UKZN Astrophysicist Dr Cynthia Chiang has been involved in the publication of a ground-breaking scientific discovery by the South Pole Telescope (SPT) project team led by
Back fourth left: Mr Bradford Rainey, Executive Director; back fifth left: Ms Charlene Gunter, Director South Africa; kneeling first left: Mr Stephan Gericke, Head office; back third left: Mrs Karen Suter, Chapter Advisor PMB; back fourth right: Ms Sheri Seetal, Chapter Advisor Westville and Executive members Golden Key UKZN.
The KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) section of the Eskom Expo for Young Scientists, a non-profit organisation founded in 1980 and operating in 28 regions in all nine provinces in South Africa
In an effort to contribute to the development of isiZulu, a Corpus Workshop themed: “Towards Operationalising a Corpus Development Plan”, was held on the Howard College campus.
Top performing Accounting students were honoured at an awards ceremony hosted by the School of Accounting, Economics and Finance and the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA)
From left, PhD student at Germany’s Bayreuth University, Mr Robin Hecht; UKZN’s Professor Keyan Tomaselli; DVC Teaching and Learning at Bayreuth University, Professor Stefan Jablonski; Dr Ulf Vierke of Bayreuth University; and UKZN’s Professor Lindy Stiebel.
Representatives from UKZN and Bayreuth University in Germany met on the Howard College campus in Durban to discuss a collaborative venture between the two institutions.
UKZN’s Centre for Creative Arts (CCA), with principal funding from the City of Durban and the Department of Arts and Culture, recently held its poetry auditions.
Dean of Research, Professor Urmilla Bob (back, left) and Dr Nthabiseng Motsemme (back, second from left) with four of the six UKZN recipients of the Women in Research (DST WISA) awards.
Dean of Research Honours DST Women in Science Winners
Dean of Research, Professor Urmilla Bob, recently hosted a congratulatory lunch for six UKZN women scientists honoured at the Department of Science and Technology Women in Research (DST WISA) awards ceremony.
Three Environment Law postgraduate students presented their research responding to legal challenges in the context of Sustainable Development in South Africa at the Environmental Law Conference held at the
UKZN’s Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Teaching and Learning, Professor Renuka Vithal, with Professor Ian Scott of the United States at the 7th Annual Teaching and Learning Higher Education conference.
Highly Qualified Academics the Key to a Successful University
PhD Student, Mr Kamleshan Pillay, has won a prestigious Chevening Scholarship enabling him to read for an Mphil in Environmental Policy at Wolfson College which is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in England.
Visiting American Theatre Practitioner Dr Tawnya Pettiford-Wates (right) worked intensively with second and third year senior UKZN drama students during the second semester (left).
American Theatre Practitioner Visits Drama Department
UKZN’s Drama and Performance Studies hosted Dr Tawnya Pettiford-Wates of Virginia Commonwealth University in the United States during the second semester this year.
The new Centre for Postgraduate Legal Studies on the Pietermaritzburg campus was officially opened by Deputy Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Mr John Jeffery, on Friday, 4 October.
UKZN’s HIV/AIDS Centre held a Graduate Alive programme on the Westville campus to encourage students to take responsibility for their lives and “be the change they want to see”.
From left: Mr Ntokozo Qwabe, Mr Amin Matola, Ms Londiwe Goba and Ms Tafadzwa Chiposi were part of the editorial team that celebrated the launch of the Journal.
The first edition of the UKZN Student Law Review Journal - the first of its kind in KwaZulu-Natal - was celebrated at the Ellie Newman Memorial Moot Final Competition held at Howard College recently.
South African Poet, Novelist and Critic, Professor Stephen Gray, was at the Centre for African Literary Studies (CALS) on the UKZN Pietermaritzburg campus recently to carry out research and to address an English Studies
Distinguished British scientists Dr Matthew Davies of Bangor University, and Professor Peter Douglas and Dr Mike Garley of Swansea University presented a Public Lecture titled: “Catching the Light”
The School of Arts recently hosted their Information day for prospective postgraduate students at the Centre for Jazz and Popular Music in Durban and in the Colin Webb Hall on the Pietermaritzburg campus.