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Dr. Stephen Wandera, Department of Population Studies. Makerere University.

CARTA Fellows Presentations

Jacob Mobolaji (Cohort Eight graduate, Obafemi Awolowo University) presented on ‘multidimensional deprivation among older persons in Nigeria: implication for poor health outcomes in later life’ at...

Henry Zakumumpa delivers a lecture in 2014. Photo credit: UNDP Uganda

General2 years ago

CARTA Fellows Appointments

Henry Zakumumpa (Cohort Four Fellow, Makerere University) was appointed Technical Lead for a $ 2.2 million dollar grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The...

The Chancellor-Prof. Ezra Suruma receives his Convocation Award from the Chairperson Council-Mrs. Lorna Magara (4th R) as MUBS Chair Council-Eng. Isaac Mubarak Ngobya (3rd R), Vice Chancellor-Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe (4th L), Principal MUBS-Prof. Waswa Balunywa (3rd L), Deputy Principal MUBS-Prof. Moses Muhwezi (R), Chair Convocation-Dr. Tanga Odoi (5th L), Vice Chair Convocation-Mrs. Diana Hope-Nyago (2nd L) and others witness on 16th February 2023.

General2 years ago

Mak 73rd Grad: Highlights from Day 4

The fourth session of the 73rd Graduation Ceremony of Makerere University was dedicated to the Makerere University Business School (MUBS). The Chancellor, Prof. Ezra Suruma in...

A screenshot of MIT Solve’s 2023 Global Challenges page.

Innovation2 years ago

MIT Solve’s 2023 Global Challenges

MIT Solve’s Global Challenges seek social entrepreneurs who are using technology to solve today’s most pressing problems. Those selected as a Solver team join a nine-month...

The Vice Chancellor, Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe (2nd R) and Vice-Chancellor University of London, Prof. Wendy Thomson (R) with members of the University leadership as the Procession makes its way through the Freedom Square on Day 1 of the 73rd Graduation Ceremony on 13th February 2022.

General2 years ago

Mak 73rd Grad: Highlights from Day 1

The first session of the 73rd Graduation Ceremony of Makerere University got off to a bright start with the Chancellor, Professor Ezra Suruma conferring degrees and...

Humanities & Social Sciences2 years ago

Orchestra 2001 to Host Profs. Tamusuza & Nannyonga-Tamusuza

Composer Prof. Justinian Tamusuza and leading African ethnomusicologist, Prof. Sylvia Nannyonga-Tamusuza will throughout 2023 and 2024 be hosted by Orchestra 2001. According to the organisation website,...

Health2 years ago

METS Newsletter January 2023

The Monitoring and Evaluation Technical Support (METS) Program is a 5-year CDC-supported collaboration of Makerere University School of Public Health (MakSPH), the University of California San...

Front Row: DVCAA-Prof. Umar Kakumba (4th L), Director DRGT-Prof. Edward Bbaale (4th R), Academic Registrar-Prof. Buyinza Mukadasi (2nd R) and Prof. Julius Kikooma (R) with Early-Career fellows and participants at the SECA Project Final Dissemination Workshop on 12th January 2022, Makerere University.

Research2 years ago

17 Postdoctoral Research Teams Mentored as SECA Project Winds up

SECA is an acronym for the Supporting Early-Career Academics Programme at Makerere University (2019-2022). SECA is the fifth “phase” of the Carnegie Corporation of New York...

DHIS2 Academy participants take a group photo with the State Minister for Primary Education, Dr. Joyce Kaducu (Front Row in Gomesi) at the workshop.

Health2 years ago

METS Newsletter December 2022

The Monitoring and Evaluation Technical Support (METS) Program is a 5-year CDC-supported collaboration of Makerere University School of Public Health (MakSPH), the University of California San...

The Director, Research and Graduate Training (DRGT), Prof. Buyinza Mukadasi (Centre black cap) poses with some of the PhD Graduands from CHS, CoNAS and the School of Law during the First Session of Makerere University's 72nd Graduation Ceremony on 23rd May 2022.

Health3 years ago

Impact Program PhD Fellowships (Cohort 2): Deadline Extended

Makerere University in collaboration with the Uganda Heart Institute, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and Children’s National Hospital received funding from the National Institutes of Health’s...