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17 August 2020
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Story Nitha Ramnath
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Within the next five years, 60% of the world’s population will be living in urban areas. Urban living comes with large-scale economic advantages and society benefits from economies of scale. But, COVID-19 is challenging urban living. We have introduced the term ‘social distancing’ and some policy analysts have even argued for the de-densification of cities.
Join us for a discussion where our panellists will analyse this perceived conflict.
Date: Thursday, 27 August 2020
Time: 14:00 to 15:30 (South African Standard Time – GMT +2)
Please RSVP to Elelwani Mmbadi at
mmbadiE@ufs.ac.za no later than 25 August, upon which you will receive a Skype for Business meeting invite and link to access the webinar.
Speakers:
Prof Ivan Turok
Dr Geci Karuri-Sebina
Mr Thiresh Govender
Moderator:
Lochner Marais
Research on health under the spotlight
2008-08-29
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The annual AstraZeneca Faculty Forum of the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of the Free State (UFS) was presented this week on the Main Campus in Bloemfontein. During the forum, which is the showcase of research at the faculty, guest speakers and researchers presented papers covering a wide spectrum of medical research. Here are, from the left: Mr Vuyisile Jonas, Physicist at the Department of Medical Physics, Prof. Letticia Moja, Dean: Faculty of Health Sciences, Prof. Magda Muller, Post-basic Programme Director at the UFS School of Nursing, and Dr Javashni Bhana, Senior Manager at AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals (Pty) Ltd.
Photo: Leonie Bolleurs
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