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03 September 2021 | Story Burneline Kaars
The University of the Free State invites students and staff to a webinar titled, ‘The COVID vaccine and YOU’. Dr Samantha Potgieter, infectious disease expert at the Universitas Academic Hospital and affiliated Lecturer in the Department of Internal Medicine, will answer questions from staff about the COVID-19 vaccine and how it affects them. 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

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UFS celebrates with its law students
2007-05-14

Recently the Faculty of Law at the University of the Free State (UFS) held a cocktail function on the Main Campus to celebrate the achievements of the law students who represented the university at the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot competition in Vienna, Austria, last month. The UFS team was ranked 46th out of 177 universities from all over the world. One of the students, Deman Smit, received an individual oralist award and an honourable mention as one of the best speakers in the competition. Team members who attended the function were, from the left, front: Lucian Campanie, Dee Leboela, Sunette Visser and Hanno Bekker; back: Vicky Olivier and Deman Smit.
Photo: Stephen Collett
 

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