Assistant Minister of Education and Skills Development, Mr Aubrey Lesaso, says the has expressed the hope that resolutions of the Department of Library and Information Studies 4th Biennial International Conference will contribute to the ministry’s efforts towards achieving Vision 2036 goals.

University of Botswana Athletics Team are this year’s Botswana Tertiary Students Sports Association (BOTESSA) champions after winning 20 medals during competitions held at the National Stadium on April 7-8, 2022.

Professor Kevin N. Nwaigwe of the Department of Mechanical Engineering has won the best poster award during the 2nd International Sustainable Energy Conference 2022 (ISEC 2022) held in Graz, Austria on April 5-7, 2022.

Vice Chancellor, Professor David Norris, has thanked the US government for a close to P13 million (US$117 000) grant which was given to the University of Botswana through the Department of Law under the Global Equity Fund.

The Pharmaceutical Society of Botswana has awarded Ms Queen Gopolang, a Level 500 Pharmacy student at the University of Botswana, the Best Pharmacy Student 2021 award in recognition of her academic excellence. Speaking at the award ceremony, a lecturer in the Faculty of Health Sciences, Dr Joyce Kgatlwane, said Ms Gopolang obtained an outstanding Cumulative Grade Point Average (GPA) of 4.7, making her the best pharmaceutical student in the University for 2021.Cumulative Grade Point Average (GPA) of 4.7, making her the best pharmaceutical student in the University so far.

South Korea’s Ambassador to South Africa, Mr Chull-joo Park, on March 16, 2022 visited the King Sejong Institute at the University of Botswana. King Sejong Institute was officially opened in October 2018 as part of efforts to promote Korean culture in Botswana as well as to offer short courses in Korean language.

Botswana Open University (BOU) Chancellor, Professor Sheila Tlou, has advised researchers to always share their research findings with government and other stakeholders.

Alliance Française de Gaborone and Chef Laurent Chauvet last week hosted University of Botswana Family and Consumer Science Students to a Chocolate Mousse class treat.

Okavango Research Institute (ORI) has donated old newspapers to two secondary schools in Maun. The secondary schools that received the donations for their libraries and art departments are Tsodilo and Maitlamo Junior Secondary Schools.