At the awards ceremony in Baltimore from left: Professor Salim Abdool Karim, Professor Quarraisha Abdool Karim and Dr Robert Gallo.Leading South African AIDS researchers, UKZN’s husband and wife duo Salim and Quarraisha Abdool Karim, are the recipients of the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award from the esteemed Institute for Human Virology (IHV) for their contributions to the global AIDS response.
Mechanical Engineering final-year students with some of their final year designs including an off-road rally vehicle, a flying car and an amphibious “shark” car.A collapsible hand bicycle, a cleaning system to rehabilitate used bricks, a turbine pump to improve water access for rural communities, a flying car, a rocket testing facility, a smart house and a whole lot more were on display at UKZN’s Mechanical Engineering Open Day.
Professor Cristina Trois.The Dean and Head of the School of Engineering at UKZN, Professor Cristina Trois, has received the Premio Navicella Sardegna award from the Sardegna Oltre il Mare Association.
Professor Philip Stenning (third from left) with staff and postgraduate students from the Criminology and Forensic Studies discipline.
Dr Pfano Mashau.Graduate School of Business and Leadership lecturer Dr Pfano Mashau showed his prowess on two wheels when he completed the 2017 Amashova Durban Classic Cycle race between Pietermaritzburg and Durban.
Dr Glenn Maguire.
Dr Dave Schwegmann with Dr Emmanuel Mutambara of the GSB&Land the leadership of JMH Hospital Group.The Graduate School of Business and Leadership (GSB&L), in partnership with Nedbank, hosted a business breakfast themed: Turning Turmoil into Triumph – a Case Study in Change Management.
CHS Academics with the WHO Delegation.The UKZN Discipline of Nursing hosted a World Health Organization (WHO) delegation following the Discipline being re-designated one of only four Nursing and Midwifery Collaborating Centres (WHOCC) in Africa.
National Astrophysics and Space Science staff and students speaking to prospective new applicants at a function on the Westville campus.The National Astrophysics and Space Science Programme (NASSP) at UKZN recently organised a function to attract new applicants to the programme’s honours and master’s degree courses.
Second-year Nursing students and their lecturer Dr Mbali Mhlongo with BSN medical’s Occupational Health Nurse, Sister Christine Ludik.A group of 80 Nursing students visited BSN medical in Pinetown as a practical experience in their Occupational Health Nursing studies.
International student Stephen Allen at the Maletsunyane Falls in Lesotho.Stephen Allen – a young American reading for a master’s degree at Tufts University in Massachusetts in the United States – is also studying isiZulu as a visiting postgrad student at UKZN. Interestingly, Allen began studying the language before he arrived here.
UMnu Vishal Bharuth.noNkz Lorika Beukes.Click here for the English version
Abacwaningi ababili abasebenza ophikweni lwase-UKZN i-Microscopy and Microanalysis Unit (MMU) babeyingxenye yabebeqeqeshwa esizindeni i-Centre for High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy (CHRTEM) e-Nelson Mandela University (NMU) e-Port Elizabeth.
National and international participants and postgraduate students affiliated to the SARChI Project on Antibiotic Resistance and One Health at the WHO-AGISAR Inception Workshop.
Highlights from the CCS Great African Thinkers Series.The first seminar in the Great African Thinker series was hosted by UKZN’s Centre for Civil Society (CCS) within the School of Built Environment and Development Studies (BEDS).
Highlights from the 21st Poetry Africa Festival closing night at the BAT Centre in Durban. The 21st Poetry Africa Festival, organised by UKZN’s Centre for Creative Arts (CCA) within the College of Humanities, had its grand finale at the Bartel Arts Trust (BAT) Centre in Durban with closing performances by Samthing Soweto, Zoe the Seed and Manelis.
Mr Admire Shayanowako with a conference organiser.UKZN doctoral candidate in Plant Breeding, Mr Admire Shayanowako, was at the 26th Asian-Pacific Weed Science Society Conference in Japan to present results of his research on the integration of breeding and biocontrol in the control of a parasitic weed, Striga asiatica that affects the yield of maize in sub-Saharan Africa.
UKZN’s National Astrophysics and Space Science Programme staff and students with the Origin software.Programme Director of UKZN’s National Astrophysics and Space Science Programme (NASSP) node Professor Sivakumar Venkataraman won a competition organised by Blue Stallion Technologies (BST) and received a prize of an OriginPRO V2017 individual standalone licence.
UKZN’s Professor Sivakumar Venkataraman at the 28th International Laser Radar (LiDAR) Conference in RomaniaThe head of the Atmospheric Research Group on the Westville campus, Professor Sivakumar Venkataraman, delivered a paper at the 28th International Laser Radar (LiDAR) Conference (ILRC) in Romania.
Mr Luyanda Ngundze, Mr Sakhile Dlamini and Ms Fezile Skhakhane.A group of graduates in UKZN’s School of Management, IT and Governance has formed a business consulting company called Dolsden Oracle.
From left: Mr Musa Mseleku and his third wife Mrs Thobile MaKhumalo Mseleku with UKZN lecturer Dr Gugu Mazibuko.A lecture session on polygamy was presented for Heritage and Culture module students by the Discipline of African Languages in the School of Arts.
