Latest News Archive
Please select Category, Year, and then Month to display items
24 August 2021
|
Story Amanda Tongha
![]()
In a year marked by a global pandemic, the University of the Free State (UFS) has made great strides in research, teaching, and impactful engagement.
Our 2020 journey has seen many staff members providing services to advance public knowledge of COVID-19 for the greater good of South Africa. We have produced top-rated scientists, boasting six SARChI research chairs and three A-rated scholars in our world-class workforce. Our various initiatives to ensure student success continue to bear fruit, with current and former students making their mark in the world. One such example is Qinisani Qwabe, a PhD student in the Centre for Sustainable Agriculture, Rural Development and Extension, who was selected in the education category of the Mail & Guardian Top 200 Young South Africans. He was also chosen to represent South Africa at a BRICS conference in Russia.
You can read these and other facts and figures in ‘Our 2020 Journey’ publication.
Click on image to download the document
Physics puts new equipment into service
2009-09-15
 |
The Department of Physics at the University of the Free State (UFS) recently put the NanoProbe Auger and VersaProbe XPS systems into service. This equipment, worth R23 million, is used for research at nanometre level. Present at the event were, from the left, front: Prof. Jannie Swarts, Department of Chemistry at the UFS; Dr Daniel Adams, Director in Chief at the Department of Science and Technology; Dr Romilla Maharaj, Executive Director: Human and Institutional Capacity Development; and Dr Sankar Raman, Scientist PHI; At the back: Prof. Teuns Verschoor, Vice-Rector: Academic Operations at the UFS; and Prof. Hendrik Swart, Department of Physics at the UFS.
Photo: Lacea Loader |