Three brand new faculty research themes for Humanities

Posted on March 11, 2015

The Faculty of Humanities has launched three exciting new cross-disciplinary faculty research themes (FRTs) through which they hope to enhance research capacity and productivity in the Faculty, while contributing to the strengthening of the humanities as a discipline in South Africa.

Clear track to the future

Posted on March 05, 2015

Prof Hannes Gräbe is convinced that researchers at the University, in collaboration with railway stakeholders, have the technical expertise and facilities needed to be a leader in railway engineering in Africa.

Discovery leads to patenting and international demand

Posted on March 02, 2015

The recent UP discovery of a novel compound holds so much promise that some of the world’s leading scientists and pharmaceutical companies want to get involved in its future development.

Rethinking the world of work as we know it

Posted on February 27, 2015

Prof Kobus Maree's latest research article on career counseling leads in international journal.

Saving vultures across the world

Posted on February 26, 2015

Prof Vinny Naidoo, director of UP’s Biomedical Research Centre and specialist veterinary pharmacologist with the South African Veterinary Council, has led the way to find suitable NSAID alternatives that would be safe for vultures.

Research provides new perspectives on Christianity in Africa and Asia

Posted on February 24, 2015

A research project on indigenous Christian elites in Asia and Africa is in the spotlight .

Have your (low GI) cake and eat it

Posted on February 23, 2015

Research by Prof Mohammad Naushad Emmambux, associate professor at UP’s Department of Food Science, and his colleagues has shown that it is possible to modify high GI starch using fatty acids so that it becomes a low GI starch.

Identity and diversity in SA examined through groundbreaking research

Posted on February 23, 2015

How do individuals with a biracial heritage construct an identity?