

A number of countries have successfully harnessed the digital revolution to enable broader socio-economic development. But South Africa has fallen behind.

‘COVID-19 a reminder that the world is on the edge of constant disruptions’ – UP Vice-Chancellor Prof Kupe at Future of Higher Education virtual discussion

Posted on November 19, 2020

The University of Pretoria (UP) in conjunction with New York University (NYU) recently hosted a panel discussion on the ‘Future of Higher Education’ and further discussed the role of global cross-institutional and cross-sector partnerships in leading opportunities for the future of...