Professor Colleen Downs.The South African Research Chair (SARChI) in Ecosystem Health and Biodiversity in KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape, Professor Colleen Downs, has been named as a finalist for three of the 13 highly acclaimed National Science and Technology Forum (NSTF)-South32 Awards.
Abebehambele umhlangano wokucobelelana ngolwazi wesigungu sabaqondisi be-MACE ekhempasini i-Westville e-UKZN.Click here for the English version
Abezokuxhumana basezikhungweni zemfundo ephakeme ezingama-20 zasezweni lonke bahlanganele ekhempasini i-Westville e-UKZN emhlanganweni wokucobelelana ngolwazi weSigungu sabaQondisi be-Marketing, Advancement and Communication in Education (MACE).
Ms Okuhle Tamella and Mr Nkululeko Chiliza, received the prestigious Steven Wallace Trust Scholarship.Two students in the Maritime Law and Maritime Studies Unit, Ms Okuhle Tamella and Mr Nkululeko Chiliza, have been awarded the prestigious Steven Wallace Trust Scholarship.
UKZN staff, students and school learners at the World Oceans Day held at the Bayhead Natural Heritage Site. 
Participants at an Addiction workshop presented by UKZN student counsellor Ms Margot Sennett Freedman. Addiction - a condition prevalent in tertiary institutions today - was the focus of a workshop presented on the Pietermaritzburg campus by UKZN Counselling Psychologist Ms Margot Sennett Freedman of the College of Law and Management Studies (CLMS).
Delegates at the Interactive Teaching Methods Workshop in Swakopmund, Namibia.
Representatives of Higher Education Institutions at the KZN Regional HEDSA meeting hosted by UKZN.The KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) region of the Higher Education Disability Services Association (HEDSA) met recently. The meeting, which was initially scheduled to take place at the University of South Africa (UNISA), was ultimately hosted at the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s (UKZN’s) Westville campus.
UKZN masters students at the iMphendulo Workshop.Masters students in Architecture participated in the iMphendulo Workshop at the Durban University of Technology (DUT) which culminated in a presentation of their design work at the KwaZulu-Natal Institute of Architecture (KZNIA).
From left: Ms Chantal Adrianarivo, Mauritius; Mr Mijoro Rakotoarinivo, Madagascar; Ms Andilyat Mohamed, Comoros; Mr Solo Hery Rapanarivo, Madagascar (partly obscured), Mr Charles Morel, Seychelles and Mr Benny Bytebier. The curator of the Bews Herbarium (NU) at the School of Life Sciences on the Pietermaritzburg campus, Dr Benny Bytebier, attended the Association for the Taxonomic Study of the Flora of Tropical Africa (AETFAT) Conference in Nairobi where he gave an interview describing the training he delivered during a workshop before the event, and what herbaria curators hoped would follow from it.
Professor Thavi Govender (left) and Dr Sooraj Baijnath.Scientists at the Catalysis and Peptide Research Unit (CPRU) at UKZN’s School of Health Sciences, who have been working with mass spectrometric imaging since 2014, are now the leading group in Africa in their field.
Dr Themba Ginindza.The economic burden of human papilloma virus-related cervical diseases and genital warts is a major concern in Swaziland, a study conducted by UKZN Public Health Medicine lecturer Dr Themba Ginindza has revealed.
UKZN’s Dr Phindile Dlamini whose hobby is writing children’s books in isiZulu.
Dr Thembelihle Dlungwane.UKZN academics Dr Thembelihle Dlungwane and Dr Anna Voce have completed a study to establish a baseline for Master of Public Health (MPH) Degree programmes in South Africa concentrating on characteristics, the curriculum, the teaching workforce and graduate output.
Proud recipients of the ISFAP bursary pilot programme at UKZN.The College of Health Sciences at the University of KwaZulu-Natal recently hosted an Ikusasa Student Financial Aid Programme (ISFAP) information session at the Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine.
The Mandela Rhodes Community and UKZN host Conversations for Change.
Six UKZN PhD candidates at Kenyatta University in Nairobi.
From left: Dr Deneys Schreiner; Professor Deresh Ramjugernath, DVC-Research; Dr Graham Dominy; Mrs Ann Dominy; Mr Nazim Gani, Senior Librarian – Alan Paton Centre & Struggle Archives; Professor Mbongeni Malaba, Chair - Alan Paton Centre Advisory Committee and in front Mrs Else Schreiner, wife of Prof GDL Schreiner.
