(Archive)

Tuks student wins Budget Speech competition.
Sonja van der Waldt
Posted on 22 Feb 2010

Ntuthuko Tsokodibane, an undergraduate student from the University of Pretoria, was awarded the first prize of R30 000 as this year's winner in the 37th Nedbank & Old Mutual Budget Speech Competition.

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Top athletes in action at international trampoline festival
Posted on 22 Feb 2010

The Jannie Jansen International Trampoline, Double-mini and Tumbling Competition gets underway in little more than a week.

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Seminar on MEDIA, DEMOCRACY and DIPLOMACY
Department of Political Sciences
Posted on 22 Feb 2010

Seminar entitled "MEDIA, DEMOCRACY and DIPLOMACY" to be presented by Prof Reddy, Extraordinary Professor in the Departments of Political Sciences (UP) and Journalism (Stellenbosch Univ)

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Seminar on ‘Re-claiming the Social’: Understanding the social dimensions of HIV in a bio-medicalised epidemic
Department of Political Sciences
Posted on 22 Feb 2010

Seminar entitled "'Re-claiming the Social’: Understanding the social dimensions of HIV in a bio-medicalised epidemic" to be presented by Prof Kippax, Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences of Australia.

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Elizna qualifies for Commonwealth Games - again!
Posted on 22 Feb 2010

Elizna Naude’s throw of 60.94 m in the women’s discuss at the first Yellow Pages meeting of the year was once again good enough for B qualification for the Commonwealth Games in October in India.

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Tuks/UJ Intervarsity on 6 March
Posted on 22 Feb 2010

The annual Tuks/UJ Intervarsity takes place on Saturday, 6 March at the UP Sport Campus (LC de Villiers Grounds).

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Specialised clinic for Auditory Neuropathy
Dept of Communication Pathology
Posted on 22 Feb 2010

The Dept of Communication Pathology initiates new specialised clinic for comprehensive care in this complex spectrum of hearing disorders

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Children Needed for Clinical Trials of a New Vaccine
Posted on 19 Feb 2010

University of Pretoria’s Paediatrics and Child Health Department is currently conducting clinical trials of a new nasal vaccine -MEDI 534- and children are needed to take part in this study.

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UP’s Mammal Research Institute Held International Workshop on Mark-Recapture Techniques
Posted on 19 Feb 2010

The workshop is attended by about 35 Wildlife biologists from various parts of the world, residing in South Africa and it is presented by Dr Trent L. McDonald from West Inc, USA. Dr McDonald is a leading researcher, author and practitioner of mark-recapture theory applied to populations of wild animals.

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Olympic champion latest hpc convert
Morris Gilbert
Posted on 19 Feb 2010

He has been to many places in the world in his career as French swimming’s top rated free style sprinter, but even so the hpc has made a lasting impression on him.

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