Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH VISIT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW

The research visit at the University of Glasgow, Scotland UK, facilitated by the Everyday Clean project under the One Health Initiative. The project is collaborative research between University of Glasgow, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and University of Nairobi that aims to explore hygiene practices in semi urban population of Kware community in Kajiado, County Kenya.

UON RECEIVES THE BEST ICT ACADEMY AWARD 2022

On Friday February 24, 2023 at the Serena Hotel, the University of Nairobi (UoN) was awarded  ‘The Best ICT Academy 2022’ during the Huawei ICT Competition 2022-2023 Award Ceremony, since the signing of a Collaborative Agreement in 2018. This is the second time UoN has been recognized.

ICT staff members, George Ndegwa and Ruth Wambua were also recognized and awarded as the best instructors 2022.

UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW COLLABORATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT

Our staff MS. Ann Munene in collaborative research with University of Glasgow, UK under the “Everyday Clean Project”. The research has been exploring the community hygiene practices under One- Health contexts in Kajiado County, Kenya’

EMBU COUNTY SIGNS PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WITH UON

The University of Nairobi signed a partnership agreement with Embu County government on 22nd December, 2022.

Speaking during the signing ceremony, the University of Nairobi Vice Chancellor Prof. Kiama Gitahi, observed that the University values partnerships.

‘’As a University we would like to add value to our partners. Our department of plant science has been collaborating with Embu County in the field of value addition in agricultural produce” Prof. Kiama said.

The University established fresh produce aggregation centre at Karurumo in Embu County in 2018.

UoN 68TH GRADUATION CEREMONY 2022

The University of Nairobi wishes to inform all students who qualified for the award of various degrees and diplomas at the end of last academic year (2021/2022) and members of the public, that the 68th Graduation Ceremony will be held VIRTUALLY on Friday, December 16, 2022 commencing at 8.00 a.m. at Taifa Hall.

The event will be streamed live through the following links; www.uonbi.ac.ke.ke/livestream and facebook.com/uonbi.ac.ke.

UON DEVELOPS A STRATEGIC PLAN ON DISABILITY MAINSTREAMING

After the recently established Disability Policy at UoN; the disability mainstreaming committee spearheaded a retreat as one of its implementation efforts. The objective of the retreat was to develop a strategic plan and visualize the milestones towards the establishment of a Disability Support Centre.

The 2-day retreat was held on October 20-21,2022 at the Kenya Institute of Special Education and developed a strategic plan for 2023-2028 for Disability Mainstreaming at UoN.