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UN Secretary-General Appoints Prof Dube to Eminent Scientists Panel

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed University of Botswana Associate Professor Opha Pauline Dube in the Department of Environmental Science, to a 15-member panel of eminent scientists to draft the 2023 Global Sustainable Development Report.

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School of Pharmacy Holds 2nd White Coat Ceremony

The University of Botswana School of Pharmacy recently held its 2nd White Coat Ceremony for 43 pharmacy students under the theme “Molding Pharmacists of Great Repute and Quality”.

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International Society for Music Education Elects Prof Phibion to Board of Directors

Associate Professor of Music in the Department of Primary Education in the Faculty of Education, Professor Otukile Sindiso Phibion, has been elected to represent Africa in the International Society for Music Education (ISME) Board of Directors for the 2020-2022 term.

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UB Engineering Student Wins P3 Million Rhodes Scholarship

A University of Botswana Engineering student, Ngwenya Tinashe, 24, from Oodi Village in the Kgatleng District has won the 2020 Rhodes Scholarship worth more than P3 million.

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Sekaka Diamonds Donation to help Drive New UB Strategy

The donation of a microscope and diamond kimberlite core samples that the Department of Geology recently received from Sekaka Diamonds, will go a long way in enhancing the university of Botswana’s strategic drive of becoming a research intensive institution of higher learning.

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Tasty Smoothie Hub Scoops P5000 Sefalana Funded Business Competition Prize

Tasty Smoothie Hub is the winner of the inaugural Sefalana Funded Business Pitch Competition. Tasty Smoothie Hub beat five other teams of students to win P5000 during a business pitch competition held at the Student Centre on October 8, 2020.

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Vice Chancellor Guarantees New Students Memorable UB Experience

Vice Chancellor, Professor David Norris, has assured first years students that their experience of staying and studying at the University of Botswana would be a memorable chapter of their life. Professor Norris was speaking at a virtual ceremony that was live streamed through Facebook to welcome new students to the University of Botswana last week.

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BGCC Chairperson Donates Research and Teaching Material to UB

Botswana Global Environmental Change Committee (BGCC) chairperson, Professor Pauline Dube who is also Climate Research for Development in Africa Co-Chair, has donated a consignment of laptops, satellite machines, books and some electrical equipment to the University of Botswana.

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SOLTRAIN Workshop to Inform Policy Makers of Project Modalities

The Clean Energy Research Centre (CERC) will host a SOLTRAIN Policy Workshop in the UB Faculty of Health Science videoconference room on September 9, 2020.

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UB Community Mourns Botswana's Florence Nightingale

The University of Botswana community joins the nursing fraternity and the rest of Batswana in celebrating the life of Professor Serara Segarona Kupe Mogwe who passed on after a long illness on September 2, 2020 aged 93.

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