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Ms. Unelker Maoga, a 3rd-year student studying Environmental Science in the School of Biological Sciences, University of Nairobi has won the PHOTO and ESSAY contest organized by the U.S. Department of State’s Regional Environment Office for East Africa. The contest entailed encouraging people to share their experiences in terms of photos and essays on how climate change is impacting our lives and Oceans.  With her moving essay entitled I Hear a Cry, she managed to beat over 200 contestants from Kenya.

Mr. Oyoo, he won the post of ONUSS First Year Class Representative 

University of Nairobi 55th Graduation ceremony

In line with the University of Nairobi Corporate Strategy, the University management found it necessary to impart the much needed skills into one of their very important cadre of staff: the secretaries. The theme for the training was: Illuminating the real manager behind the boss.

The School of Physical Science and its Department signed their Performance Contract on Monday 8th September, 2014 at the SPS Deans office

Dr. Justus Simiyu has visited the Departments of Solid State Physics and Physical Chemistry, Uppsala University for a three months Post Doctoral fellowship under the International Science Program, Uppsala University. This is a SIDA funded programme that targets north-south and south-south collaboration in capacity building in selected areas of science and mathematics. The department of Physics has received support from ISP under the International Programmes in Physical Sciences (IPPS) for over 15 years that has seen the department train 4 PhDs in and over 10 MSc in Condensed Matter.

Department of Physics, University of Nairobi
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Condensed matter group had a mini symposia on 9th may 2013 at the
department of physics. The website for ansole is http://ansole.org/

The Department of Physics successfully held the 2013 April edition of Solar Academy that ended with a colorful closing ceremony on 25th April 2013. The training attracted over 50 interested participants but 20 participants were eventually trained. This is a third of its kind with the 1rst and 2nd held in April and August 2012 respectively. The training is in line with the Government's regulations that require that for any solar installer to be licensed, must have undergone the mandatory training for T1 and/or T2 category.

Fourth year undergraduate students being trained on how to conduct endodontic procedures at the phantom head skills…

Charitè-Universitätsmediizin Berlin (CUB) and University of Nairobi (UoN) exchange program is a 1-month fully sponsored research-based elective. It was pioneered by a student in 2016 with 3 cycles since.

The 2018 recipients were: Becky Wanjiku Njuguna, Brian Bundi Nyamweya, Evans Mutia Mutwiri, Mandela Kibiriti Mwangi, Ruth Kwamboka Nyang'aya and Sandra Obaje Maseno.

The following account is an attempt to summarize our collective experience:

Charitè University and hospital: