Posted on June 22, 2022
Key stakeholders in biodiversity finance discussed government initiatives across Southern Africa to improve investment into biodiversity, and also showcased innovative approaches to biodiversity finance globally at the Congress.
Posted on June 22, 2022
Prof Nelishia Pillay has been appointed to chair the Women in Computational Intelligence (WCI) subcommittee of the global Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Computational Intelligence Society (CIS).
Posted on June 22, 2022
Rising temperatures as a result of climate change will affect bird species differently, and their abilities to withstand extremely hot conditions depend on the part of the world that they find themselves in and the climatic region to which their physiology has become adapted over the course of...
Posted on June 21, 2022
The SRI Congress is a joint initiative of Future Earth and the Belmont Forum and is being held both onsite and online from June 20-24, and is hosted by the Future Africa Institute at the University of Pretoria.
Posted on June 21, 2022
“We are proud of all the recipients and look forward to their contribution to strengthening the higher education landscape and making a difference in society,” said Vice-Chancellor and Principal Professor Tawana Kupe.
Posted on June 21, 2022
Congratulations to Dr Marivate for being awarded the GoogleAI Research Scholar for 2022 for his work on the investigation into the consolidation of learnings of language models and language tools for South African languages and beyond.
Posted on June 20, 2022
Step aside Oom Gert, there’s a new mascot in town! UP’s new gender-neutral mascot is a bateleur eagle that’s described as “a high flyer that strives to do better and be better”.
Posted on June 17, 2022
UP’s improved ranking in employer and academic reputation reflects the emphasis placed by the University on enhancing graduate employability, particularly through its Ready For Work initiative, designed to prepare students for the world of work.
Posted on June 16, 2022
MEET Krinesha George, a Project coordinator of the Mentorship Programme at UP’s Career Services Office.
Posted on June 15, 2022
“At the University of Pretoria, the majority of our community is made up of young people and we are very proud to be the home of some of the brightest minds in the country,” says UP Vice-Chancellor Prof Tawana Kupe in a message to UP students.
Posted on June 15, 2022
Enterprises UP's new Transdisciplinary Research Communication Course will equip researchers with multimedia, public relations, presentation and writing skills.
Posted on June 14, 2022
“The hallmark of Rafael Nadal’s game has been that of a master matador with the ferociousness of a prowling tiger and a never-say-die attitude,” writes Prof Adekeye Adebajo, UP Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship, about the Spanish tennis giant.
Posted on June 14, 2022
When Hera, a 20-month-old crossbreed Labrador/pitbull visited the sterilisation clinic at UP’s Faculty of Veterinary Science, the vets there discovered a heart murmur that led to heart surgery that likely saved her life.
Posted on June 09, 2022
The University of Pretoria hosted the launch of the city of Tshwane’s Climate Action Plan attended online and in-person by key international figures in climate control.
Posted on June 09, 2022
Recent research has indicated that, in addition to the anxiety induced by health fears and the uncertainty and disruption caused by the pandemic, the newly adopted hybrid workplaces can also increase the risk of mental health problems due to its complexity and interruption of the new normal.
Posted on June 09, 2022
Earlier this month, the National Science and Technology Forum announced the finalists for this year’s NSTF-South32 Awards. UP congratulates and celebrates nine of our own researchers who have been nominated!
Posted on June 07, 2022
‘The Pan-African Pantheon: Prophets, Poets and Philosophers’, a collection of essays authored by 37 African, Afro-Caribbean and African-American scholars, and edited by UP’s Prof Adekeye Adebajo, details the roots and routes of Pan-Africanism.
Posted on June 07, 2022
The report's launch was co-hosted by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) and the Development Assistance Committee of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The SDSN network for SA is hosted by UP.
Posted on June 07, 2022
Since the 1990s the Onderstepoort Animal Blood Bank (OABB) has been the saving grace of many dogs, cats, and even prized stud sheep, horses and cattle in need of life-saving blood transfusions.
Posted on June 07, 2022
Various electricity pricing structure reforms, including an increase in the price of electricity, are required if Eskom is to be financially sustainable and for consumers to receive a stable supply of electricity.
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