NWU launches campaign to support students amid Covid-19
As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to disrupt and affect our lives in the most unprecedented and unpredictable ways, the North-West University has launched the NWU Covid-19 Response Fund.
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Prof runs 1 100 laps to help alleviate hunger
On the morning of 24 April, Prof Dewald van Niekerk, laced up his running shoes and started running around his house in Potchefstroom. The time was 10:30. When he finally stopped to unlace his shoes, twenty-four hours and ten minutes later, he’d circled his house 1 100 times to clock a distance of 110km.
NWU teams set assistance to NW Health in motion
Epidemiological and technical assistance against COVID-19 is the latest contribution in the collaboration between the North-West University and the North West Department of Health (NWDoH).
Helping parents to help their children
During the last five weeks parents had to quickly familiarise themselves with teaching techniques and start homeschooling their children.
How to help your anxious children during lockdown
The Covid-19 lockdown brings with it a number of emotional challenges, not only for adults but also for children.
Four NWU researchers nominated for Science Oscars
Four researchers from the North-West University (NWU) have been nominated for this year’s Science Oscars.
PUKfm impresses at the renowned South African Radio Awards
The team from PUKfm, the radio station on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Potchefstroom, was filled with joy and excitement after they walked away with three awards during the South African Radio Awards ceremony which was held on 17 April 2020.
Life goes on, death happens: loss and grief in a time of Covid-19
Across the world the Covid-19 pandemic has changed our assumptive worlds drastically, yet life continues to happen. Babies are born, people develop health conditions that are not related to Covid-19, others reach milestone birthdays, while others die.
NWU to validate new Covid-19 test
As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc locally and internationally, NWU’s experts have been roped in to assist with the validation of a new test in the fight against it.
Serving ourselves and humanity during the Covid-19 pandemic
In March 2020, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the outbreak of a new coronavirus disease (Covid-19) as a global pandemic. Subsequently many people are overwhelmed by feelings of worry and anxiousness, especially by the constantly changing alerts, media coverage and national lock down regarding the Corona virus.