Posted on October 17, 2019
Accessing healthcare is often a struggle for most residents of informal settlements for various reasons, including distance and lack of services.
Posted on October 17, 2019
Researchers in the Faculty of Law at UP led the process to draft the first UN international standards on the use of less lethal weapons. They developed the UN Human Rights Guidance on Less Lethal Weapons in Law Enforcement in collaboration with the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law...
Posted on October 17, 2019
There’s no stopping Kemisetso Baloyi (21) once she has the ball in hand. The women’s Sevens rugby player scored a total of 16 tries in the University Sports South Africa (USSA) and Varsity women’s tournaments – and in doing so, helped the Delta Drone Tuks women’s...
Posted on October 17, 2019
In the spirit of Mental Health Awareness Month this October as well as University Social Responsibility Month at the University of Pretoria, third-year occupational therapy students have been imparting their knowledge and skills at Little Able’s sanctuary for children with physical and...
Posted on October 16, 2019
Congratulations are in order for the newly inaugurated UP SRC members who were elected in September.
Posted on October 16, 2019
By 2050, we will need to produce at least 50% more food than we do currently to feed 10 billion people. However, over half the land in the world is already used to produce food, and agriculture has a significant negative impact on the environment.
Posted on October 16, 2019
Research suggests that if you eat smart, you could see smart results. This could be especially handy this examination season when staff and students are seemingly fuelled by caffeine and sugar to get through long hours of studying, research and marking.
Posted on October 15, 2019
An aerial survey of southern right whales off the Cape coast by the University of Pretoria (UP) has counted 200 whales in the area, the second-lowest figure since 1995.
Posted on October 15, 2019
According to Prof Norman Duncan, Vice-Principal: Academic, “It is University Social Responsibility Month, so this was an ideal time to launch the Random Acts of Kindness campaign. Kindness, caring, generosity and social bonding or solidarity are part of how we live THE UP WAY.”
Posted on October 15, 2019
The electronic voting process will commence on Monday, 7 October 2019, at 09:00 and will end on Monday, 21 October 2019, at 16:00.
Posted on October 15, 2019
Professor Roula Inglesi-Lotz from the Department of Economics was elected as one of the two co-chairs of the South African Young Academy of Sciences (SAYAS) at the Academy’s annual general meeting, held on 9 October 2019.
Posted on October 14, 2019
As part of the University of Pretoria’s University Social Responsibility Month, a group of UP students and lecturers last week shared information about their community engagement work in displays at UP’s Hatfield Campus.
Posted on October 14, 2019
Food security is a major issue in Africa. About 20% of the African population is undernourished, with sub-Saharan Africa being the worst hit by food insecurity. Of the 821 million people who are undernourished in the world today, about a third are in Africa. Of these, 90% are in sub-Saharan Africa.
Posted on October 14, 2019
Kyle Venter, an MSc (Agric) student in animal science in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences at the University of Pretoria (UP), has been given the Best Student Nutrition Poster Award for 2019 by the Animal Feed Manufacturers Association (AFMA).
Posted on October 14, 2019
The Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria is proud to announce that the 2019 edition of the Pretoria Student Law Review (PSLR) will soon hit the shelves, and conveys its appreciation to the Editorial Board and contributors for their dedication to this journal. The Faculty also wishes to...
Posted on October 12, 2019
A film about the life and death of former University of Pretoria Professor Johan Heyns, who was assassinated in 1994, won the 2019 South African Short Documentary of the Year Award at the recent Jozi Film Festival.
Posted on October 11, 2019
Professor Rashid Hassan, Emeritus Professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences at the University of Pretoria (UP), has been awarded the International Society for Ecological Economics (ISEE) 2020 Boulding...
Posted on October 10, 2019
The University of Pretoria’s Vice Principal for Research and Postgraduate Education, Professor Stephanie Burton, has been elected President of the Royal Society of South Africa, the first woman to hold the position in the organisation’s 111-year history.
Posted on October 10, 2019
The University of Pretoria (UP) has joined forces with the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) to successfully develop a vaccine against avian influenza using tobacco plants, bypassing the many biosafety risks involved with using traditional live vaccine viruses.
Posted on October 10, 2019
Congratulations go out to the University of Pretoria’s TuksNetball team for their victory over the Maties (Stellenbosch University) team in a 48-43 win in the Varsity Netball final.
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