News & Events (Archive)

UP professor appointed to technical management board of the International Institute of Welding
Posted on 17 Aug 2009

At the 62nd Annual Assembly of the International Institute of Welding (IIW) held in Singapore on 12 to 17 July 2009, Prof Madeleine du Toit of the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering at the University of Pretoria was appointed as member of the Technical Management Board (TMB) of the IIW.

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Six Tuks players selected for national netball squad
Posted on 17 Aug 2009

Six Tukkies have been included in the national netball squad of 35 players for the Cosana Games taking place from 18 to 24 September in Durban.

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Hartley medals again
Manfred Seidler
Posted on 17 Aug 2009

If ever there was any doubt about why Sascoc and the hpc have so much faith and invest so much money and resources into Bridgitte Hartley, those answers were shouted to the heavens at the World Canoeing Championships in Halifax Canada over the weekend.

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Tuks’ Caster on verge of World Championships Final
Morris Gilbert
Posted on 17 Aug 2009

South Africa will know later on Monday (17 August) if 18 year old wonder woman Caster Semenya will be the first Tukkie athlete to reach a final at the 12th IAAF World Championships in the German capital of Berlin.

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Successful stainless steel seminar hosted by the University of Pretoria
Posted on 16 Aug 2009

The Department of Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering of the University of Pretoria and Columbus Stainless (Pty) Ltd hosted a seminar focussed on "Stainless steels for today’s market needs" at the High Performance Centre at the University of Pretoria on 12 August 2009.

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Tuks professor listed among top 100 young economists
Sonja van der Waldt
Posted on 14 Aug 2009

Rangan Gupta, a professor and lecturer in the department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences at the University of Pretoria (UP), has been listed as one of the top 100 economists.

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Tuks/ hpc swimmers a force to be reckoned with
TuksSwim Club
Posted on 11 Aug 2009

Tuks/ hpc swimmers did exceptionally well at the annual National Short Course Gala that took place over the past weekend in Pietermaritzburg.

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More than 300 leading economists to visit RSA
Posted on 11 Aug 2009

The University of Pretoria (UP) will host 300 leading international economists who will explore a raft of public policy and development issues at the 65th congress of the International Institute of Public Finance (IIPF), taking place at the Cape Town Convention Centre from 13-16 August.

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UP and partners launch Skills Development Initiative
Posted on 07 Aug 2009

The University of Pretoria, Vodacom, Sierra Wireless and its partners have launched a skills development initiative with the introduction of smart wireless machine-to-machine (M2M ) technology from Sierra Wireless.

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Audiology workshop - resounding success
Dept of Communication Pathology
Posted on 07 Aug 2009

Record attendance exceeding 200 audiologists at workshop with international speakers, Dr James W Hall & Marlene Bagatto.

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