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The University of Nairobi’s Department of Linguistics, Languages and Literature, the Italian Embassy and the Italian cultural institute collaborated on a conference dubbed "From the Dark Wood to Paradise: Dante Alighieri at the University of Nairobi."

The initiative was part of the "Week of the Italian Language in the World" with the objective of introducing Dante Alighieri and his poetics to the students of the Faculty of Arts.

The University of Nairobi held its first ever International Students day themed, ‘Cultural developments and interactions.’

The international students day was  highly significant given that UoN is home to around 2,000 international students representing nationalities across the global most of which come from neighbouring countries like Somalia, Southern Sudan, Uganda and Tanzania.

The internal Audit department today had a meeting to finalize on the 2020/2021 PC. The meeting was chaired by the Director, Mr. Kenneth Gitau and was attended by 14 members of the department.

50 students from the Faculty of Agriculture have been selected for the 2021/2022 Arava International Centre for Agricultural Training (AICAT). The students were on Thursday October 21, 2021 taken through a detailed Orientation Session aimed at preparing them adequately for travel to Israel.

The University of Nairobi Student Association (UNSA) in collaboration with the Office of the Dean of Students and the Youth Safety Awareness Initiative organized a forum on law enforcement and youth relationships. The forum provided an opportunity to deliberate on various ways to resolve disputes peacefully given the animosity between the students and law enforcement. The goal is to improve the relations between the police and the public, not just the youth.

The programme is managed by a Centre of Excellence (CoE) comprising City University of London and University of Nairobi and ChangeSchool UK, The CoE support winners through expert –driven workshops to deepen their understanding of their project challenge.

Ferdinand Omanyala, the 8th fastest man in the world and the fastest African was among the 220 people celebrated on Mashujaa Day 2021.

The UoN 2nd year, Bsc, Chemistry student said that it was an honour to be honoured. He was speaking at the Mashujaa day celebrations in Kirinyanga County.

Univeristy of Nairobi don, Prof. Raphael Nyonje has been elected president of Kenya University Quality Assurance Network (KuQAN) at the elections held on October 19, 2021.

Prof. Nyonje from the Faculty of  Education, replaces Prof. Anne Nangulu, the former Deputy Commission Secretary (Quality Assurance) at CUE and the current Principal, Bomet University College.

The Ambassador, Islamic Republic of Iran-Kenya, Dr. Jafar Barmaki met with the Principal Secretary, State Department for University Education and Research, Amb. Simon Nabukwesi, the Vice-Chancellor, University of Nairobi (UoN), Prof. Stephen Kiama, the Vice-Chancellor, JKUAT, Prof. Victoria Ngumi and representatives from Kenyatta (KU) and Pan African Universities to discuss the transfer of Nano Technology (Nano Tech) to the Africa continent and the establishment of a Nano Technology Laboratory in Kenya.

The Global Centre on Adaptation (GCA) in partnership with the University of Nairobi will celebrate the Africa Adaptation Acceleration Day on the 26th of October, 2021. The celebrations are a precusser into the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow.