Dr Albert van Jaarsveld.Dr Albert van Jaarsveld is the new Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of KwaZulu-Natal, and assumed duty on the 2 February 2015. He was until recently Chief Executive Officer of the National Research Foundation.
His Excellency President Jacob Zuma congratulates Professor Salim Abdool Karim, for receiving the African Union’s annual Kwame Nkrumah Scientific Award in the field of Earth and Life Sciences.
Professor Mabogo More.Honorary Associate Professor within UKZN’s School of Social Sciences, Professor Mabogo More, is the co-recipient of the 2015 Frantz Fanon Lifetime Achievement award from the Caribbean Philosophical Association (CPA) in recognition of his contribution to philosophical thought and literature.
Professor Mahmoud Soliman.Soliman is the Leader and Principle Investigator of the Molecular Modelling and Drug design research lab, which is located in the School of Health Sciences
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Dr Cynthia Chiang and SPIDER in Antarctica.Astrophysics Lecturer Dr Cynthia Chiang has returned from a two-month visit to Antarctica where she participated in an experiment which studied the earliest moments of our universe’s creation.
Ms Shenika Ramsamy.Scottburgh High’s Ms Shenika Ramsamy has set her heights on obtaining a Chemical Engineering degree at UKZN.
Mr Soumendranath Bhakat.The rapid emergence of different drug resistant strains of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase in relation to viral pathogenesis as well as drug development remains of primary interest for young health scientist, Mr Soumendranath Bhakat.
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Mr Tufayl Muslim.Research conducted by UKZN Dentistry Lecturer, Mr Tufayl Muslim, is a reflection of his passion for dental public health and healthcare education.
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The SARChI team from UKZN’s School of Built Environment and Development Studies.The South African Research Chair on Applied Poverty Reduction Assessment (SARChI) team from UKZN’s School of Built Environment and Development Studies (BEDS) recently attended the 2nd National Conference on Global Change at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in Port Elizabeth.
Former student Ms Lungelo Dhladhla sharing her experiences.The Graduate School of Business and Leadership (GSB&L) gave a warm welcome to its new Regional and Economic Development Project students at a four-day orientation programme.
Representatives from the KZN Department of Correctional Services with the NRP’s Ms Sonya Keyser (second right).The New Readers Publishers (NRP), a non-profit publishing project based at the Centre for Adult Education (CAE), recently donated close to 120 000 books to many different organisations across the country
Nursing staff welcome first-year students at Orientation.More than 60 students from all over South Africa have enrolled for UKZN’s Bachelor of Nursing programme this year.
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Professor Hussein Shimelis with his award from the SA Society of Crop Production. Professor Hussein Shimelis of the African Centre for Crop Improvement (ACCI) in the School of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences (SAEES) has received the award for the best paper published in
Dr Saloshni Naidoo.UKZN’s Department of Public Health Medicine has welcomed Dr Saloshni Naidoo as its new Chief Specialist/ Head of Department.
UKZN’s School of Education academics and students who contributed to two special editions of educational research journals in 2014. UKZN’s School of Education recently celebrated two special issues of educational research journals that were guest edited by academics, Dr Kathleen Pithouse-Morgan, Dr Claudia Mitchell and Dr Daisy Pillay.
Mr Thando Manzi. Community Scholar and Activist from UKZN’s Centre for Civil Society (CCS), Mr Thando Manzi, was recently in Sao Paulo, Brazil, to speak to members of unions affiliated to the CSP Conlutas federation.
Ms Divina Govender.Danville Girls High’s Ms Divina Govender, who scored seven distinctions and a 93.14% aggregate in the 2014 National Senior Certificate examinations in 2014, will pursue a degree in Electronic Engineering at UKZN.
.Three Poisons, a book written by College of Law and Management Studies Dean of Teaching and Learning, Professor Kriben Pillay, features a collection of three short stories
School of Accounting, Economics and Finance academics at a Research Day.The School of Accounting, Economics and Finance recently hosted its Research Day, a strategic initiative aimed at contributing towards increasing research output within the College of Law and Management Studies.
Professor Richard Hift addressing the next generation of doctors.
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Members of the Mike Rossi Project band which will perform at UKZN’s Jazz Centre.UKZN’s Centre for Jazz and Popular Music will feature the Mike Rossi Project: Trespassing Permitted band from 18h00 on Wednesday, 11 February.
