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Date Released : 20/03/2018
Dr Dudley Shallcross and Mr Tim Harrison visited.....SACI Regional Seminars 2017
Date Released : 28/02/2018
The ANNUAL EASTERN PROVINCE SACI POST-GRADUATE CHEMISTRY SEMINAR took place at Rhodes University on Friday October 20th 2017....Bruker Compact Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS/MS)
Date Released : 08/12/2017
In June 2017, Rhodes University purchased a last generation of Quadrupole Time-of-Flight (Q-TOF) Mass Spectrometry system (Bruker Compact)...RU Open Day
Date Released : 08/12/2017
As part of the student recruitment strategy, the university hosted schools...VC & Thomas Alty Awards 2017
Date Released : 08/12/2017
Congratulations to all staff members who have recently successfully completed a qualification...Barker Lecture 2016
Date Released : 22/11/2016
The 2016 Barker Lecture was given by Prof. Zhen Shen of Nanjing University and was entitled, “Theranostics based on near infrared region luminescence imaging and photodynamic therapy”.Rhodes Research Group scoops another award
Date Released : 18/11/2016
Prof Nyokong’s Nanotechnology Research Group have been recognized as the most productive research group (for 2015) by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) together with the National Laser Centre.Rhodes University’s MSc Student wins 2016 SA Women in Science Award
Date Released : 18/08/2016
Miss Jessica Anne Harris, a MSc Chemistry student supervised by Professor Nyokong, is the proud 2016 South African Women in Science Awards (WISA) winner.Records tumble for Rhodes prof
Date Released : 04/07/2016
Internationally renowned Rhodes University medicinal chemistry and nanotechnology expert Professor Tebello Nyokong and her students have been praised for their publication of 63 peer reviewed papers in one year.President Zuma congratulates Prof Nyokong
Date Released : 01/02/2016
Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has congratulated renowned South African scientist, Professor Tebello Nyokong after winning the African Union (AU) Kwame Nkrumah Scientific Award.Rhodes professor wins AU award for research
Date Released : 02/02/2016
An internationally renowned scientist from Rhodes University has won a prestigious African Union (AU) award for her cutting-edge research in nanotechnology.Stellenbosch pomegranate researcher honoured with AU Science Prize
Date Released : 02/02/2016
The African Union (AU) has bestowed one of its highest scientific honours upon agricultural engineer and postharvest technology expert Prof Umezuruike Linus Opara of Stellenbosch University in South Africa.President Jacob Zuma Congratulates Prof. Nyokong On Winning a Continental Scientific Award
Date Released : 02/02/2016
President Jacob Zuma has congratulated distinguished South African scientist Prof. Tebello Nyokong, following her winning on 30 January 2016 of the African Union (AU) Kwame Nkrumah Scientific AwardSouth African Scientist Picks 2016 AU Kwame Nkrumah Scientific Award
Date Released : 01/02/2016
A distinguished Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Nanotechnology, Professor Tebello Nyokong has been named winner of this year’s AU Kwame Nkrumah Scientific Award at the ongoing AU Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.Distinguished Professor Nyokong honoured with $100000 science award
Date Released : 01/02/2016
Distinguished Professor Tebello Nyokong of Rhodes University was awarded an African Union Kwame Nkrumah Scientific Award (AUKNSA) on Saturday, 30 January 2016.Education students in the laboratory
Date Released : 03/09/2015
Students from Namibia who are studying toward their Rhodes Education degree recently spent two weeks on campus for contact time.Congratulations Siphesihle Nxele
Date Released : 14/08/2015
She is the winner of 2015 SOUTH AFRICAN WOMEN IN SCIENCE AWARDS for MScRhodes Bursaries for Top Young Scientists
Date Released : 06/08/2015
Young Eskom Expo for Young Scientists winners won bursaries to study science at Rhodes University. Students from Victoria Girls High School predominated in the regional finals of the Expo held at the Pharmacy and Chemistry Department at Rhodes, Saturday, August 1st 2015.Lilian Ngoyi Alumnus Awarded Prestigious Oxford Scholarship
Date Released : 27/05/2015
Nhlakanipho Mkhize, better known to his friends as “Colin” is a proud Lilian Ngoyi Alumnus who has recently been awarded the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship to attend Oxford University in the UK from September 2015.
