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A team of learners from Tshwane, mentored by the University of Pretoria’s (UP) MakerSpace centre and a group of UP engineering students, was placed sixth out of 180 teams from around the world participating in the annual FIRST Global Challenge Robotics Olympics in Mexico City.

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Sofia Garrè is an Italian student from the University of Oxford who recently finished an 8-week internship at the University of Pretoria (UP). “It was a steep learning curve,” she says, “But I really enjoyed my time in South Africa.

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Moody’s view on South Africa’s current and future economic environment will help to allay fears that the country is facing a shocking downgrade to junk status in 2018.

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The University of Pretoria’s commitment to protecting our environment is getting another energy boost. Facilities Management Director Prof Susan Adendorff shared some of the “green” initiatives UP is embarking on.

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On 11 September 2018, the European Parliament adopted a resolution calling for the elaboration of a binding international treaty to prohibit lethal autonomous weapons systems. One of the main sources cited by the resolution is research done by Prof Christof Heyns of the University of Pretoria’s Faculty of Law.

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The 2018 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), which was released on 15 August 2018 by ShanghaiRanking Consultancy, indicates that UP Law, based on publications, are ranked top 150 to 200 in the world. This is an impressive feat, given the fact that as of July 2018, there were 28 077 universities registered in the world.

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The Honourable Mogoeng Mogoeng, Chief Justice of South Africa, and the Honourable David Maraga, Chief Justice of Kenya, were the keynote speakers at the Sixth Stellenbosch Annual Seminar on Constitutionalism in Africa.

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Sandisile Gqweta and Olu Yakhe have been named the winners of the 2018 Javett Music Awards, hosted at the Javett Art Centre at the University of Pretoria.

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A Research Chair in Biostatistics, which will focus on solving inter-disciplinary health problems in Africa, such as tuberculosis, malaria, HIV/AIDS, cancer, substance abuse and Ebola, was launched recently at the University of Pretoria.

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Prof James Ogude’s Ubuntu and Personhood and Prof Julian Müller, Prof John Eliastam and Prof Sheila Trahar’s Unfolding Narratives of Ubuntu in Southern Africa were recently launched to critical acclaim.

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Dr Irene Barnes, from the University of Pretoria’s Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), has been awarded the internationally acclaimed 2018 Ethel Mary Doidge Medal for outstanding early career research in mycology.

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The Centre for Alternative and Augmentative Communication (Centre for AAC) at the University of Pretoria held its 13th Fofa Communication Empowerment Programme week for young people with severe communication disabilities who use alternative forms of communication, such as speech-generating devices that use text-to-speech technology.

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For the first time in its history, the Faculty of Education awarded 28 PhDs, of which five went to UP staff members.

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Ms Ina Wilken (72), a consumer specialist and advisor, received a master’s degree in Consumer Sciences from the University of Pretoria this week. Ms Wilken is committed to uplifting consumers and advocating for their rights and dedicates many hours to this noble cause. She has been closely involved with the South African National Consumer Union since 1996.

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During its Spring graduation ceremonies, the University of Pretoria conferred honorary doctorates on three internationally recognised professors in honour of their contributions to their respective fields of expertise.

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The Smile Foundation is excited to have hosted its first-ever Smile Week in Pretoria at the Steve Biko Academic Hospital. The foundation, of which former President Nelson Mandela was the Chief Patron, assists children across South Africa in need of facial and other reconstructive surgery. With the generous support of donor LG – the Smile Foundation will give 11 children a new reason to smile.

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It’s a proud moment in any academic’s life when their students graduate, but it’s an even bigger one when their students graduate from their doctoral studies. During this year’s Spring Graduation, Prof David Medalie had the rare honour (particularly in the Faculty of Humanities) of having four of his students receive their doctoral degrees. Three of the degrees were awarded in English literature and one was awarded in Creative Writing.

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Rural Development and Land Reform Minister Maite Nkoana Mashabane, received her master’s degree in Diplomatic Studies this week at the University of Pretoria’s Faculty of Humanities graduation.

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Tumisang Loate taught herself higher grade maths when she was in grade 12. This week, she became Dr Loate when she was awarded her PhD in Economics at the University of Pretoria’s Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences graduation ceremony.

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South Africa’s “king of farce”, Tobie Cronjé was awarded the Chancellor’s Medal at the University of Pretoria’s (UP’s) Faculty of Humanities graduation ceremony yesterday (5 September), for his contribution to the arts.

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