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2022-06-23	Big names talk about state of media and publishing industry in SA
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2022-06-14	AU delegation visits UFS to discuss collaborating opportunities
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2022-06-10	Fresh from the farm – UFS Experimental Farm delivers research with social impact
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2022-06-09	World Health Organisation to visit UFS about African medicines production for COVID-19
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2022-06-08	Faculty of Health Sciences host another successful Crazysocks4Docs Day
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2022-06-08	UFS Physics professor contributes to discovery published in Nature Astronomy
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2022-06-08	Burning topic: Humanities hosts robust dialogue on student protests
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2022-06-07	UFS collaborates with Texas Tech University in student outreach programme
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2022-06-02	Staying relevant in a fast-changing agricultural environment
2022-06-02	Africa’s indigenous knowledge can lead in global knowledge production
2022-06-02	Africa’s indigenous knowledge can lead in global knowledge production
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2022-06-02	Former NASA engineer addresses UFS Physics class on future of space exploration

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Academic receives honorary life membership from the Geological Society of South Africa

2009-11-27

Prof. Gerrit van Tonder (right) from the University of the Free State's (UFS) Institute for Groundwater Studies (IGS) recently received an honorary life membership from the Groundwater Division of the Geological Society of South Africa. The membership was given as a token of appreciation for his outstanding service and dedication to furthering the science of groundwater. Prof. Van Tonder is the seventh staff member of the UFS to be honoured in this way by the society. Prof. Jopie Botha (left), also from the IGS, received this membership in 2007.
Photo: Eelco Lukas

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