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2016-12-07 RESEARCH AREAS – CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR NUTRITION The Nutrition Transition The relationships between nutritional exposures and health outcomes, as well as modulating and influencing factors, are examined in cross-sectional…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-researcher-and-fulbright-scholarship-holder-shares-his-tricks-trade
NWU researcher and Fulbright Scholarship holder shares his tricks of the trade
2021-08-13 To get a Fulbright research scholarship is easier than he anticipated, says North-West University (NWU) academic Dr George van Zijl, who recently returned from a research visit to the University of Florida in the United States of America (USA). This…https://news.nwu.ac.za/covid-19-virus-variants-and-their-impact-vaccines
Covid-19 virus variants and their impact on vaccines
2021-08-17 North-West University (NWU) academic Dr Hazel Tumelo Mufhandu presented a public lecture on Covid-19 virus variants and their impact on vaccines as part of a National Science Week webinar series on 2 August 2021. This year the National Science Week theme is…https://news.nwu.ac.za/new-drug-discoveries-are-triple-offensive-against-malaria-and-tb
New drug discoveries are a triple offensive against malaria and TB
2019-05-28 Researchers from three South African universities are unleashing the power of oxygen in a triple-drug treatment strategy against disease-causing parasites and bacteria. Oxygen is the key to life – and that applies as much to parasites and bacteria that…https://news.nwu.ac.za/communities-benefit-nwus-development-projects
Communities benefit from NWU’s development projects
2023-04-28 South Africa faces difficult challenges that require the next generation of university graduates to be skilled leaders with extensive abilities to collaborate with communities to solve problems and create change. Four North-West University (NWU)…https://education.nwu.ac.za/ssasea/meet-our-presenters-leadership-development-and-employability-youth-and-elderly
Meet our presenters - Leadership development and employability of youth and elderly
2020-12-03 .bg { padding: 1em; color: white; background-color: #A2B644; clear: left; text-align: center; } .btn-group-vertical { width: 100%; } Katarzyna Chmela-Jones Exploring project-based learning in graphic design for the…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/die-belangrikheid-van-ondersteuning
Die belangrikheid van ondersteuning
2020-12-07 Dit neem ’n slagoffer van geslagsgebaseerde geweld gemiddeld sewe pogings voordat hulle ’n toksiese verhouding verlaat. Dit raak egter makliker vir ’n slagoffer om die moed bymekaar te skraap om uiteindelik pad te gee – en weg te bly – as hulle ondersteuning…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/orgidee-oral-toe-die-biblioteek-lente-met-bekroonde-botaniese-kuns-vier
Orgideë oral toe die biblioteek lente met bekroonde botaniese kuns vier
2024-09-19 Die lente breek in September aan en ’n spesiale uitstalling van ongelooflike kuns ter ere van die nuwe seisoen versier die mure van die Ferdinand Postma Biblioteek op die Potchefstroomkampus van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU). Kunswerke van blomme is oral…https://news.nwu.ac.za/tanya-was-born-create
Tanya was born to create
2020-11-02 Tanya van Deventer, a 23-year-old Master of Arts student in Graphic Design from the North-West University’s Potchefstroom Campus, was over the moon when her design was chosen as one of three to grace the Nescafé Ricoffy tins. South Africans were given…https://news.nwu.ac.za/early-childhood-development-rises-trash
Early childhood development rises from the (tr)ash
2020-07-31 It is a fact that many children find themselves in barren school classes and playgrounds because their parents, educators and caregivers are often unaware of the importance of providing opportunities for purposeful play in the early years. Fortunately,…https://news.nwu.ac.za/times-higher-education-ranks-nwu-among-top-6-universities-sa
Times Higher Education ranks NWU among top 6 universities in SA
2020-09-03 The latest rankings of world universities by Times Higher Education (THE) are another feather in the cap for the North-West University (NWU). The NWU has had consistent good showings in rankings by various international ranking agencies this year. This…https://news.nwu.ac.za/woman-engineering-%25E2%2580%2593-nwu-launches-exciting-initiative
Woman in Engineering – NWU launches exciting initiative
2019-05-09 As we see ourselves in a modern world where the evolution and development of technology enjoy first priority, the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Faculty of Engineering initiated a one-of-a-kind problem-solving and smart-manufacturing competition…https://news.nwu.ac.za/study-helps-postgrads-cope
Study helps postgrads cope
2018-10-31 Global research has shown that only half of enrolled master’s and PhD students actually finish their studies. Around 40% of the same group battle with mental illness such as depression and anxiety. Coincidence? Laura Weiss thinks not. Dr Laura Weiss, a…https://news.nwu.ac.za/app-assist-emfuleni-ratepayers-address-service-delivery
App to assist Emfuleni ratepayers to address service delivery
2019-02-18 The Emfuleni Ratepayers’ Association (ERPA), constituted in 2010, classifies the Emfuleni Local Municipality (ELM) as a distressed and dysfunctional municipality. This classification gained national concurrence when the dismal state of the Vaal River eco-…https://news.nwu.ac.za/star-athlete-chederick-speaks-tokyo
Star athlete Chederick speaks from Tokyo
2021-07-23 One of the favourite sons of the North-West University (NWU), Chederick van Wyk, currently finds himself in Tokyo, Japan, in the company of a hand-picked group of South Africans who will fly the country’s flag at the Olympic Games. Van Wyk, who will take part…https://news.nwu.ac.za/against-all-odds-not-only-surviving-thriving
Against all odds: not only surviving, but thriving!
2020-02-24 Six years after sustaining life-altering injuries in a serious cycling accident, Chanell Meijer is ready to yet again define the odds. At the start of the 2020 academic year of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark, Chanell enrolled…https://news.nwu.ac.za/fempreneurs-shine-during-ewp-gala-event
Fempreneurs shine during EWP gala event
2019-11-13 It was a night of celebration and accomplishment when the North-West University (NWU) paid homage to the 2019 graduating class of the Enterprising Women Programme (EWP). This flagship entrepreneurial accelerator programme was introduced seven years ago…https://news.nwu.ac.za/new-style-star-accretion-bursts-dazzle-astronomers-nwu-and-around-world
New-style star accretion bursts dazzle astronomers at NWU and around the world
2020-01-14 The meaning of the term “accretion burst” is expanding. In a rare glimpse at how high-mass stars grow even larger, an astronomer from the North-West University (NWU) has been part of a 15-country research team that has observed star bursts – or growth…https://news.nwu.ac.za/hypertension-clouding-joys-childhood
Hypertension is clouding the joys of childhood
2020-02-03 Childhood is normally associated with health, playfulness and a phase in life without worries or fear. However, this ideal definition of childhood is becoming cluttered with unwanted risk factors linked to the early development of cardiovascular disease,…https://news.nwu.ac.za/south-african-economy-crisis-no-electricity-capacity-no-economic-growth-and-development