Investec recently hosted a welcome event for first-year students of Rhodes 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网's Commerce Extended Studies Programme (ESP). Representing Investec were Mr Setlogane Manchidi, the Investec Head of Corporate Social Investment (CSI), and Mrs Thembiso Kodisang, an Investec CSI Practitioner. The Acting Dean of Commerce, Professor Lynette Louw, also attended the welcome event.

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Rhodes 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 BSc alumnus, Nkululeko Ngqinambi has produced a biofertiliser to help lower production costs for farmers who have been battling high fertiliser prices.

At its graduation ceremony on 31 March 2023, Rhodes 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 will confer a degree of Doctor of Laws (LLD) (honoris causa) on Professor Debra Roberts, who heads the Sustainable and Resilient City Initiatives Unit in eThekwini Municipality.

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At its fourth graduation ceremony on Thursday, 30 March 2023, at 14h30, Rhodes 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 will confer a degree of Doctor of Laws (LLD) (honoris causa) on its alumnus and 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 of the Constitutional Court of South Africa, Justice Mbuyiseli Russel Madlanga.

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At its graduation ceremony on 29 March 2023, Rhodes 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 will confer a degree of Doctor of Laws (LLD) (honoris causa) on the Chairperson of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into allegations of state capture and Chief Justice of South Africa, 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 Raymond Mnyamezeli Zondo.

Imagine a world where a few drops of your blood, saliva or tears could give you early warning of impending cancer, heart attacks or other dread diseases. This field of ultra-sensitive disease diagnostics is already in the making, and Philani Mashazi, Associate Professor of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry at Rhodes 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网, is right at the forefront.

Digital archives are an essential aspect of the educational sphere. They serve as a form of immortalising knowledge, which can easily be lost if time is not taken to ensure its survival. The Rhodes 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 Library, in collaboration with the Environmental Learning Research Centre (ELRC), recently presented an initiative to ensure that knowledge is stored and packaged for years and years to come through a digital archive project.

Last week, the Rhodes 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 Biotechnology Innovation Centre (RUBIC) officially launched a water testing facility at the Biological Sciences building.

The United Nation’s (UN) 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aim to create a more peaceful and sustainable world, and university research can play a vital role in achieving them. The Rhodes 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 Library and Community Engagement division have initiated SDG projects to promote access to this knowledge across society.

The Rhodes 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 Library recently held a two-day Open Science Colloquium under the theme “Climate Justice Through Open Knowledge” at the Amazwi South African Museum of Literature. The event was aimed at discussing the climate crisis and the ways in which it continues to impact different groups of people in a variety of ways.

The COVID-19 pandemic was a shock to higher education systems everywhere. But while some changes, like moving lectures online, were relatively easy to make, assessment posed a much bigger challenge. Assessment can take many forms, from essays to exams to experiments and more.

From marching in the town centre to occupying parks, people often gather to challenge the status quo in public spaces. Street art is no different. Though it might not come to mind when we think of protest, plastering graphics and words onto city walls is a political intervention.

Rhodes 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网’s Masters of Biotechnology candidate, Ntobeko Songcata, recently won the Eastern Cape Innovation Challenge Award for his MSc project pitch.

Twenty-four years of uninterrupted service, dedication, and love for her job have earned Jayalakshmi Pillay a promotion to the Director of Residential Operations. ‘Jay’, as she is better known, arrived at the Institution in 1999 as the Food Services Manager. She was appointed as the Deputy Director of Residential Operations in 2013.

Relocating the seat of the high court would be nothing short of a death knell for this city. Makhanda would become a ghost town.

It was not ‘research as usual’ for six MSc students from the Institute for Water Research (IWR) at Rhodes 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 on 16 and 17 February, 2023. The six students, Andrew Ali, Havilah Nnadozie, Esther Seriki, Peter Wasswa, Sakikhaya Mabohlo and Sofia Lazar participated in the 5th edition of the W4F Hackathon organised by the UNESCO ICIREWARD International Centre in Montpellier, France.