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UON DON RECEIVES CARNEGIE AFRICAN DIASPORA FELLOWSHIP

Prof. Iribe Mwangi, the Chairman, Department of Kiswahili and Prof. Mungai Mutonya of Washington University in St. Louis, have been awarded the prestigious Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship.

UON AND BASF COLLABORATE TO SUPPORT COVID-19 EFFORTS

The University of Nairobi through the Department of Chemistry has collaborated with  BASF, one of the world’s leading chemical companies, to produce a handwash that will be distributed for free in urgent need areas as part of the company’s global “Helping Hands” initiative.

 

KARIBU FIRST YEARS TO THE UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI; 2021-2021 ACADEMIC YEAR

On 31st August 2020 marks your first step in a higher learning institution. We welcome you at this prestigious University. Unlike other registration and mode of teaching delivery process, due to Covid-19 Pandemic period, teaching will be conducted virtually. We encourage everyone to embrace technology. Have your learning gadgets and accessories ready not to miss any class.

AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (AFDB) YOUTH EMPLOYMENT AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT TRAINING

Are you a final year undergraduate students who are on a path to graduation by December 2020 in any African University, this is an opportunity for you. The University of Nairobi has been selected, among a few African universities, to participate in a Youth Employme

SOFT SKILLS TRAINING PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES

The Office of Career Services in partnership with SightSavers International has organised an Inclusion Works program for Students with Special Needs/Disability  and is calling for applications to an online soft skills training program for job s

BEST SLOGAN/TAGLINE TO CELEBRATE UON@50

From July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021 the University of Nairobi shall be having a year-long 50-year Anniversary Celebration. More on this later. 

 

For now,  we need your help to come up with a catchy, exciting, inspiring (you get the idea) slogan or tagline that we shall use all year along.

 

PROJECT BASED E-CONFERENCE

The project team (HORTIGREEN) composed of staff from Food Science, Nutrition and Technology as well as Wangari Maathai Institute has proposed an e-conference on 5-7 October, 2020.  This is the first E-Conference which is on “Sustainable Production and Consumption (SCP) Practices in the Horticulture Processing Sector”.  Other organizations involved are:- Fundacion SUSTALDE, Consumer Information Network (CIN) and Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS).

ADVANCING QUALITY AND SUSTAINABLE HIGHER EDUCATION

Academic institutions worldwide have been forced to adapt in the midst of the COVID -19 pandemic. The global pandemic has placed higher education institutions on an unfamiliar path to balance the continuity of learning and the safety of students and staff. Worldwide academic institutions remain closed. The story is the same for Kenya.