
Student Wins First Prize in Corobrik Architectural Awards
UKZN Architecture student Mr Jean-Pierre Desvaux de Marigny has won the R50 000 first prize in the Corobrik Architectural Awards competition.
UKZN Architecture student Mr Jean-Pierre Desvaux de Marigny has won the R50 000 first prize in the Corobrik Architectural Awards competition.
One of the world’s leading HIV and AIDS researchers, with pioneering contributions in understanding the evolving HIV epidemic, while also fighting for the rights of those affected by HIV and AIDS, Professor Quarraisha Abdool Karim is to be honoured with an honorary doctoral degree - Doctor Litterarum et Philosophiae (honoris causa) - by the University of Johannesburg (UJ).
The six vehicles students and staff of UKZN’s School of Mechanical Engineering exhibited at the annual Cars in the Park event in Pietermaritzburg were all massive crowd pullers!
UKZN’s Professor Benn Sartorius is a co-author of a study describing levels and trends for mortality and non-fatal health outcomes in children and adolescents aged 19 years and younger in 195 countries from 1990 to 2015.
Student Support Services within the College of Humanities held its annual Careers Day on the Pietermaritzburg and Howard College campuses.
Mr Sabelo Shezi of the Discipline of Bioresources Engineering has received his Master’s Degree cum laude in Bioresources Systems - an achievement made all the more significant because of the challenges he had to overcome.
A lecturer in the School of Chemistry and Physics, Dr Nolwazi Nombona, will attend the 67th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Germany in June.
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A high-level symposium sponsored by the Ethiopian Ministry of Education in association with several partners and sponsors, including UKZN’s Higher Education Training and Development Unit (HETD), was held in Addis Ababa.
The Centre for Visual Arts (CVA) within the School of Arts hosted an art exhibition titled “Work In Progress” at the Jack Heath Gallery in Pietermaritzburg.
Eight students in the Discipline of Occupational Therapy at UKZN have received their master’s degrees – this is the highest ever number of master’s graduates in the Discipline in a single year.
Philanthropist, marathon road runner, successful entrepreneur and UKZN alumnus Mr Sammy Mashita has been appointed by the Minister of Higher Education and Training Mr Bonginkosi Blade Nzimande to serve on the University’s Council until 2020.