The University of Botswana on December 20, 2021 had the privilege of hosting Botswana’s 400m-race specialist, Isaac Makwala, for a presentation of his book titled The Solo Runner and cover to the University management.

The Faculty of Humanities, through the Department of Visual and Performing Arts, recently hosted American actor and director, Denim Richards for an Acting Master Class. 

Department of Family and Consumer Sciences (Apparel Manufacturing and Meal Management) students have established a departmental store trading under the name CUL-TEX as part of their semester project.

Dr Moren Tibabo Stone has been awarded a research grant to participate in the Fulbright Visiting Scholar Programme from January to October 2022. The Fulbright Visiting Scholar Programme is a flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the US government.

Dr Odirile is instrumental in the development of this partnership and its recruitment efforts, and her expertise will accelerate this collaboration.

University of Botswana’s School of Graduate Studies Acting Dean, Professor Agreement Lathi Jotia, is December Ohio University's Patton College Alumni of the Month.

University of Botswana Senior Lecturer and Head of the Department of Economics, Dr Malebogo Bakwena, is part of the 2021 Strategic African Women In Leadership (SAWIL) trailblazers Top 10 winners.

The University of Botswana through the Department of Sociology together with the Technical University of Berlin in Germany hosted a very successful online “Spatial Methods Training Week” from October 25-29 and November 19, 2021.

The University of Botswana is leveraging the President, Dr Mokgweetsi Masisi’s reset agenda and priorities to advance its strategic intent of creating stakeholder value using its expertise and resources to create centres of excellence for national socio-economic development.

The University of Botswana has scooped first prize in this year’s Education category of the Botswana Service Excellence Awards. The prize was announced at a Chartered Institute of Customer Management (CICM) awards ceremony dinner held in Gaborone on November 26, 2021.