A cold morning it was but not one to dampen the high spirits and celebratory mood of multitudes of Batswana who thronged the University of Botswana Campus Indoor Sports Centre for a ceremony marking the beginning of a series of planned activities celebrating 40 years of Botswana’s oldest and premier institution of higher learning.

University of Botswana has sponsored the Albinism Society of Botswana (ASB) with two days Accommodation worth P50, 000 for an International Albinism Day Conference held in Gaborone from June 12-13, 2022.

University of Botswana Athletics Club athletes have handed Botswana the first two Gold Medals on day two of the ongoing 22nd Africa Senior Championships. Tlhalosang Tshireletso cleared 7.82m in long jump to earn the championship title while Christine Botlogetswe and Motlatse Ranthe made the team that won another gold in the mixed relay race.

The quest to turn Manyana into a model of a smart village for the residents to derive economic benefit from its rich cultural heritage and tourism, got a boost when Kgosi Kebinatshwene Mosielele of Bahurutshi hosted a team from the University of Botswana for a site seeing expedition on June 6, 2022

The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Chair on African Heritage Studies and Sustainable Development at the University of Botswana recently completed training on developing a Heritage Place Lab through development of research practice teams for a world heritage leadership programme.

The University of Botswana has secured partnerships and attachments from his recent trip to the United States of America.  The   objective of the trip was to facilitate working relationships with some American universities to tap into the world’s best and advance the University of Botswana’s drive of becoming a research-intensive institution of higher learning.

Two University of Botswana Biological Science lecturers, Professor Wata Mpoloka and Dr Daniel Loeto, who will soon go for a three-month attachment at Ohio University’s Edison Biotechnology Institute (EBI) as part of their research projects.

Academic Head of the Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Health, Dr Dipesalema Joel, has received an Association of Paediatric Programme Directors (APPD) Global Educators Award. Dr Joel received the award during the APPD annual spring meeting held in San Diego, California in the United States of America on May 17, 2022.

Meet Ms Ngwao Ngwako, 22, from Bobonong. An academic enthusiast, Ms Ngwako is a fourth year medical student with great interest in research and public speaking.

Meet Ms Lorraine Arabang Sebopelo, a beautiful and brilliant young mind from Mahalapye in the Central District. Ms Sebopelo is one of many exceptionally brilliant young minds of the University of Botswana who have distinguished themselves from other students through commitment and dedication towards research and publications.