Posted on January 14, 2021
UP’s Prof Tahir Pillay and Prof Celia Abolnik and their teams have won first and second prize, respectively, in the Biosciences category of the GAP Innovation Competition run by the Innovation Hub.
Posted on January 11, 2021
The discovery involves the identification of unique compounds that are able to kill several stages of the malaria-causing parasite and can block the transmission of the parasite between humans and mosquitoes.
Posted on January 08, 2021
Identifying opportunities for building owners and community groups in cities to take the initiative on a small scale can be part of SA’s response to climate change, write UP lecturer Jan Hugo and Professor Chrisna du Plessis.
Posted on December 23, 2020
Congratulations to UP alumnus and scholar Dr Joel Modiri whose promotion to associate professor as from 1 January 2021 will make him the youngest professor in the current employment of UP Law and UP at large.
Posted on December 23, 2020
Marco Booyse and Jacques Fourie both failed modules while on their path to graduating in their respective degrees at UP – they then used that experience to create Stu-D-sure, an award-winning business concept.
Posted on December 22, 2020
Isolated incidents of violence at protests do not justify police force unless there is serious and widespread violence. This was discussed at a recent webinar, co-hosted by UP’s Centre for Human Rights and the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Posted on December 21, 2020
University of Pretoria (UP) student Bianca Gevers is one of six women who recently received a grant from the L’Oréal-UNESCO for Women in Science South African National Young Talents programme.
Posted on December 18, 2020
The University of Pretoria (UP) Moot Society team, in the Faculty of Law, along with their co-team members from Makerere University (Uganda), were recently announced as the overall winners of the 29th African Human Rights Moot Court Competition (AHRMCC).
Posted on December 17, 2020
“COVID-19 will probably not be the last pandemic. If we don’t build resource capacity, we’re going to be in more trouble. And if we don’t build a youth that thinks transdisciplinarily, we are also going to be in trouble,” said Professor Wanda Markotter of the...
Posted on December 17, 2020
"2020 has been a very difficult, uncertain and challenging year, when life as we know it has been severely disrupted. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced us to be critical thinkers and find solutions to the challenges we face,” says Professor Tawana Kupe, Vice-Chancellor and Principal of UP.
Posted on December 15, 2020
“Universities are an integral part of society and our success is dependent on a society and world that is thriving, where human dignity and justice are paramount, all people are able to reach their full potential with nobody being left behind, and our development does not happen at the...
Posted on December 15, 2020
The best way to prevent getting malaria and other mosquito-borne diseases is to avoid getting bitten by mosquitoes. Dr Taneshka Kruger, project manager at UP’s Institute for Sustainable Malaria Control, shares tips on just how to do that.
Posted on December 14, 2020
UP's Transformation Office recently hosted a webinar themed ‘Stop Gender-Based Violence: Turning the Tide Against the Scourge’.
Posted on December 12, 2020
In 2020, we watched Black Lives Matter protests unfold across the world as a reaction to police brutality in the USA. Researchers at the Faculty of Law were instrumental in drafting the UN standards on the use of force by police.
Posted on December 11, 2020
Nobel Prize Outreach and the University of Pretoria (UP) are pleased to announce that UP will host the first Nobel Prize Dialogue to be held in Africa, on 18 and 19 May 2021.
Posted on December 10, 2020
The Information Design programme in the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Pretoria (UP) has won several awards at the 2020 Loeries. Masego Panyane (MP) caught up with course lecturer Kyle Rath (KR) to hear about the award-winning projects, the course and the students.
Posted on December 09, 2020
The vision for the podcast is “to provide scientific, evidence-based information to students on how they can enhance their mental health and well-being in a simple, understandable and user-friendly way.
Posted on December 08, 2020
The Faculty of Law (UP Law) at UP recently entered into a momentous three-year renewable memorandum of understanding with the new International Law Institute-South African Centre for Excellence.
Posted on December 08, 2020
Reigning Miss South Africa Shudufhadzo Musida, a University of Pretoria (UP) alumna, recently visited UP’s Future Africa institute and campus at the invitation of Vice-Chancellor and Principal Professor Tawana Kupe, who hosted a luncheon and discussion in honour of her crowning achievement.
Posted on December 07, 2020
UP academic Professor Daniël Christiaan de Wet Swanepoel has been awarded the African Academy of Sciences’ science prize for his innovative research in tele-health and mobile health, specifically in the field of audiology.
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