Siblings, Sahil, Suhana, Smita and Sandhya love UKZN.Click here for isiZulu version
The Maharaj family from Umhlanga in Durban are proud to be associated with UKZN. Parents, Naren and Jenita, are alumni of the University, having graduated in Medicine and Optometry, respectively. Son Sahil graduated with a Medical degree cum laude in 2021 whilst his siblings, Sandhya, Suhana and Smita are current students at the Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine.
Participants at the Durban Research Action Partnership research symposium.The Durban Research Action Partnership (D’RAP) annual research symposium returned to an in-person format at the Buffelsdraai Research Centre for the first time in three years as UKZN students and staff, and representatives of eThekwini Municipality met to hear the results of key research projects that formed part of the D’RAP’s Global Environmental Change (GEC) Research Programme.
The distinctive endangered Cape Parrot, a key subject of UKZN research, is BirdLife South Africa’s Bird of the Year for 2023.Click here for isiZulu version
The Cape Parrot (Poicephalus robustus) has been selected by BirdLife South Africa as 2023’s Bird of the Year, a distinction that will draw attention to the characteristics and plight of South Africa’s only endemic parrot species.
AMS staff and CHS peer mentors.The Office of the Dean: Teaching and Learning and Student Support Services (SSS) in the College of Health Sciences (CHS) hosted its annual Academic Monitoring and Support (AMS) Appreciation and Certificate Ceremony on 11 November 2022 to acknowledge the CHS AMS team.
From left, Professor Manoj Maharaj, Dr Upasana Singh, and Ms Venisha Nayagar during the Cyber Security Webinar. Having successfully hosted a hybrid cyber security webinar towards the end of the year 2022, the Discipline of Information Systems and Technology within the School of Management, Information Technology, and Governance (SMITG) intend to host a webinar series in collaboration with other disciplines this year.
Participants at the African Conference on Precision Agriculture site on UKZN’s Pietermaritzburg campus.Click here for isiZulu version
UKZN was one of 10 satellite sites around the continent that joined the main site in Nairobi, Kenya to host the second African Conference on Precision Agriculture (AfCPA), an initiative of the African Plant Nutrition Institute (APNI) in partnership with Mohammed VI Polytechnic University(UM6P), the International Society of Precision Agriculture (ISPA), and the African Association for Precision Agriculture (AAPA).
First author of the study, Dr Kapil Narain.Click here for isiZulu version
Medical alumnus and Rhodes scholar-elect, Dr Kapil Narain is the first author of an article in the Journal for Global Health, Epidemiology and Genomics.
Attendees gathered to learn about trauma-informed care.Click here for isiZulu version
In collaboration with experts in trauma-informed care, the UKZN School of Education Community Engagement hosted a workshop titled Trauma-Informed Care and Trauma Practicing Organisations.
Dr Lawrence Abiwu, Keynote speaker at the 7th ICSHE.Adjunct lecturer, Dr Lawrence Abiwu from the School of Management, Information Technology and Governance (SMITG) drove home the main theme of the 7th International Conference on Social Sciences, Humanities and Education (ICSHE) held at the University of Oxford, United Kingdom from 16 to 18 December 2022.
Tech Society Executives hosted a series of workshops with BBD in preparation for the Hackathon.
