University of Pretoria (UP), South Africa (June 2022) - UP’s Onderstepoort Animal Blood Bank: How donor animals are saving other animal lives

Title:

UP’s Onderstepoort Animal Blood Bank: How donor animals are saving other animal lives

 

Published:

University of Pretoria, 7 June 2022

https://www.up.ac.za/news/post_3080489-ups-onderstepoort-animal-blood-bank-how-donor-animals-are-saving-other-animal-lives

 

From the news article:

Since the 1990s the Onderstepoort Animal Blood Bank (OABB) has been the saving grace of many dogs, cats, and even prized stud sheep, horses and cattle in need of life-saving blood transfusions. The OABB is housed in the Onderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital (OVAH) of the University of Pretoria’s Faculty of Veterinary Science. 

 

South African universities are training their gaze on the United States. Why it matters [The Conversation, March 2022]

Title:

South African universities are training their gaze on the United States. Why it matters

 

Authors:

Tawana Kupe 

Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University, University of Pretoria  

&

Christopher Isike 

Professor of African Politics and International Relations, University of Pretoria

 

Published:

The Conversation, 17 March 2022

https://theconversation.com/south-african-universities-are-training-their-gaze-on-the-united-states-why-it-matters-178829

 

From the article:

Three academic institutions in Africa have established units dedicated to the study of the United States. They are University of the Witwatersrand’s African Centre for the Study of the United States, the American Language Centre in Morocco, and most recently, the University of Pretoria’s African Centre for the Study of the United States. University of Pretoria Principal Tawana Kupe and Christopher Isike, the new Centre’s Director, explain why Africans need a better understanding of America.

University of Pretoria (UP), South Africa - UP’s Centre for Human Rights publishes photobook highlighting the stories of LGBTIQ+ people living in South Africa

Title:

UP’s Centre for Human Rights publishes photobook highlighting the stories of LGBTIQ+ people living in South Africa

 

Author:

Mecayla Maseka

 

Published:

University of Pretoria, 18 November 2021

https://www.up.ac.za/news/post_3033071-ups-centre-for-human-rights-publishes-photobook-highlighting-the-stories-of-lgbtiq-people-living-in-south-africa

 

From the news article:

The Centre for Human Rights (CHR), Faculty of Law, at the University of Pretoria (UP) has launched a photobook series, titled Looking through the prism: Narratives of queer dignity in South Africa, featuring photographs and narratives of the lives of LGBTIQ+ people living in South Africa.

 

University of Pretoria, South Africa - MRI scanner at Onderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital a first in Africa

Title:

MRI scanner at Onderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital a first in Africa

 

Author:

Goitsemang Tlhabye

 

Published:

IOL, 28 July 2021

https://www.iol.co.za/pretoria-news/news/mri-scanner-at-onderstepoort-veterinary-academic-hospital-a-first-in-africa-778dab50-1a64-4671-99ec-44dcb66c0fae

 

From the article:

Pretoria - The University of Pretoria's Onderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital has put the City of Tshwane on the map as the first veterinary hospital in Africa to boast a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scanner.

 

University of Pretoria, South Africa - How we proved a Rembrandt painting owned by the University of Pretoria was a fake [Times LIVE, May 2021]

Title:

How we proved a Rembrandt painting owned by the University of Pretoria was a fake

Authors:

Gerard de Kamper & Isabelle McGinn

[Both from the University of Pretoria, South Africa]

Published:

Times LIVE, 21 May 2021

https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/sci-tech/2021-05-21-how-we-proved-a-rembrandt-painting-owned-by-the-university-of-pretoria-was-a-fake/

From the article:

The paintings of Dutch master Rembrandt van Rijn are displayed in prestigious art galleries in capital cities around the world.

 

One — a small oil painting on a wood panel depicting the profile of an old man in a hat and cloak — made its way to South Africa in the late 1950s. It was part of an extensive collection belonging to a Dutch businessman, JA van Tilburg, who emigrated to the country. In 1976 the work was donated to the University of Pretoria.

