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3 unusual facts about University of Pretoria


Lentomitella unipretoriae

Lentomitella unipretoriae is a fungus that was named after the University of Pretoria.

Seydouba Soumah

He previously played for Nitra and University of Pretoria in the South African National First Division.

Shark Shield

In 2003 C F Smit, Department of Statistics, University of Pretoria, South Africa and V Peddemors, Department of Zoology, University of Durban-Westville, South Africa (Peddemors was employed by the Natal Sharks Board at the time) researched “Estimating the Probability of a Shark Attack when using an Electric Repellent”.


Lavender Foal Syndrome

Research into the genetics of LFS has been conducted at the University of California, Davis and Cornell University in the United States, the University of Queensland in Australia and the University of Pretoria in South Africa.

Menlo Park, Pretoria

It is the site of Hoërskool Menlopark (as well as Menlo Park Primary School) and lies near the University of Pretoria.

Old School of Mines, Kimberley

The Old School of Mines building in Hull Street, Kimberley, is where the South African School of Mines was established in 1896, later evolving into the Transvaal University College, and eventually into both the University of the Witwatersrand and the University of Pretoria.

Peter Salovey

Other honors include an honorary doctorate from the University of Pretoria and membership in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.


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Amanda Strydom

She had two further honours in that year: first, she was honoured by her alma mater, the University of Pretoria with their Tuks Alumni Laureate Award, and secondly, she was invited to attend the historic 85th birthday celebrations of Nelson Mandela in Sandton, Johannesburg.

B. T. S. Atkins

Among her honors, are an honorary DLitt by the University of Brighton (2000), UK, for services to lexicography and linguistics; a festschrift (2002) published by EURALEX to mark her contribution to international lexicography, and an honorary DLitt by the University of Pretoria (2008) for significant contributions to the development of lexicographic practices worldwide and in particular for the African languages in South Africa.

GIBS

The Gordon Institute of Business Science, University of Pretoria, a business school in Johannesburg, South Africa