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New Africa Platform gathers expertise at Ghent University Association

Are you engaged in research about Africa? Are you interested in Africa related activities that take place at Ghent University? In that case, the Africa Platform would like to present itself to you.

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Honorary doctorate handed out to Sara Oldfield on May 17

On May 17, 2013 Ghent University handed out an institutional honorary doctorate to Sara Oldfield. This honorary doctorate is part of the Fascination of Plants Day, an initiative in which the Botanical Garden of the university is strongly engaged.

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Ghent University contributes to the prevention of HIV and AIDS

Together with researchers from Ghent, the USA and South-Africa, statisticians from Hasselt University have developed a new mathgematical model – SIMPACT – that can play an important role in the fight against HIV, the virus dat causes AIDS.

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