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Dr. Kennedy Obehiri Obohwemu has emerged winner of the “Three-Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition” 2022, organised by the University of Sunderland, United Kingdom.
The three-minute thesis competition is an annual competition held in more than 200 universities worldwide.
It is open to PhD students, and challenges participants to present their research in just 180 seconds, in an engaging form that can be understood by an intelligent audience with no background in the research area.
The Governing Council of the Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA) has appointed Professor (Mrs.) Adenike Temidayo Oladiji of the Department of Biochemistry, University of Ilorin, as the Eighth substantive Vice Chancellor of the University.
The Council ratified the appointment at its Special Meeting held on May 12, 2022.
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The Times Higher Education Impact Rankings has ranked Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD) as the Best University in Nigeria and one of the best 400 in the world.
On the rankings, Covenant University (CU) emerged second; University of Ibadan (UI) emerged third; University of Lagos (UNILAG) emerged fourth; Landmark University emerged fifth; Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike emerged sixth; Babcock University emerged seventh; Edo State University, Uzairue emerged eighth; and Lagos State University (LASU) emerged ninth.
Winners have emerged in the second edition of Mobo Game Jam – a global game-making competition organised by Kucheza Gaming in partnership with edu360, Union Bank’s education platform.
The competition, which encourages young innovators (heroes) between the ages of 8-18, brought together participants from Nigeria and the United Kingdom (UK) to compete and develop video games or game prototypes that combine creativity, compassion, and computational thinking to defeat a villain causing a global problem, and by so doing raise awareness and provide possible solutions for that problem.
Victor Adetunji, a Senior Secondary 2 student of International School, Ibadan has emerged CLMCA Africa’s Maths Champion 2022 as he defeated over 10,000 participants across Africa to the title.
For the feat, Victor Adetunji earned $5,000 worth of university scholarship at the just-concluded Cruxlearning Mathematics Contest Africa.
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Jadesola Temitope Olayinka, a student of SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University has been named recipient of the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence, the highest honor bestowed upon students by the University System.
Jadesola Temitope Olayinka alongside Alfonso Caetta, students in SUNY Downstate’s College of Medicine, are two (2) of 180 students across 61 campuses being recognized for outstanding achievements and for demonstrating the integration of SUNY excellence within academics, leadership, campus involvement, community service, or the arts.
Professor Chris Ogbondah has won the Distinguished Scholar Award for the 2021-2022 academic year at the University of Northern Iowa in the United States of America.
The award is given annually to the lecturer in the university who is most accomplished in scholarly and creative activity.