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UP’s Faculty of Law celebrates youngest current UP professor

UP’s Faculty of Law celebrates youngest current UP professor

AchieversCareersGautengLatest newsUniversity of Pretoria Jan 12, 2021

The Faculty of Law (UP Law) at the University of Pretoria (UP) recently announced the promotion of colleagues to higher academic rank. Among the successful candidates is UP law alumnus and scholar, Dr Joel Modiri, whose promotion to associate professor as from 1 January 2021 will also make him the... Read more
Towards herd immunity from Covid-19: Costing a vaccine strategy for South Africa

Towards herd immunity from Covid-19: Costing a vaccine strategy for South Africa

GautengLatest newsResearchUniversity of the Witwatersrand Jan 12, 2021

This article examines and estimates the financial implications of a vaccine strategy with a goal of achieving herd immunity. It takes account of the roll-out phases identified by the Department of Health and vaccine prices available in the public domain. It finds that such a programme is affordable and... Read more
Building Africa’s AI initiative

Building Africa’s AI initiative

CareersGautengLatest newsUniversity of the Witwatersrand Jan 11, 2021

Considerations behind the largest and most complex undertaking of its kind in Africa’s history. In collaboration with academia, Cirrus is a private sector led initiative bringing together academia and industry for the establishment of a world class artificial intelligence (AI) research and application capability for Africa. Although launched in 2019, work on... Read more
UJs new School of Management set to elevate commercial professions in SA under the reign of Prof Adri Drotskie

UJs new School of Management set to elevate commercial professions in SA under the reign of Prof Adri Drotskie

CareersGautengLatest newsUniversity of Johannesburg Oct 21, 2020

The University of Johannesburg’s (UJ) new School of Management, within the College of Business and Economics (CBE), is set to elevate commerce professions in South Africa. The School, under the leadership of recognised business strategist, Professor Adri Drotskie, is combing the innovation strengths of the Department of Business Management, the Department of... Read more
UJ Arts & Culture wins Best Theatre Set Design at Naledi Theatre Awards

UJ Arts & Culture wins Best Theatre Set Design at Naledi Theatre Awards

Achieversarts and cultureGautengLatest newsUniversity of Johannesburg Sep 22, 2020

The UJ Arts & Culture division within the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture (FADA) won two awards at the 2020 Naledi Theatre Awards. The online event awarded creatives whose productions were staged in 2019. UJ Arts & Culture scooped awards for Best Theatre Set Design for their production, Metamorphosis staged in 2019 at... Read more
UP academics on how best to support dementia sufferers

UP academics on how best to support dementia sufferers

GautengLatest newsResearchUniversity of Pretoria Sep 22, 2020

By Adele May, PhD candidate at the University of Pretoria (UP), and Professor Shakila Dada of the Centre for Augmentative and Alternative Communication at UP. The thought of having our memories erased and being unable to recognise the people we cherish would elicit fear in most individuals. For adults... Read more
Four scenarios as SA universities build a new normal post-COVID-19

Four scenarios as SA universities build a new normal post-COVID-19

GautengLatest newsUniversity of Pretoria Sep 21, 2020

A paper authored by University of Pretoria (UP) academics highlights four scenarios that could face SA universities as the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic continue to reverberate through every industry and sector nationally and globally. The paper is authored byDrGerald Wangenge-Ouma, Director of Institutional Planning at UP and Professor... Read more
York Timbers funds multidisciplinary Chair in wood structural engineering at UP

York Timbers funds multidisciplinary Chair in wood structural engineering at UP

GautengLatest newsUniversity of Pretoria Sep 18, 2020

Forestry company York Timbers, the largest solid wood processor in South Africa, has signed a funding agreement with the University of Pretoria (UP) to establish a Chair in data-driven wood structural engineering to promote a more sustainable built environment and the African bio-economy. This initiative will be based at... Read more
Hummingbirds drop body temperature to near freezing point

Hummingbirds drop body temperature to near freezing point

GautengLatest newsResearchUniversity of Pretoria Sep 17, 2020

A University of Pretoria (UP) professor of zoology was part of a team that recently published a study that reveals that tiny hummingbirds living in the Andes Mountains in Peru drop their body temperature from 40°C to 3.3°C, near freezing point, to survive bitterly cold nights. “It is the... Read more
It’s time for a (trans)formation that liberates trans, gender-diverse, and all people

It’s time for a (trans)formation that liberates trans, gender-diverse, and all people

GautengLatest newsUniversity of Pretoria Aug 28, 2020

When JK Rowling suggested that transgender (hereafter trans1) women in bathrooms could pose a threat to cisgender (hereafter cis) women and that “many health professionals are concerned that young people struggling with their mental health are being shunted towards hormones and surgery when this may not be in their... Read more
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