Posted on December 02, 2014
The Department of Paraclinical Sciences at the University of Pretoria (UP), through CE@UP and in collaboration with SANParks’ Veterinary Wildlife Services, recently hosted the first Advanced Course in Wildlife Chemical Immobilisation and Field Practice in the Kruger National Park.
Posted on December 01, 2014
In the recent Accelerator Programme Innovation Competition, UP academics Dr Candice van Wyk, Dr Francien Botha and Prof Kobus Eloff were awarded top honours and received the sum of R300 000 for their innovative product called Candida-free Natural. They also came second in the GAP Biosciences...
Posted on November 28, 2014
A Centre staff project at the Centre for Augmentative and Alternative Communication at UP has led to the development of multilingual communication boards specifically aimed at helping individuals with complex communication needs to disclose victimization.
Posted on November 27, 2014
Dr Margareta Adolfsson from the CHILD project at Jönköping University in Sweden visited the Centre for AAC on Monday, 17 November. Margareta, Ensa Johnson (CAAC), together with Dr. Stefan Nilsson (CHILD; Göthenburg University, Sweden) are doing research on how pain in children with cerebral...
Posted on November 27, 2014
Research done at the University of Pretoria has found that the abundant occurrence of two species of midges that cause AHS could be due to their ability to withstand cold temperatures.
Posted on November 14, 2014
An acclaimed international study looking into new reasons behind the dwindling numbers of cheetah in southern Africa had its inception at the University of Pretoria.
Posted on November 14, 2014
Crimes committed against people with disabilities remains largely unaddressed. Three large-scale studies currently under way at UP aims to change this.
Posted on November 14, 2014
Dr Leith Meyer, Veterinary Sciences Pharmacology researcher at the University of Pretoria, is committed to finding solutions to improve the well-being of wild animals.
Posted on November 12, 2014
An article about research partnerships in the South African rural education community, co-authored by four staff members in the Faculty of Education of at UP, will appear in the January 2015 edition of the acclaimed journal, Teaching and Teacher Education.
Posted on November 11, 2014
The Department of Informatics secured a partnership in MOSAIC2B – an EU FP7 Fire Project – in 2014.
Posted on November 10, 2014
The recently established Chair in Maintenance Engineering in the Centre for Asset Integrity Management (C-AIM) in the Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering at UP, has received strong funding support from Weir Minerals Africa.
Posted on November 10, 2014
Prof Darryn Knobel is providing great insight into the control and foreseeable elimination of rabies.
Posted on October 29, 2014
International researcher Prof Holger Lütters, a professor from the Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft in Berlin, Germany, presented an insightful guest lecture to the Marketing Management honours class on ‘The power of “like” – social networks analysis’.
Posted on October 29, 2014
In South Africa, one in 29 women is diagnosed with breast cancer each year.
Posted on October 27, 2014
The UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, UP's Prof Christof Heyns, has raised concern about the increasing use of technologies that depersonalise the use of force.
Posted on October 27, 2014
The Mammal Research Institute of UP recently conducted the annual survey of the Southern Cape’s Right whale population
Posted on October 20, 2014
Limpopo Province produces 66% of the total annual tonnage of tomatoes grown in South Africa. The province is also deemed particularly vulnerable to the impact of climate change, partly because it is exposed to extreme weather events.
Posted on October 08, 2014
Prof Cheryl de la Rey, Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Pretoria (UP), turned the sod at the start of construction of a new building for TuksSport High School at the University of Pretoria’s LC de Villiers Sports Grounds.
Posted on October 03, 2014
Mass dog vaccination campaigns can have a substantial impact on keeping rabies under control.
Posted on October 02, 2014
The Vice Chancellor and Principal, Prof Cheryl de la Rey, has been appointed as the Chairperson of the National Advisory Council on Innovation (NACI) by the Minister of Science and Technology, Mrs Naledi Pandor.
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