UP research team partners with NASA to study effects of air pollution on health
Latest newsResearchUniversity of Pretoria November 10, 2020
University of Pretoria (UP) researchers are part of an international team that is measuring air pollution for the National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA) as part of the global Multi-Angle Imager for Aerosols (MAIA) project. “This is the first time that NASA has partnered with epidemiologists and health organisations to... Read more
‘Malaria research is very close to my heart’, says UP graduate who hopes her work will make a difference in her own community
Latest newsResearchUniversity of Pretoria October 30, 2020
It was only after University of Pretoria (UP) graduate Takalani Makhanthisa began her postgraduate studies in entomology that she realised that more than half of South Africa’s cases of malaria occur in the Vhembe District in Limpopo, her home. Now Makhanthisa hopes her research towards her masters, focusing on... Read more
University of Pretoria Orthodontist Graduates with a Doctoral Degree from UKZN
University of Pretoria October 29, 2020
Egyptian-born Dr Emad Ghabrial, a senior lecturer in the Department of Orthodontics at the University of Pretoria (UP), graduated with a doctoral degree in Health Sciences from UKZN. His study focused on the educational needs and services available in cleft lip/palate and craniofacial anomalies management in South Africa. The... Read more
UP awards 1 380 qualifications to graduates in virtual spring graduation ceremony
AchieversLatest newsUniversity of Pretoria October 1, 2020
University of Pretoria (UP) Chancellor Professor Wiseman Nkuhlu awarded 1 380 degrees, diplomas and certificates to graduates in absentia during a virtual spring graduation ceremony held this morning (Tuesday, 29 September). This year’s spring graduation ceremonies, which were scheduled to take place from 29 September to 2 October, have... Read more
Cardiology in the time of COVID-19
Latest newsUniversity of Pretoria September 29, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic was a wake-up call for us all. As the flood of disease swept through the world, we braced ourselves for it to hit home. While most South Africans locked down, medical services scurried to get everything in place to deal with the expected tsunami of cases.... Read more
UP academics on how best to support dementia sufferers
GautengLatest newsResearchUniversity of Pretoria September 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
GautengLatest newsUniversity of Pretoria September 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
‘The public must hold governments to account for international actions’ – UP International Law expert
AchieversLatest newsUniversity of Pretoria September 18, 2020
I was honoured to present the 25th University of Pretoria Expert Lecture, which explored whether international law can address the most pressing concerns of society. The concerns to which I referred during the lecture included a range of security issues and the fight against poverty and inequality, environmental degradation... Read more
York Timbers funds multidisciplinary Chair in wood structural engineering at UP
GautengLatest newsUniversity of Pretoria September 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
GautengLatest newsResearchUniversity of Pretoria September 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
