Winner of the Vice-Chancellor’s Research Award, Professor Sarojini Nadar.Professor Sarojini Nadar of the School of Religion, Philosophy and Classics (SRPC) was recently awarded the prestigious 2015 Vice-Chancellor’s Research Award which recognises UKZN researchers for exceptional quality and proven achievement with sustained records of scholarship.
Mr Mthokozisi Nyawose behind his dispensary counter.Residents of the Ugu District’s Izingolweni and Margate communities are receiving improved health care thanks to UKZN Pharmacy and MBA alumnus, Mr Mthokozisi Nyawose (31).
From left: Professor Sarah Bracking, Mr Nathi Mthethwa, Ms Ntombikayise Sibhidla-Saphetha and Dr Rama Naidu.Holder of the SARChI Chair in Applied Poverty Reduction Assessment within the School of Built Environment and Development Studies (BEDS), Professor Sarah Bracking, was part of the recent provincial ANC Dialogue on non-racialism held at the Howard College Theatre.
Dr Al Leslie at K-RITH.The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded a three-year $1.1-million grant to KwaZulu-Natal Research Institute for Tuberculosis and HIV (K-RITH) Investigator Dr Al Leslie to fund an exciting project in human granuloma sequencing analysis.
First author Dr Henrik Kløverpris (left) with K-RITH Investigator Al Leslie in the K-RITH labs.KwaZulu-Natal Research Institute for Tuberculosis and HIV (K-RITH) researchers have opened a new door to better understanding HIV’s impact on the immune system.
From left: Professor Purshottama Reddy with Professor Allan Rosenbaum of the Florida International University, and the former Head of the Public Administration Division of the United Nations, Dr Guido Bertucci.School of Management, Information Technology and Governance academic, Professor Purshottama Reddy, spoke on good governance at the Third Democracy Conference: “Good Governance in Times of Crisis: Comparative Perspectives” hosted by the State of Florida Legislature and the Florida International University in Miami.
First-year Law students at the annual Pledge Ceremony.
Representatives of Unifieds – a UKZN online classified ads website.
CPRU and Chemistry staff at the welcome party.UKZN’s Catalysis and Peptide Research Unit has welcomed two of its Principal Investigators who have moved from Barcelona in Spain to be permanently based on the Westville campus.
USolwazi David McQuoid-Mason (owesibili kusuka ngakwesokudla) eme nabebehambele umhlangano.Click here for English version
Umqondisi Oyibamba eSizindeni Sezifundo Zomthetho Obhekele Ezomphakathi e-UKZN, uSolwazi David McQuoid-Mason ubambe imihlangano yokucobelela ngolwazi lwezomthetho wasemgwaqweni nezifundiswa zomthetho nabasebenza nomphakathi eNyuvesi YaseNingizimu nePhasifikhi eSuva, iNyuvesi YaseFiji neKhomishana Yosizo LwezoMthetho YaseFiji.
Professor Anastasia Samaras (left) and Dr Kathleen Pithouse-Morgan with their new book: Polyvocal Professional Learning Through Self-Study Research.A book co-edited by Dr Kathleen Pithouse-Morgan of UKZN’s School of Education and Professor Anastasia P.Samaras of the George Mason University in the United States has been nominated for the 2016 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Qualitative Research Special Interest Group (SIG) Outstanding Book Award.
Participants at the Echinoderm and Algae Taxonomy Workshop at the School of Life Sciences.Marine Biologists in the School of Life Sciences - Professor Ahmed Thandar, Dr Deborah Robertson-Andersson and Mr Gan Moodley - helped organise the Echinoderm and Algae Taxonomy Workshop on UKZN’s Westville campus.
From left: Mr Simon Tankard, Ms Zandile Ntshangase and Professor Thabo Msibi.As part of their national roadshow, the Education, Training and Development Practices Sector Education and Training Authority (ETDP SETA) invited UKZN’s School of Education and Extended Learning – who are constituents of the ETDP SETA - to their stakeholder engagement forum.
Dr Bridgette Cumming and Dr Adrie Steyn.Using novel technologies, KwaZulu-Natal Research Institute for Tuberculosis and HIV (K-RITH) scientists have made an important step forward in better understanding how the bacteria that causes tuberculosis, Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), survives in a hostile environment in the lungs.
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