Ntlantsana scoops Conrad Dylan Cambray Award
Date Released : 31/03/2015
Rhodes University’s Bsc second year student, Aphelele Ntlantsana received the Conrad Dylan Cambray Award for 2015 recently.International Fame Lab (Talking Science)
Date Released : 10/02/2015
FameLab 2015 - Registrations now open!UN hand-picks Rhodes professor
Date Released : 02/12/2014
INTERNATIONALLY acclaimed Rhodes University chemistry professor Tebello Nyokong is one of 12 scientists who were picked by United Nations secretary-generalRhodes University Chemist Drives for Safer Chemistry
Date Released : 22/12/2014
Dr Klein of the chemistry department tells how we can make chemistry safer.SACI EC POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS SEMINARS 2014
Date Released : 09/12/2014
The Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) hosted the 2014 EC SACI postgraduate seminars at the NMMU Conference Centre on the 24th October.Rhodes students privileged to have world class nanotechnology equipment
Date Released : 11/12/2014
Having the newly launched Time-Of-Flight-Secondary-Ion-Mass-Spectrometer (TOF-SIMS) located just down the hallway from them in RhodesUN hand-picks Rhodes professor
Date Released : 03/12/2014
THE UN secretary-general, Ban Ki-moon, has appointed Rhodes University professor Tebello Nyokong as adviser of a proposed technology bank and scienceRhodes professor appointed to UN high-level panel
Date Released : 02/12/2014
RHODES University's Prof Tebello Nyokong has been appointed to a highlevel panel to advise on the organisational and operational aspects of the UN's proposed innovation supporting mechanism on technology and science.Rhodes scientist bowled over by appointment to UN panel
Date Released : 02/12/2014
WORLD-renowned Rhodes University scientist and professor Tebello Nyokong has been appointed to a United Nations science and technology advisory panel.The Lab Rat *Issue 003 November 2014
Date Released : 26/11/2014
Keeping you up to date with the current events in the chemistry department.Khanya Maths and Science Club
Date Released : 20/11/2014
On Saturday 8 Nov, the Khanya Maths and Science Club ended its year, with the annual prize-giving. Learners from grades 8-11 were awarded science-related books and certificates in recognition of their attendance on Saturday mornings.Investec Rhodes Top 100 2014
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Date Released : 13/10/2014
O'Donoghue is doing his BSc Honours in Chemistry and has been involved in leadership positions at an academic, sporting and university society level.Investec Rhodes Top 100 2014
Date Released : 13/10/2014
As part of her Masters in Chemistry, Nxele spent two months in Japan's University of Tohoku, Sendai-shi and was also able to attend this year's NanoAfrica, an international conference focuses on nanotechnology work.Distinguished Prof Beverly Glass
Date Released : 09/10/2014
Professor Beverley Glass, currently the Chair of Pharmacy in the College of Medicine and Dentistry at James Cook University in Townsville, Australia and an old Rhodian recently visited Rhodes University and delivered a research lecture in the Department of Chemistry, entitled Sunscreens: Photostability, Formulation and Skin Penetration.Barker Lecture 2014
Date Released : 09/10/2014
Once again the department of chemistry hosted its annual Barker lecture, which was well attended with an audience drawn from across the departments at Rhodes.Rhodes offers matric science revision programme
Date Released : 30/07/2014
The Chemistry Department has introduced a new programme to supplement their Khanya Maths and Science ClubRhodes University Math Experience
Date Released : 22/07/2014
The winners of the Rhodes University Math ExperienceLight on the fight against cancer
Date Released : 22/07/2014
Researcher Professor Tebello Nyokong is generating international interest in refining photodynamic therapy techniques used to treat cancer.Chemistry Department Graduation Newsletter
Date Released : 22/04/2014
The Chemistry Department presents the Graduation Newsletter for 2014. Its is filled with the latest news, events and equipment. Dr Mashazi goes abroad 2014: The year of Crystallography Is There Life After Retirement? Find All these articles in this years Chemistry Graduation NewsletterWelcome Honours Students 2014
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Date Released : 03/03/2014
The Department of Chemistry Welcomes all our new 2014 Honours students.Cancer scientist pines for students
Date Released : 05/12/2013
A Rhodes University professor, Tebello Nyokong, who has made significant strides usingProf Nyokong to address The World Academy of Sciences
Date Released : 01/10/2013
Rhodes University’s Distinguished Professor Tebello Nyokong will discuss the use of combined therapies to fight cancer in Africa at the yearly General Meeting of The World Academy of Sciences for the advancement of science in developing countries (TWAS) on Thursday 3 October 2013, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.A passion for science, a thirst for knowledge
Date Released : 16/09/2013
Professor Tebello Nyokong, who recently won the National Research Foundation’s Lifetime Achievement Award, has big plans for science in Africa, writes Oliver Roberts.Rhodes scientists turn off the green light
Date Released : 03/09/2013
Scientists at Rhodes University in Grahamstown have developed a simple dye that may hold the solution to pranksters who flash green lasers at aircraft, temporarily blinding the pilot and putting lives at risk.Rhodes scientists turn off the green light
Date Released : 03/09/2013
Scientists at Rhodes University in Grahamstown have developed a simple dye that may hold the solution to pranksters who flash green lasers at aircraft, temporarily blinding the pilot and putting lives at risk.Lifetime award for top scientist
Date Released : 30/08/2013
Her father had often told her: "You can do anything. Dont ever stop." It was a lesson well learnt – today Prof Tebello Nyokong is one of South Africas top scientists in the fields of chemistry and nanotechnology.Leading researchers honoured in P.E.
Date Released : 29/08/2013
South Africa’s leading researchers were honoured yesterday by the National Research Foundation (NRF) here at its 28th annual awards ceremony, held in the Boardwalk Hotel.Rhodes professor honoured for service
Date Released : 29/08/2013
At a ceremony here the National Research Foundation honoured Professor Tebello Nyokong of Rhodes University for her lifetime of contribution in her subject field.Rhodes academic gets A-rating from NRF
Date Released : 14/03/2013
THE National Research Foundation (NRF) has awarded highly acclaimed Rhodes University academic Professor Tebello Nyokong a rare A-rating.Accolades for Rhodes Chemistry students
Date Released : 17/04/2012
Ms Megan Coates and Ms Sekai Tombe of Rhodes University Chemistry Department were recently commended and awarded prizes for superior presentations of their work at the fourth international Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (NanoAfrica 2012) conference.Distinguished Professor title for Prof Nyokong
Date Released : 18/04/2012
The Africa-Arab State 2009 L’Oreal-Unesco Award for Women in Science recipient and Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Nanotechnology, Tebello Nyokong, has been honoured by her own institution for her outstanding scholarly reputation and productivity.Dr Tukulula returns home to inspire learners
Date Released : 08/08/2012
Dr Matshawe Tukulula is living testimony to the success and impact of the Khula Project, an extraordinary initiative created by Dr Ken Ngcoza of the Rhodes Education Department, Mrs Joyce Sewry of the Chemistry Department and Mr Reuben Maselwa of Eastern Cape Department of Education.