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01 January 2018

 

 

Prof Marian Tredoux, Associate Professor in the
Department of Geology at the University of the Free State,
recently had a mineral named after her.
Photo: Sonia Small

Prof Marian Tredoux is a geochemist and lecturer in the Department of Geology at the University of the Free State (UFS). Her research interests are rocks, particularly the chemistry of rocks and the minerals they are composed of – chemicals similar to those found in laboratories, although they occur in nature.

Prof Tredoux started her research career at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), after which she spent a number of years at the University of Cape Town (UCT). For the past 11 years, she has been at the UFS, which has brought her in close proximity of her primary field-research area in Barberton. This fascinating part of the country has been the focus of her research for 30 years. She has always been intrigued by the earth's crust in this area, which she describes as "very old, very strange, and very interesting".

Prof Tredoux has been collaborating with colleagues and peers overseas in an attempt to unravel the intricacies of this unusual geological area. Some of these colleagues recently discovered a new mineral in one of the rock formations of the Barberton mountain range. They decided to name the mineral after Prof Tredoux, dubbing it tredouxite. "I am very honoured by this, and very grateful that all these years of collaboration are being acknowledged," Prof Tredoux said.

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Smoking, abortion, crime come to life with exhibition at the UFS
2008-04-22

 

As part of a community service project first-year medical students at the University of the Free State (UFS) provided learners from the Sehunelo Secondary School in Bloemfontein with information on needs they identified from the learners during contact sessions that were held at the school. The students presented the information to the learners in the form of an expo on the university's Main Campus. Creative exhibitions by the students covered topics on smoking, abortion, crime, stress, etc. At the exhibition on crime were, from the left: Lucky Chalale, Linda Nyangintsimbi, Yolanda Nomathole and Lady Bridget Akuffo.
Photo: Leonie Bolleurs

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