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09 September 2021 | Story Lacea Loader

Dr Samantha Potgieter, infectious disease expert at the Universitas Academic Hospital and affiliated Lecturer in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of the Free State (UFS), will answer questions about the COVID-19 vaccine and its affects.  

The webinar will address questions such as the following:

• what vaccination is and how it works
• how vaccines are developed and how we know they are safe and effective
• how the COVID-19 vaccine works and how it can protect you
• the side effects of the vaccine
• the risks vs benefits of the vaccine.

You can also forward questions prior to the webinar to grimbeekl@ufs.ac.za

Date: Friday 10 September 2021
Time: 11:00-12:00
Register for the webinar


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Music professor speaks about research, responsibility and scholarship
2012-11-19

Prof.Greg Barz’s inaugural lecture focuses on “Music, Advocacy and Activism in Contemporary Scholarship”.
Photo: Stephen Collett
19 November 2012

Lecture (Pdf format)

“The roles of musicians, dancers, and storytellers are changing and continue to adapt in the face of increasing health care crises in sub-Saharan Africa and elsewhere, as are the roles of ethnomusicologists as they engage community responses to global issues.” This is according to Prof. Greg Barz, Senior Professor at the Odeion School of Music, in his inaugural lecture delivered this month. Prof. Barz’s lecture focused on Music, Advocacy and Activism in contemporary scholarship.

 

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