Posted on May 23, 2019
Chaos, a 16-year-old lion from the Lory Park Zoo in Midrand, Johannesburg, this week underwent a third round of radiation at the Mediclinic Muelmed in Pretoria after being diagnosed with skin cancer by veterinarians in the University of Pretoria’s Faculty of Veterinary Science.
Posted on May 22, 2019
The University of Pretoria’s (UP’s) 2019 Academic Achievers’ Awards dinner was held on Tuesday to honour more than 110 academics who have shown exceptional achievement in their disciplines, as well as National Research Foundation (NRF)-rated researchers.
Posted on May 22, 2019
Tuks Paralympic archer Shaun Anderson proved that he may well be on track to winning a medal at next month’s World Archery Championships in Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands, when he set two national records over the weekend.
Posted on May 21, 2019
University of Pretoria (UP) Sports Science master’s student Muzi Maluleke achieved a goal he set himself ten years ago when he won his category during a recent Amateur Olympia bodybuilding competition in Korea.
Posted on May 20, 2019
Martin Wierzbicki, a recent MSc graduate from the University of Pretoria (UP), is one of three global winners of the 2018-2019 Blue Sky Young Researchers and Innovation Award. The International Council of Forest and Paper Associations (ICFPA) recently named Martin one of three winners, along with...
Posted on May 20, 2019
Doctoral student Lazarus Takawira of the University of Pretoria’s (UP) Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI) recently won the Best Student Poster award at the US Department of Energy’s Joint Genome Institute’s 14th annual Genomics of Energy & Environment...
Posted on May 19, 2019
Three University of Pretoria (UP) alumni are making waves with an app named Doot, a dining platform for travellers to Japan to connect with locals over authentic meals away from tourist traps. Travellers get to experience local cuisine and learn about Japanese culture, while the host gets to...
Posted on May 17, 2019
Dr Lieza Odendaal, a lecturer in Veterinary Public Health at the University of Pretoria’s Faculty of Veterinary Science, has been studying the complex Rift Valley Fever Virus (RVFV) for years – and her findings have offered the international community of veterinary pathologists...
Posted on May 17, 2019
“I love learning about the world around me and how science can shape and change it,” says first-year student Rahil Samlal, who is studying towards a BSc Microbiology degree in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences at the University of Pretoria (UP). Rahil is also the winner...
Posted on May 16, 2019
The Graduate Centre in the University of Pretoria’s (UP) Department of Research recently hosted a meet-and-greet event at which current and new UP Doctoral Commonwealth Scholarship students met and interacted with each other and their study supervisors.
Posted on May 16, 2019
Minister of Higher Education and Training Dr Naledi Pandor recently received a PhD in Education at UP. Professor Chika Sehoole, Dean of the Faculty of Education, told Primarashni Gower about his experience of supervising this high-profile cabinet minister
Posted on May 15, 2019
The outcome of India’s ongoing six-week election (set to end on 23 May) could provide interesting markers for the way in which South Africa’s democracy might progress and mature, a University of Pretoria (UP) Professor of Sociology said at the launch of a new book that traces the...
Posted on May 15, 2019
Faculty members at the University of Pretoria (UP) have paid tribute to UP alumnus Dr Fred Brownell, designer of South Africa’s iconic flag, who passed away at his home in Pretoria on Friday 10 May.
Posted on May 15, 2019
Professor Mike Wingfield of the University of Pretoria (UP) has acted as an advisor or supervisor to an impressive 101 PhD graduates, as of April 2019.
Posted on May 13, 2019
The first dual PhD registration between the University of Pretoria’s Faculty of Health Sciences and France’s Université Grenoble Alpes was awarded during the recent Autumn Graduation Ceremonies. Ms Elsa Nolte completed a PhD in Human Physiology at the University of Pretoria, which...
Posted on May 13, 2019
The University of Pretoria’s Dr Joel Modiri is among 19 distinguished African researchers chosen to represent 12 African countries in the Africa Oxford Initiative Visiting Fellowship Programme at the University of Oxford in England.
Posted on May 12, 2019
When Winston Campbell matriculated in 1965, the coloured community was still barred from studying at what were then whites-only institutions, of which the University of Pretoria (UP) was one.
Posted on May 11, 2019
Emeritus Professor Rashid Mekki Hassan of the University of Pretoria has received one of the highest honours in science by being elected to US research organisation the National Academy of Sciences (NAS).
Posted on May 10, 2019
Mr Stuart Taylor, a master’s degree student in Animal Science at the University of Pretoria (UP) recently won the award for the best graduate student presentation from the Southern Poultry Science Society (SPSS) at the annual meeting of the International Poultry Scientific Forum (IPSF) in...
Posted on May 10, 2019
Professor Mohsen Sharifpur, an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Pretoria, has developed a new scientific theory that may hold the key to understanding the secrets of the early universe – as well as a perspective of the future of our universe.
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