Professor Peter Donkor, a Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, from the School of Medicine and Dentistry, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has been inducted into office as the 31st President of the West African College of Surgeons (WACS) during its just-ended AGM and Scientific Conference held in Cotonou, Benin Republic from 14th to 16th June 2021.

Dr. Michael Frimpong, a Molecular Immunologist lecturer at the Department of Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine and Dentistry at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has been named among the Ten (10) grantees of the 2020 African Postdoctoral Training Initiative (APTI). 

Researchers from the Department of Theoretical and Applied Biology at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), have warned the public to avoid counting money with saliva. They found species of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA); a group of bacteria responsible for diseases ranging from boils to pneumonia on the notes.

The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Rita Akosua Dickson, together with some members of Management has paid a working visit to the Bekwai Municipal Hospital. The purpose of the visit was to formally discuss the University’s interest in enrolling students at the School of Medicine and Dentistry (SMD) and the Department of Allied Health Sciences for clinical training at the facility in 2023. 

The Regional Water and Environmental Sanitation Centre Kumasi (RWESCK) at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in collaboration with the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL), supported by the Paris Institute of Technology for Life, Food and Environmental Sciences (AgroParisTech), have organised a five-day professional development training on non-revenue water management.

The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) is set to host a new German-West African Centre for Global Health and Pandemic Prevention (G-WAC) within the College of Health Sciences in KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana. The G-WAC project officially started on Saturday, 1st May 2021 with funding worth about 2.8 million EUR from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).

The Department of Chemistry of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and the Aarhus University, Denmark have engaged in a joint research to explore the potential risk of Mercury pollution in soils at Gbani; an artisanal gold mining community located in the Upper East region of Ghana.

The College of Science (CoS), Department of Optometry and Visual Science and the Optometry Students’ Association of Ghana of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have held 4th White Coat Ceremony for sixty-eight (68) students of the Class of 2023.

The Chairman of the Church of Pentecost (CoP), Apostle Eric Nyamekye, together with his delegation has paid a courtesy call on the Vice-Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Professor (Mrs.) Rita Akosua Dickson on Friday, 11th June 2021 at the Council Chamber.

The Vice-Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Professor (Mrs.) Rita Akosua Dickson has led staff and students of KNUST to plant two thousand (2,000) trees on Friday, 11th June 2021, around the Prince of Wales Park and other locations on campus. The exercise dubbed 'One student, one tree' was to commemorate the Green Ghana Day initiative as championed by

The local chapter of Women in Engineering (WinE) at the College of Engineering (CoE) of the Kwame Nkrumah of Science and Technology (KNUST) has organised a symposium to empower young female engineers in the College. The symposium themed ‘SHE CAN’ saw over three hundred young female engineering students as participants.

The Short Courses and Programmes Unit of the Kwame Nkrumah Science and Technology (KNUST) has organised a five-day intensive Short Course programme for Twenty-Nine (29) participants on Occupational Health and Safety (OHS). The programme brought together individuals from the sanitation, health, mining, construction and commerce sectors at the Amonoo-Neizer Conference Centre.

The Women’s Wing of the Senior Staff Association in collaboration with Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (WiSTEM) of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), has held a capacity building workshop for female Senior Staff in KNUST on Thursday, 27th May, 2021 at the KNUST Museum.

The Gambian Minister of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology (MoHERST), Honourable Badara A. Joof, together with a delegation from the Gambia Technical Training Institute (GTTI) has paid a courtesy call on the Vice-Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), on Tuesday, 1st June 2021 at the Council Chamber.