Universities can lock in historically low interest rates for upcoming and future funding requirements

https://commercialbanking.lloydsbank.com/specialist-teams/services-private-capital-charities-and-higher-education/A holistic approach is required to successfully integrate sustainability both on and off campus…

UP VET IMPROVES SURVIVAL CHANCES OF PANGOLINS WITH ANOTHER WORLD-FIRS

Dr Karin Lourens has carried out many world-firsts in the treatment of pangolins – and now she is giving these illegally trafficked animals an even better chance of survival after being the first to chart the normal reference intervals of a healthy pangolin.

These mammals have no natural predators and have been on the planet for 80 million years, but they are now critically endangered.

UP ACADEMICS’ WORK ON AFRICAN MOLE-RAT RESEARCH COULD PAVE WAY FOR NEW PAINKILLERS FOR HUMANS

Three University of Pretoria (UP) scientists are part of a team whose research on African mole-rats has led to a discovery that may hold the key to pain management in humans.

UP project leads to world's first lion cubs born through artificial insemination

Posted on September 03, 2018

A lioness at the Ukutula Conservation Center (UCC) and Biobank, in South Africa North’s West province has given birth to two cubs conceived via non-surgical artificial insemination (AI), using fresh semen collected from an adult male lion at the same facility. These are the first ever lion cubs to be born by means of artificial insemination – the first such pair anywhere in the world.

University of Pretoria astrophysicist part of team involved in capturing first black hole image

Posted on April 10, 2019