UKZN’s newest social media ambassadors.
Highlights from UKZN’s Golf Day event.
From left: Dr Yonela Qubekile, Dr Vasudevan Naidoo (Head of Gastroenterology Clinical Unit: IALCH and SAGES President Elect), and Professor Ernst Fredericks (President of SAGES).Click here for isiZulu version
The International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (IHPBA), which organised this year’s World Congress, together with the South African Gastroenterology Society (SAGES), bestowed Dr Yonela Qubekile a Gastroenterology Foundation Award for Best Presentation by a Fellow at the event, where a record 1 800 abstracts had been accepted.
Enactus UKZN Team at the 2024 Enactus ZA National Exposition.
Grow your potential with UKZN Ignite and the Wadhwani Foundation.Click here for isiZulu version
UKZN Ignite, in partnership with the Wadhwani Foundation, has launched a 14-week course designed by experts, to spark entrepreneurship within students at the University.
A red-eyed-dove, and a spectrogram of its call.
Grant workshop attendees and facilitators.In a significant effort to empower mid-career academics, the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) recently hosted a grant writing workshop spearheaded by the College of Health Sciences (CHS) Dean of Research, Professor Anil Chuturgoon.
From left: Professor Motshedisi Sebitloane, Dr Atisha Maharaj, Dr Mala Panday and Professor Suvira Ramlall.Click here for isiZulu version
The pertinent topics of cervical cancer, unplanned pregnancy, and becoming a “woman of substance” were the topics of discussion at a Women’s Health webinar hosted by UKZN’s College of Health Sciences in commemoration of Women’s Month.
.The Professor Fatima Meer Memorial Lecture was launched in 2022 at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. Housed in the School of Social Sciences and College of Humanities, it is now fast becoming a central feature of the University’s annual calendar, with several prestigious speakers already having delivered the lecture.
Dr Mohamed Khan with Eskom Expo Innovators Engineering Award winner, Ms Amulelwa Bhengu from Alexandra High School (left); and staff and students from UKZN’s EECE department who assisted with the Eskom Regional Science Expo.Click here for isiZulu version
The Discipline of Electrical, Electronic, and Computer Engineering (EECE) at UKZN made a significant impact and contribution at the recent KZN regional finals of the Eskom Science Expo, demonstrating its commitment to fostering a passion for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) among young learners.
Participating in World Head and Neck Cancer Day.Click here for isiZulu version
UKZN’s Otorhinolaryngology Discipline collaborated with the South African Head and Neck Oncology Society (SAHNOS) and Department of Health officials to offer free head and neck cancer screening to members of the public attending Victoria Mxenge Hospital (formally known as King Edward VIII Hospital) in commemoration of the World Head and Neck Cancer Day on 27 July - an effort by the International Federation of Head and Neck Oncologic Societies (IFHNOS) and driven by SAHNOS.
Youth Month competition winners.Winners of the UKZN College of Law and Management Studies (CLMS) Youth Month competition were appointed as College Ambassadors by the Acting Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Head of CLMS, Professor Managay Reddi at a prize giving luncheon.
International students visit the Phoenix Settlement during the Inanda Heritage Route tour.‘There are seven sins in the world: wealth without work, pleasure without conscience, knowledge without character, commerce without morality, science without humanity, worship without sacrifice, and politics without principle.’
