Posted on April 26, 2022
Innovation is the next step forward. The innovations highlighted in this edition show us that the knowledge we create today is a step forward to future.
Posted on April 25, 2022
The UP ISMC focuses on the human, parasite and vector aspects when addressing malaria control and elimination challenges, and is already making tangible contributions towards mitigating malaria through several approaches.
Posted on April 25, 2022
Married couple, Elizabeth and Jonas Molape obtained their post graduate qualifications from UP. “Getting my qualifications at UP opened doors for me and gave me options that I did not previously have,” Jonas Molapo says.
Posted on April 25, 2022
The UP-US Foundation was recently launched at an event in New York, where Vice-Chancellor and Principal Prof Tawana Kupe also spent a few days forging networks with alumni based in the US.
Posted on April 22, 2022
The support provided by industrialised/post-industrialised countries is critical for the Global South to undergo a transition that is both environmentally sustainable and economically viable, writes UP's Tyesha Pillay.
Posted on April 22, 2022
“This contributes to generating knowledge and nurturing a new generation of academics and researchers as well as highly qualified professionals in the country,” says Professor Tawana Kupe, UP’s Vice-Chancellor and Principal.
Posted on April 21, 2022
Analysis by Prof Roula Inglesi-Lotz of UP and master’s student Tichinashe Mabugu suggests policy will need to ensure that electricity demand can rise enough to facilitate economic growth while ensuring supply is always higher than demand.
Posted on April 21, 2022
The clash of the Titans is an excellent way to describe the upcoming 2022 FNB Varsity Cup final between Tuks and Maties on Monday, 25 April in Stellenbosch.
Posted on April 20, 2022
“Speech-language pathology requires one to be compassionate,” says PhD candidate Karabo Maleka, whose ongoing work in the field is driven by her desire to improve the quality of life of her patients.
Posted on April 17, 2022
University of Pretoria researchers Dr Mariëtte Pretorius and Professor Wanda Markotter have published a study which shows that land around important bat-inhabited caves are changing and that natural habitats are being destroyed.
Posted on April 15, 2022
Before taking Nero to UP’s Onderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital, the vet told his owner, Daleen James, the operation was serious, and that it might be better to put him down. “My daughter and I said, ‘No way’,” says James.
Posted on April 14, 2022
“Load-shedding is, to me, a big worry. It is unfair to expect swimmers to win medals at the Commonwealth Games when they train in unheated pools during the winter," said TuksSwimming head coach Rocco Meiring ahead of the July/August event.
Posted on April 13, 2022
“We want to stretch the rand to ensure that the impact of the provincial budget positively touches each household in Gauteng,” said MEC Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko at the launch of the Gauteng Provincial Treasury’s revenue enhancement strategy hosted at UP.
Posted on April 13, 2022
Through a World Bank tender process, the government of Botswana appointed Enterprises UP to assess current skills in the construction sector, implement a training plan and make recommendations for industry improvement.
Posted on April 12, 2022
A report recently released by the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) shows a year-on-year improvement in overall 2020 research publications output units accrued by the University of Pretoria.
Posted on April 11, 2022
The University of Pretoria is proud to add a hat trick of three new National Research Foundation A-rated researchers to its rapidly growing list of NRF-rated researchers, now at 595, which is the highest nationally.
Posted on April 11, 2022
Researchers found high levels of air pollution in areas of Mpumalanga and Gauteng. UP’s Rebecca Garland helped create an artificial intelligence tool to monitor and predict daily air pollution against national air quality standards.
Posted on April 08, 2022
Global consumer internet group, Naspers has awarded 13 bursaries to the value of over R2.1 million to UP students, as part of their programme to help with widening access to the higher education.
Posted on April 08, 2022
Research on the economic and environmental effects of COVID-19 pandemic-induced lockdown has found that adapting the fiscal package towards a “greener” policy would achieve the same economic outcome as well as decrease income inequality.
Posted on April 08, 2022
As part of a vaccination drive against rabies, staff and student volunteers from UP’s Faculty of Veterinary Science recently provided free care and advice for pets and their owners in Bronkhorstspruit, east of Pretoria.
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