UKZN Impi team.On Monday, 15 February, UKZN Impi played host to the University of Fort Hare (UFH) at the Peter Booysen Rugby Stadium in front of thousands of spectators including UKZN students, Student Leadership (SRC), alumni, staff, and members of the Executive who were...
Dr Albert van Jaarsveld signs a Memorandum of Understanding with Mrs Mathabo Kunene.
Ms Rose Quilling.For Information Systems and Technology Lecturer, Ms Rose Quilling, receiving the prestigious 2015 UKZN Distinguished Teachers’ Award was an acknowledgement of her 20 years of dedication and commitment to Higher Education.
Professor Karthy Govender.Professor Karthy Govender of the School of Law has been appointed by the KwaZulu-Natal High Court Judge President Achmat Jappie to serve as an Acting Judge of the High Court.
Dr Yaseera Ismail (right) with the Director of UKZN’s Quantum Research Group, Professor Francesco Petruccione.A young Postdoctoral Research Fellow in UKZN’s Centre for Quantum Technology, Dr Yaseera Ismail, has made headlines for her promotion of careers in the Science, Technology and Mathematics (STEM) fields, being featured in an issue of the Science Stars magazine, a publication of the Department of Science and Technology (DST).
UKZN-SUNY delegates after signing the MOU. UKZN has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with its international partners from the State University of New York (SUNY) to improve the provision and accessibility of optometry services to all South Africans.
UKZN Lecturer and well-known township jazz exponent, Dr Sazi Dlamini.The Music Discipline within UKZN’s School of Arts is hosting the 1st International Bow Music Conference from 24 to 27 February.
Delegates in conversation at the Traditional Medicine colloquium at UKZN’s Westville campus.
Professor Per Arvidsson.
Professor Sylvester Chima.
Top maths brains from local schools attended the Siyanqoba Maths Experience Day on the Westville campus.The South African Mathematics Foundation (SAMF), in partnership with the School of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science at UKZN, has been training bright high school students to achieve success in the South African Mathematics Olympiads (SAMO) since 2011.
Ms Metse Serumula. UKZN’s College of Health Sciences (CHS) Technical Operations Manager, Ms Metse Serumula, has been selected to read for a specialised Business Administration Doctorate in Higher Education (DBA-HEM) at the University of Bath in the United Kingdom.
Dr Nozipho Nyakale.UKZN’s College of Health Sciences has welcomed Dr Nozipho Nyakale as the new Head of the Department of Nuclear Medicine.
From left: Dr Daisy Pillay, Dr Inbanathan Naicker and Dr Kathleen Pithouse-Morgan.Academics at the School of Education - Dr Daisy Pillay, Dr Inbanathan Naicker and Dr Kathleen Pithouse-Morgan - have launched their insightful book: Academic Autoethnographies: Inside Teaching in Higher Education (Sense Publishers, 2016).
UKZN’s first-year Medical students take their Hippocratic Oath.College of Health Sciences’ First-year Medical students pledged to be ethical medical practitioners during their orientation at the Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine.
UKZN alumnus Mr Ron Rutland who cycled across two continents on a bicycle. 
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Biowatch farmers and staff with UKZN staff and students at the legume trial at Ukulinga Research Farm.UKZN’s Agriculture campus and Ukulinga Research Farm recently played host to a group of small-scale farmers from Tshaneni in northern KwaZulu-Natal, thanks to research being undertaken on farmer-selected landrace seeds of neglected and underutilised crops.
Medical Science scholarship winners (from left) Ms Arishka Kalicharan, Ms Bianca Roelofse and Ms Sundika Ishwarkumar. Three students in UKZN’s Discipline of Clinical Anatomy have been awarded National Research Foundation (NRF) scholarships to pursue postgraduate qualifications in the Medical Sciences.
Medical Schools bids farewell to its fallen alumnus, Dr Luvuyo Ngubane.
Professor Claudia Mitchell of McGill University in the United States and Professor Kate Pahl of Sheffield University in England.UKZN’s School of Education recently hosted an International Research Symposium and Exhibition, titled: “Not Just an Object: Making Meaning of and from Everyday Objects in Educational Research”.
Dr Dilshaad Fakey.Dr Dilshaad Fakey of the College of Health Sciences has been awarded a Discovery Scholarship to train in Pulmonology and Critical Care.
Members of the Astrophysics and Cosmology Research Unit with the cryostat.With great excitement, UKZN’s Astrophysics and Cosmology Research Unit (ACRU) recently welcomed, cryostat, a new instrument into its department.
Professor Yousuf Vawda.Recently-appointed Executive Committee member of the Medical Control Council (MCC), UKZN’s Professor Yousuf Vawda, says his priorities as a representative are to contribute to regulations which ensure that medicines are safe, efficacious and of good quality.
Professor Thavi Govender at the Catalysis and Peptide Research Unit. UKZN’s Catalysis and Peptide Research Unit (CPRU) is a finalist for Seeding Labs 2016-17 Instrumental Access programme (http://seedinglabs.org)
Language and Arts cluster staff being trained by Mr Craig Dahl, on how to use the Study 1200 software.A new language laboratory recently completed on the Edgewood campus will support learning of all languages offered by the College of Humanities to the University community.
Mr Thesan Appalsamy.
Top 2015 matric achievers, Ewan Slabber, Connor Gons and Nkyle Bisseru, all of Durban, are among the new cohort of Mechanical Engineering students at UKZN.The School of Engineering is extremely proud to welcome Nikyle Bisseru and Arivind Arunakirinathar of Durban High School and Ewan Slabber and Connor Gons of Glenwood Boys High, who have all chosen UKZN’s Discipline of Mechanical Engineering as the starting point for their tertiary education.
Dr Pheliwe Mazula-Kironde.The UKZN’s School of Nursing and Public Health, Occupational and Environmental Health has welcomed Dr Pheliwe Mazula-Kironde as its new Developmental Medical Officer.
