News & Events (Archive)

TuksCricket : BIG weekend coming up!
Maurice Aronstam
Posted on 30 Sep 2010

This weekend marks the start of the 2010/11 cricket season and the Tuks men will be in full swing on Saturday.

[Read More]

New President of the International Association of Oral Pathologists (IAOP)
Communication and Marketing
Posted on 29 Sep 2010

Prof Willie van Heerden is the new President of the International Association of Oral Pathologists.

[Read More]

SAIMM Event: Welding Experts visit UP
Posted on 29 Sep 2010

Thomas Kannengiesser and Katrin Beyer from the BAM Federal Institute of Materials Research and Testing (Germany), will be visiting the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering on 1 October.

[Read More]

TuksAthletics : Tuks women take USSA Cross Country team title
Posted on 28 Sep 2010

The USSA Cross Country Championships were held in Port Elizabeth (Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University) on 24 and 25 September.

[Read More]

TuksSquash : Tuks take USSA title
Posted on 28 Sep 2010

Tuks are the 2010 USSA National Student Champions!

[Read More]

'Hegter' explores destructive dimension to relationships
Posted on 28 Sep 2010

"Love and sex are like politics: it's not what you say that matters, still less what you mean, but what you do..."

[Read More]

UP professor appointed to international Committee for World Food Security
Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
Posted on 28 Sep 2010

Professor Sheryl Hendriks from the Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development is one of only three experts from Africa (the other two are from Ethiopia and Egypt) appointed to the Committee for World Food Security (CFS) High Level Panel of Experts for Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE). She is one of 15 world-class experts selected from over 240 international nominations and recently participated in the inaugural meeting of the Panel in Rome.

[Read More]

Election of University of Pretoria's new student parliament finalised
Posted on 27 Sep 2010

Election results for the University of Pretoria's (UP) new Student Parliament were announced this morning. This follows yesterday's declaration that the election, held on 16 September 2010, was free and fair.

[Read More]

TuksRugby : Tuks 1's disastrous Club Champs story
Posted on 26 Sep 2010

Tuks 1 returned from Stellenbosch on Thursday after being ousted by Shimlas in the National Club Championships' plate semi-final.

[Read More]

TuksHockey : Men remain victorious, ladies beaten first time in 8 years
Posted on 26 Sep 2010

Last weekend was one of mixed emotions with our ladies team losing their provincial title for the first time in 8 years, but the men remain victorious.

[Read More]