Professor Genene Tessema Mola of the School of Chemistry and Physics delivered a plenary presentation on the effect of bimetallic nano-composites on the performance of thin film organic solar cells at the fifth International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICONN 2019), held at the SRM …
The African Languages Cluster in UKZN’s School of Arts hosted the South African Centre for Digital Language Resources’ (SADiLaR) celebration of International Mother Tongue Day on 1 March. SADiLaR is part of the South African Research Infrastructure Roadmap in the …
The Graduate School of Business and Leadership (GSB&L) in the College of Law and Management Studies hosted an engagement between the KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs (EDTEA), Mr Sihle Zikalala and students sponsored by the Department. …
Under the leadership of its new Head, Dr Rajhmum Madansein, UKZN’s Cardiothoracic Surgery Department is transforming its once male-dominated theatre rooms into diverse environments. Making headlines last year, the Department also produced South Africa’s first African female cardiothoracic surgeon, Dr …
Launched a year ago, the College of Health Sciences’ Tackling Infections to Benefit Africa (TIBA) Initiative has made great progress in the community and within the College. The initiative is part of a multidisciplinary research programme involving nine African countries …
UKZN and representatives from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) hosted a one-day research symposium in Durban for the Sustainable and Healthy Food Systems (SHEFS) programme – a large international, interdisciplinary research partnership. The inter-institutional project – funded by the Wellcome Trust’s Our …
Professor Purshottama Reddy of the School of Management, IT and Governance has recently returned from Brussels where he attended the International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS) Public Governance week. The event brought together thought leaders and partners to discuss and …
More than 30 new School of Nursing and Public Health Research Master’s and PhD students attended an induction day aimed at helping them ease into life as research students as well as introducing them to key personnel in the School. …
Community Development Lecturer Dr Zifikile Phindile Shangase of the School of Built Environment and Development Studies (BEDS) presented her research on virtual classrooms at an Information Communications Technology (ICT) Conference in Vienna, Austria. Shangase was invited to present her work by the Department of Science and …
Ms Londeka Ngubane, of the School of Applied Human Sciences, was recently appointed by the Minister of Transport Dr Blade Nzimande to serve on a Panel of Experts in relation to a new transport system that he will be launching soon. …