Posted on June 13, 2022
Nearly 70 prizes were awarded at the Annual Exceptional Achievers Function for the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences students in May this year.
Posted on May 31, 2022
Faculty newsletter for May 2022 now available
Posted on April 22, 2022
NAS Featured scientist: Ms Leushantha Mudaly Lecturer: Department of Plant and Soil Sciences
Posted on March 21, 2022
#International Day of Forests: 'Forest entomology is the key to healthier forests' – UP forestry experts, To raise awareness of the importance of forests and promote more sustainable forestry practices, the United Nations proclaimed 21 March the International Day of Forests.
Posted on March 10, 2022
Two early-career scientists, Drs Jarishma Gokul and Khumbuzile Bophela from the University of Pretoria (UP)’s Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, were selected as InspiringFifty South Africa winners for 2021.
Posted on September 30, 2021
Prof Quenton Kritzinger, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences
Posted on September 13, 2021
UP student Annerine Myburgh’s winning presentation at the Grassland Society of Southern Africa Awards Congress was on her research confirming that grassland systems are incredibly rich at both species and family levels.
Posted on August 30, 2021
UP recently hosted its recent third annual Women in Science Symposium, which highlighted the efforts of women in shaping a more equal future and recovery from the global pandemic.
Posted on August 29, 2021
Women’s Month: Focus on Prof Jacquie van der Waals
Posted on August 22, 2021
Women's Month: Focus on Mrs Leushantha Mudaly
Posted on August 20, 2021
Prof Thulani Makhalanyane and Prof Emma Archer say that life found only in Africa, from invisibly tiny microbes to huge mammal herds and our kaleidoscope of plants can give us medicines, technologies and ways to manage climate change.
Posted on August 07, 2021
Women's Month: Focus on Ms Dolly Ayob
Posted on August 05, 2021
The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, which houses the world's largest and most diverse botanical collection, has invited Prof Namrita Lall, SARChI Chair in Indigenous Knowledge Systems at UP, to contribute to one of their new public displays.
Posted on August 01, 2021
NAS celebrates Women’s month in style, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, Women’s Month
Posted on July 23, 2021
The Food Systems Research Network for Africa (FSNet-Africa) fellowship has officially launched, and 20 early-career researchers from six African countries joined their mentors from the UK and Africa in the first week of activities.
Posted on July 23, 2021
Meet Mr Manfred Molomo, Faculty Manager in the Dean’s Office in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (NAS), who was appointed to NAS in June this year.
Posted on July 09, 2021
Funding for the UP Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences project, which will focus on surveying the animal and plant life in the Waterberg Mountain Complex, includes support for citizen science and community engagement activities.
Posted on June 05, 2021
Scarce skills in the natural and agricultural sciences Focus on a soil scientist: Prof Eyob H Tesfamariam - Associate Professor in the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences
Posted on May 13, 2021
Research Fellowship initiated by the African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA), with support from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, to support a total of thirteen (13) Early-Career Research Fellows to undertake globally competitive research at the ARUA Centres of Excellence (CoEs).
Posted on May 06, 2021
Congratulations to the 10 UP academics and researchers who won big at the recently announced Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns (South African Academy for Science and the Arts) annual awards.
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