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The second edition of the University of Nairobi Research Week presents an exciting array of goodies to choose from.

These include 13 conferences covering across a broad array of disciplines and 2 workshops. Abstract submissions and registration are currently open for the Research Week which will be held from October 22-25, 2019.

In addition, the organizing committee driven by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Research, Innovation and Enterprise, Prof. Madara Ogot, is reaching out to sponsors and partners to support the Research Week.

Following a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Gandhi Smarak Nidhi Fund; held on Tuesday, October 1, 2019, the applicants whose names are listed below, were awarded the Gandhi Smarak Nidhi Fund Scholarship for the 2019/2020 academic year.

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The University of Nairobi and partners held celebrations to mark the International Day against Alcohol and Drug Abuse and illicit trafficking (IDADA) 2019. IDADA is observed on 26th June, a day that was agreed upon 30 years ago by the United Nations general assembly.

Plans are underway to establish the University of Nairobi Institute for Blue Economy and Ocean Studies (UoN-IBEOS). This was revealed by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Academic Affairs, Prof. Julius Ogeng’o at the handing over of the modular boards by that were used at the Sustainable Blue Economy Conference to the University by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Prof. Ogeng’o was speaking on behalf of the Vice-Chancellor.