Free online event - Invitation: University of Pretoria to host first Nobel Prize Dialogue to take place in Africa (18 May 2021)

Title:

Invitation: University of Pretoria to host first Nobel Prize Dialogue to take place in Africa

From the invitation:

The Nobel Prize Dialogue, with ‘The Future of Work’ as its theme, aims to bring science and society closer and stimulate creative thinking by gathering a unique constellation of Nobel Laureates, key opinion leaders, policymakers, students, researchers, and the general public. Many questions will be raised during the dialogue, such as: “What is the ‘new normal’ for working life?” “What benefits does diversity bring to the workplace?” “How does an ageing global population change the labour market?” “And how is the COVID-19 pandemic changing the nature of work?” The Nobel Prize Dialogue was inspired by the Nobel Week Dialogue, which has been taking place in Sweden since 2012 on the day preceding the Nobel Prize award ceremony. Since then Nobel Prize Dialogues have been organised in many countries across the world, but this will be the first time one takes place on the African continent.

Date of free online event:

18 May 2021

Time:

10:00 - 14:00 SAST

For more information, to download invitation & to register:

https://www.chr.up.ac.za/latest-news/2504-invitation-university-of-pretoria-to-host-first-nobel-prize-dialogue-to-take-place-in-africa

 

University of Pretoria (UP), South Africa - UP named top design institution in Africa and Middle East

Title:

UP named top design institution in Africa and Middle East

 

Published:

University of Pretoria, 18 March 2021

https://www.up.ac.za/news/post_2959735-up-named-top-design-institution-in-africa-and-middle-east

 

From the article:

The Information Design division at the University of Pretoria’s (UP) School of the Arts has been ranked the number one design education institution in Africa and the Middle East by the Loeries. The ranking is based on the 2020 Loerie Awards, the winners of which were recently announced.

Note from blog owner:

For more information on the Loeries Official Rankings 2020, go to:

https://www.loeries.com/loeries2021.aspx?link=archive_ranking

University of Pretoria - Tuks vets perform SA's first partial knee replacement on cat

Title:

Tuks vets perform SA's first partial knee replacement on cat

 

By:

ANA Reporter 

Published:

IOL, 2 March 2021

https://www.iol.co.za/pretoria-news/news/tuks-vets-perform-sas-first-partial-knee-replacement-on-cat-fdb6f7bf-934c-48e4-ba35-b0ae87e77d04

From the article:

Specialist veterinary surgeons at the University of Pretoria’s Onderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital have conducted South Africa’s first partial knee replacement on a cat, saving its right leg from being amputated.

University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), Wits Research Institute for Malaria, South Africa - Wits scientists artificially infect mosquitoes with human malaria to advance treatment

Title:

Wits scientists artificially infect mosquitoes with human malaria to advance treatment 

 

By:

University of the Witwatersrand (Wits)

Published:

University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), 14 January 2021

https://www.wits.ac.za/news/latest-news/research-news/2021/2021-01/wits-scientists-artificially-infect-mosquitoes-with-human-malaria-to-advance-treatment.html

 

From the article:

Scientists at the Wits Research Institute for Malaria (WRIM) in partnership with the University of Pretoria and colleagues in the US, Spain and Switzerland have identified novel antiplasmodial lead compounds for mass drug administration and vector control to eliminate malaria.

 

University of Pretoria - South African professor elected to chair Unesco expert group on AI

Title:
South African professor elected to chair Unesco expert group on AI

Author:
Schalk Burger

Published:
Engineering News, 30 June 2020
https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/south-african-professor-elected-to-chair-unesco-expert-group-on-ai-2020-06-30

From the article:
University of Pretoria Department of Philosophy academic Professor Emma Ruttkamp-Bloem has been elected as the chairperson of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) Ad Hoc Expert Group (AHEG) on Artificial Intelligence (AI), which will formulate a recommendation for the first global standard-setting instrument on the ethics of AI.

Firstpost, Tech2, 9 May 2020 - South Africa’s MeerKAT Satellite Captures an Image that Helps Solve the Mystery of ‘X Galaxies’

Title:
South Africa’s Meerkat Satellite Captures an Image that Helps Solve the Mystery of ‘X Galaxies’

Published:
Firstpost [Tech2], 9 May 2020

From the article:
"It was known that some galaxies emit X-shaped radio waves from black holes. But the reason remained a mystery till South African satellite MeerKAT captured high-quality imaging of a galaxy called PKS 2014-55.  

Now, a team of astronomers from South Africa and the US have cracked the puzzle using clear images sent by MeerKAT from the galaxy 800 million light-years away."

Observations by:
The observations were carried out by a team from South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO), the (US) National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO), the University of Pretoria and Rhodes University.

To read this article:
https://www.firstpost.com/tech/science/south-africas-meerkat-satellite-captures-an-image-that-helps-solve-the-mystery-of-x-galaxies-8347561.html

University of Pretoria, South Africa - First call for papers - Fourth Bi-annual University of Pretoria International Consumer Law Conference [21 September 2020]

Event:
Fourth Bi-annual University of Pretoria International Consumer Law Conference

Hosted by:
University of Pretoria, South Africa

Date:
21 September 2020

Venue:
Future Africa, Future Africa Campus, University of Pretoria

First call for papers:
https://www.up.ac.za/calendar/event-info/2870247/first-call-for-papers-fourth-bi-annual-university-of-pretoria-international-consumer-law-conference

SOUTH AFRICA - University of Pretoria Health Sciences Faculty contributes to COVID-19 fight

Title:
University of Pretoria Health Sciences Faculty contributes to COVID-19 fight

Published:
University of Pretoria News, 16 April 2020

From the article:
"The University of Pretoria is involved in several projects related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In particular, its Faculty of Health Sciences is involved in close to 30 projects."

To read this article:
https://www.up.ac.za/news/post_2888045-university-of-pretoria-health-sciences-faculty-contributes-to-covid-19-fight-

University of Pretoria, South Africa - Feel Good | Second doctorate in 10 years for pensioner

Title:
FEEL GOOD | Second doctorate in 10 years for pensioner

Author:
Ntwaagae Seleka

Published:
News24, 11 April 2020

From the article:
"While most pensioners are using their retirement to wind down, one man has been using his time to study -  not just for one doctorate - but for two.  

Dr John Boje, 83, managed to achieve this feat in a space of just 10 years."

To read this article:
https://m.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/feel-good-second-doctorate-in-10-years-for-pensioner-20200411

University of Pretoria, South Africa - University of Pretoria’s Faculty of Veterinary Science opens wildlife clinic

Title:
University of Pretoria’s Faculty of Veterinary Science opens wildlife clinic

Published:
University of Pretoria News, 6 March 2020

From the article:
"The University of Pretoria's (UP) Faculty of Veterinary Science opened a dedicated wildlife clinic at its Onderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital (OVAH) on Friday, 6 March."

To read this article:
https://www.up.ac.za/news/post_2878509-university-of-pretorias-faculty-of-veterinary-science-opens-wildlife-clinic

University of Pretoria (UP) - University of Pretoria improves in three of four broad subject rankings in 2020 QS World University Rankings

Title:
University of Pretoria improves in three of four broad subject rankings in 2020 QS World University Rankings

Published:
University of Pretoria News, 9 March 2020

From the article:
"The rankings, which were released earlier this month, noted that UP is the domestic leader in the fields of Theology, Divinity and Religious Studies, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Veterinary Science. Social Sciences and Management is UP’s strongest field according to the ranking."

To read this article:
https://www.up.ac.za/news/post_2878949-university-of-pretoria-improves-in-three-of-four-broad-subject-rankings-in-2020-qs-world-university-rankings-

To access the QS World University Rankings 2020:
https://www.topuniversities.com/qs-world-university-rankings

SOUTH AFRICA, University of Pretoria - New University Buildings: Future Africa Campus and Javett Art Centre

Title:
New University Buildings: Future Africa Campus and Javett Art Centre

Author:
Diane de Beer

Published:
Visi, 20 February 2020

From the article:
"Two striking new buildings at the University of Pretoria manage to both blend into the rest of the campus and make bold design statements."

To read this article (includes photos):
https://visi.co.za/new-university-buildings-future-africa-campus-and-javett-art-centre/

What is Future Africa?
"The University of Pretoria’s new Future Africa campus will be the place where Africa’s leading scientists and scholars from across the world and from a broad range of disciplines will come together to leverage the benefits of transdisciplinary research to address the grand challenges that face Africa and the world."

For more information on Future Africa:
https://www.up.ac.za/future-africa