The Head of the Department of Food Science and Technology of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Dr. Isaac W. Ofosu has bemoaned the spate of dwindling nutrients in our locally made dishes. According to him, the various forms of food processing such as roasting, retorting, grilling, frying among others is largely to blame.

The Technology Consultancy Centre (TCC) of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has won a grant of £200,000 from the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAE), UK, to support industry-relevant capacity building in tertiary institutions for a two-year period.

Agri Ghana e.V has donated programmable Logic Controller (PLC) to the Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). The President, Mr. Kelly Carvin, donated the equipment on behalf of their organisation.

The Minister of State in charge of Tertiary Education, Professor Kwesi Yankah, has called on private hostel developers to urgently consider building and operating private hostels at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). This he said, would help accommodate the expected large numbers of the first batch of Free Senior High School graduates.

Members of the newly elected Council of Convocation have been sworn into office by the Pro-Vice Chancellor, Professor Mrs. Rita Akosua Dickson, on behalf of the Vice Chancellor. The short ceremony was attended by the Registrar, Mr. Andrews Kwasi Boateng; the Finance Officer, Mr. Yaw Nimo Baffour and the outgoing Members of Council of Convocation.

The University of Nebraska Medical Centre (UNMC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, (KNUST) to establish cooperation between faculty members of both institutions. The objective is to explore potential collaborative projects in teaching, research and clinical healthcare.

The Faculty of Educational Studies (FES) of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in collaboration with Transforming Teacher Education and Learning (T-TEL) has organised a communication training workshop for affiliate Colleges of Education on the theme, “Setting up Communications for Colleges of Education.”

The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Kwasi Obiri-Danso, has been honoured by the National Union of Ghana Students, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (NUGS-KNUST) chapter, for his tremendous contributions to the course of the Union which have helped in its growth.

The Director of Global Health and Community Engagement, Professor Hartley Feld and Professor Melody Ryan of the University of Kentucky, have paid a courtesy call on the Vice Chancellor of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Professor Kwasi Obiri-Danso.

The School of Veterinary Medicine (SVM) of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has organised a workshop for its faculty members dubbed ‘Manuscript Writing in a Poor-resource Setting. The workshop aimed at introducing participants to best practices in manuscript writing, peer review, grammar and plagiarism checks in their publications.