United States Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation awarded to the Institute of Heritage Conservation and Restoration Art lovers on April 30, 2015 gathered at the Makerere Art Gallery to celebrate a partnership the Gallery has with the US Embassy in Uganda. The US Embassy in 2012 started funding the documenting of Art pieces, improving storage...Read More

The Margaret Trowell School of Industrial and Fine Art, together with History in Progress Uganda on 14th May 2015 opened a unique Photography exhibition and launched two books, Ebishushani 2 and Ebishushani 3, showcasing work from two Ugandan photographers: Musa Katuramu and Elly Rwakoma. Musa Katuramu, 1913-1986, was a carpenter, a constructor of houses and...Read More

Students of Biomedical Engineering at Makerere University will get a chance to access online resources from Duke University in the US, following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the two institutions. This was agreed upon in a meeting on Thursday May 14, 2015. The delegation from Duke University was accompanied by a team...Read More

The World Bank is about to call for proposals on developing African Centres of Excellence (ACEs). The Support totalling USD 150 m is directed towards funding ACEs with emphasis on the following; STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics): Energy, Value addition, Infrastructure, Urban Design and Construction, ICT, Product Design and manufacturing, Disaster analysis and Management, Water...Read More

Makerere University has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with UNICEF to collaborate in the area of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) at an event held on 9th May 2014. The event also involved a launch of a three year project code-named Unicef-Academia-Private Sector Partnership (UNAPP) WASH Innovations Project, at the College of Engineering, Design, Art...Read More

Students and researchers from Makerere, Aalto and Helsinki Universities are developing innovations jointly with school children to address Water, sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) challenges in select schools in the Acholi sub-region of Northern Uganda, under the UniWASH project. The project involves researcher from CEDAT who include; Dr Venny Nakazibwe, Dr. Michael Lubwama, Dr Richard Kabiito,...Read More

The College on Wednesday April 28th 2015 hosted a delegation from University of Gezira – Sudan as part of an implementation process for the Mou the university signed with Makerere University. The two universities signed a Memorandum of Understanding in July 2014 to foster cooperation in the fields of research and higher education. The Sudanese delegation was...Read More

Mr Abubaker Waswa Matovu , an assistant lecturer in the Department of Electrical and computer Engineering, won  “The Best Paper Award” during a conference held on 25-26 April, 2015 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. His paper “Design and Implementation of a GSM based Fuel Leakage Monitoring System on Trucks in Transit” was chosen best during the 3rd International...Read More

The Vice Chancellor Makerere University Prof. John Ddumba- Ssentamu has recognised A/Prof. Henry Alinaitwe and A/Prof. Mackay Okure for their contribution to the growth and sustainability of the Makerere– Sida Collaborative Research Program. This was during the Makerere – Sida International Research and Innovations Dissemination Conference that took place from 20th -21stApril,  2015 at Hotel Africana,...Read More

The High Commissioner of Trinidad and Tobago, H.E Patrick Edwards, has appreciated the work of Art and Creativity by Dr. Rose Namubiru Kirumira, an internationally renowned sculptor and a lecturer at Margaret Trowell School Industrial and Fine Art, College of Engineering, Design, Art and Technology (CEDAT). This was during the opening of the solo exhibition...Read More