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Recognition for making research management worthwhile
She may have bagged a prestigious DSI-SARIMA award, but Prof Elizabeth Kempen, Head of Research and Postgraduate Studies in the Deanery of the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, is still determined to find solutions to improve even the smallest things that will have a huge impact on the R&I space at Unisa.
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He makes a difference
Appolinaire Djikeng, Academic Associate Professor in Unisa’s College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences and Director of the Centre for Tropical Livestock Genetics and Health, has been awarded the International Nelson Mandela Justice Award by the UNESCO Centre for Peace. Read more
HE during Covid-19: Not business as usual
For Unisa's Prof David Hedding, lead author of a paper published in the latest issue of the South African Journal of Science, the biggest lesson that the higher education sector has had to learn from the pandemic disruptions has been the need for agility and flexibility in decision-making. Read more
And it's a "Science Oscar" win for…
Unisa congratulates research fellow Dr Vhahangwele Masindi, who received the TW Kambule-NSTF Award: Emerging Researcher at the live-streamed gala event of the prestigious NSTF-South32 Awards. Read more
Covid-19: Time to reimagine a more sustainable future?
Has the coronavirus helped or harmed the environment? On World Nature Conservation Day 2020, the Department of Environmental Sciences in Unisa's College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences presents an infographic on the impact the pandemic has had and continues to have. Read more
On the pulse in your pantry
Packing food parcels for Madiba Month? Avoiding too many supermarket trips because of the pandemic? Then this recip-℮-book is for you, says Unisa's Dr Elize Symington. Read more
Urgent need to understand climate change
Prof Michael Antwi, recipient of the 2019 Unisa Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Research, says that farming communities need to realise the danger that weather variability poses, now and in the future. Read more
Taking the Covid-19 message to communities
Dr Prudence Kayoka-Kabongo of Unisa's Department of Agriculture and Animal Health explains that one of the ways that the university plays its part during lockdown is by talking to people about the pandemic in local languages on radio stations. Read more
Marion Island's last ice age happened earlier than we thought. Why it matters
These findings are in stark contrast with the original world view that suggested the entire globe was at a maximum glaciated state around 20 000 years ago, says Unisa's Prof David Hedding. Read more
Fast fashion is the new plastic
"Around the world, one garbage truck of discarded clothing - much of it still wearable - is burnt or dumped in landfills every second of every day," says Dr Lorna Christie from Unisa's Department of Life Sciences in the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences. Read more
