Latest News

This year, the University of Pretoria’s Facial Cleft Deformity Clinic celebrates 35 years of helping babies and children with orofacial clefts to be more comfortable, and ultimately healthier and happier. “There are few greater rewards than the happy smiles of a family and seeing a child grow up – healthily – after successful surgery and treatment,” clinic head Dr Sharan Naidoo says.

Find out more

Share

For the average marathon runner, excruciating pain is often inevitable during endurance runs, and popping a few painkillers before or during a race to make the pain more bearable seems like a no-brainer and is quite common.

Find out more

Share

While the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) may conjure up images of “apprehension and fear”, it also creates opportunities, said psychologist Professor Norman Duncan, Vice-Principal: Academic at the University of Pretoria, at the first lecture in the Psychology Seminar Series on Industrial Revolution 4.0: Implications for the Discipline and Profession of Psychology.

Find out more

Share

Diabetes prevalence has risen faster in low- and middle-income countries over the past decade than it has in high-income countries. Globally, three quarters of reported diabetes cases occur in low- and middle-income countries that are also experiencing mild to severe forms of food insecurity, which contributes to the increased occurrence of type 2 diabetes.

Find out more

Share

The diverging perspectives of speakers at a recent University of Pretoria colloquium titled “Unlaagering Afrikaans” made for a productive, stimulating discussion on the place of Afrikaans literature and its teaching in South Africa.

Find out more

Share

Professor Priya Soma-Pillay of the University of Pretoria’s Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology was recently elected to serve on the executive board of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics (FIGO).

Find out more

Share

Professor Birgit Kuschke, Deputy Dean of the University of Pretoria’s Faculty of Law, was recently appointed as a Vice-President of the International Insurance Law Association, or AIDA (Association International de Droit des Assurances).

Find out more

Share

The Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings for 2019 have been released, and the University of Pretoria (UP) has achieved new rankings in two subjects: Physical Sciences and Psychology.

Find out more

Share

On this World Adoption Day, we need to remain mindful that adoption remains one of the most viable care options for some abandoned and orphaned children, both locally and abroad. However, there are systemic challenges in the current South African adoption system that hinder the process, which in turn impacts the rate of adoptions.

Find out more

Share

The University of Pretoria’s Dr Flavia Senkubuge has been elected President of the Colleges of Medicine of South Africa (CMSA). Dr Senkubuge, who is the acting chair of UP’s School of Health Systems and Public Health, is the youngest president of the CMSA and the first specialist in public health medicine to hold the position. She is also the first black woman and only the third woman in the CMSA’s 64-year history to be appointed President.

Find out more

Share

The University of Pretoria honoured Olympic gold medallist Caster Semenya and hurdles champion LJ van Zyl as Athletes of the Century at the recent TuksAthletics Centenary gala dinner, which celebrated 100 years of UP sporting excellence.

Find out more

Share

The World Congress of Audiology, held biennially since 1953, had been hosted on every continent of the world except for Africa. The 34th World Congress of Audiology, held recently in Cape Town, made history by being the first to be hosted on African soil.

Find out more

Share

Finals are upon us, so here are a few pointers to make sure you’re prepared, well rested and focused in the run-up to exam day and on the day you sit the test. And remember, a good semester mark will really help you to do well before exams, so if there are any assignments or assessments that you still need to complete, make sure you do your best to do them well.

Find out more

Share

A University of Pretoria researcher is calling for the creation of sustainable regulation systems to improve food safety in the informal sector, including food sales in informal settlements. “We need to develop a local system that can regulate the food being sold in our informal sector, to ensure that it’s still safe for all,” said Professor Lise Korsten, Co-Director of the Department of Science and Technology’s National Research Foundation Centre of Excellence in Food Security.

Find out more

Share

World-renowned University of Pretoria veterinarians Prof Gerhard Steenkamp and Dr Adrian Tordiffe this week performed intricate dental surgery on an elephant in Georgia, to remove its infected tusk.

Find out more

Share

Reading scientific literature isn’t for the faint-hearted. It’s dense, and very often full of foreign terms and ideas. It also assumes a basic understanding of the discipline in question – I can’t imagine that many people outside the world of theoretical physics are reading journal articles on the subject.

Find out more

Share

University of Pretoria postgraduate students Pheladi Venda Tlhatlha and Nsilulu Tresor Mbungu have each received a prestigious annual award from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research for their participation in the Green Talents International Forum for High Potentials in Sustainable Development, which promotes the international exchange of innovative environmental ideas.

Find out more

Share

“Veterinary science is not only about keeping our pets healthy. Looked at from a wider perspective, it’s about food security. Nobody is born a farmer, but they can be trained to become one – and that’s where veterinary science can play a very important role.”

Find out more

Share

The world of work is changing all the time. In the past, people would probably choose one career and stick to it for the rest of their lives, gradually climbing up the ladder with clearly demarcated and structured relationships. They might even remain at one company throughout their working lives

Find out more

Share

On the advice of the State Librarian one fine day in the 1970s, a truck transported thousands of books and magazines from Pretoria’s Central Police Station to a dark hall at the Iscor state steel company, just outside the South African capital. A large mechanical shovel scooped up and dropped them into a 20-metre high oven, causing it to spew flames and smoke. This was another truckload of material that had been banned for political reasons and was routinely burned in furnaces across South Africa between the 1950s to the 1970s.

Find out more

Share