Professor Salim Abdool Karim is on the 2019 list of the world’s most Highly Cited Researchers published by the Web of Science’s Clarivate Analytics. Abdool Karim, Director of CAPRISA and Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research) at UKZN was also part of this …
Education graduate Dr Wendy Rawlinson received the Best Thesis award at the South African Education Research Association (SAERA) Conference hosted by the Durban University of Technology (DUT). Her thesis was titled: Exploring my Communication Pedagogy in Diverse Undergraduate Classes at …
Mr Hillary Mugiyo, a PhD candidate in the Discipline of Crop Science at UKZN, received first prize for his oral presentation at the 20th WaterNet/Water Research Fund for Southern Africa (WARFSA)/Global Water Partnership Southern Africa (GWP-SA) Symposium. Mugiyo was among …
A new Research Commons has been launched at the EG Malherbe Library on UKZN’s Howard College campus. A high-level research facility, the Research Commons is intended for the exclusive use of master’s, doctoral and PhD students, as well as researchers …
UKZN’s Department of Behavioural Medicine, in collaboration with the KwaZulu-Natal branches of the South African Society for Clinical Psychology, Psychological Society of South Africa, as well as Durban Practising Psychologists Group (DPPG), hosted a workshop on clinical supervision.
Integrated, innovative postharvest technologies are capable of reducing losses in horticultural crops, says Professor Tilahun Seyoum Workneh. A Bioresources Engineer with a BSc in Agricultural Engineering from Haramaya University in Ethiopia, Workneh was addressing fellow academics and students at his inaugural …
Auditing lecturer and researcher, Ms Hlengiwe Ndlela (32), has been selected as a finalist in the SAICA Top35-Under Thirty5 competition. Attached to the School of Accounting, Economics and Finance in the College of Law and Management Studies, Ndlela is among …
To commemorate National Science Week and National Women’s Month, the College of Agriculture, Engineering and Science is honouring its female scientists through a Wonder Women In Science campaign. These women are passionate, pioneering and persistent heroines who are advancing science in their diverse fields. One …
Four UKZN academics received Distinguished Teachers’ Awards (DTA) at a dinner hosted by the University Teaching and Learning Office (UTLO). They were Professor Kathleen Pithouse-Morgan, Dr Msizi Mkhize, Dr Mvuselelo Ngcoya and Professor Fayth Ruffin. And for the first time …
Petrol heads abounded at the annual Cars in the Park exhibition held at Ashburton outside Pietermaritzburg where UKZN Mechanical Engineering students and staff showcased some of their most prized mechanical designs and possessions. The UKZN display showcased four vehicles – …