18 March 2024
Volume: 12
Issue: 3
Ms Simangele Mkhize.

PhD Student Among Top 50 Most Memorable Women

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PhD candidate in UKZN’s Graduate School of Business and Leadership, Ms Simangele Mkhize has been recognised as one of the top 50 most memorable women by Feature magazine in 2023.

From left: Mr Israel Campos, Ms Angela Makholwa, Ms Margaret Busby and Mr Justice Malala.

CCA Presents 27th Time of the Writer Festival

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The Centre for Creative Arts (CCA) in the College of Humanities is hosting the 27th Time of the Writer Festival which got underway with an intriguing line up at Alliance Française in Morningside, Durban.

Delegates from the Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences and UKZN staff.

Partnership with Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences Renewed

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A historic research partnership between UKZN’s School of Life Sciences and China’s Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences (JAAS), which started in 2013, has been renewed.

The Transforming Postgraduate Education in Africa book launched at the colloquium.

Book Launch and Colloquium - Transforming Postgraduate Education in Africa

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The College of Humanities hosted a one-day colloquium and the launch of a new book entitled Transforming Postgraduate Education in Africa on 23 February.

The 2023 UKZN STEM MentHER cohort of mentees and mentors.

UKZN’s STEM MentHER Programme Grows from Strength to Strength

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STEM MentHER has established itself as a beacon of empowerment for young women interested in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).

A Bombus terrestris bee, one of the species mentioned in the paper for its self-medication behaviour.

Bee Expert Sheds Light on Insects’ Self-Medication

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Associate Professor Michael Lattorff in UKZN’s School of Life Sciences is the senior author of an open-access paper published in the journal Trends in Parasitology that reviews how insect behaviour and the collection of medicinal food helps them cure themselves or their family members of disease, the interaction of medicinal food and the immune system and microbiome, and the costs of medication.

UKZN’s Aerospace Systems Research Institute (ASRI) team at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) SciTech 2024 Conference in Orlando, Florida.

ASRI’s Rocket Engineers Take to the Global Stage

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A team of students and staff from the Aerospace Systems Research Institute (ASRI) within UKZN’s School of Engineering participated in the 2024 SciTech aerospace conference hosted by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).

Africa’s neglected and underutilised crop species are key to diversifying its agrifood system for improved resilience.

International Research Informs Policy on South Africa’s Agrifood System

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International, collaborative research with an agricultural focus centred at UKZN is influencing policy to ensure a more diverse agrifood system in South Africa by mainstreaming neglected and underutilised crop species.

Highlights from the launch of the new supporters’ rugby t-shirt at the Howard College campus.

New Impis Supporters’ T-Shirt Launched

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UKZN’s Rugby team, the Impis, launched their new supporters’ t-shirt at the Howard College campus on 1 March.