The Vice-Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Professor (Mrs) Rita Akosua Dickson has formally launched the U.S. State Department Bureau of African Affairs’ University Partnerships Initiative (UPI) at an in-person and virtual ceremony on Wednesday, 14th October, 2020 at the Amonoo Neizer Conference Room, KNUST. 

Professor Nathaniel Boso, Dean of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) School of Business, has been named one of the Chairs in ten (10) African Universities to host the O.R Tambo Africa Research Chairs Initiative (ORTARChI).

The Minister for Education, Honourable Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh has sworn in four (4) new members of the University Council of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi (KNUST) at the Amonoo Neizer Conference Room. The Members who were sworn in were; Prof (Mrs) Rita Akosua Dickson (Vice Chancellor) Dr. Otchere. Addai.

Professor Ellis Owusu-Dabo has been appointed Pro Vice-Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi.

The women’s wing of the Ghana Institution of Surveyors (GhIS) has honoured Professor (Mrs.) Rita Akosua Dickson on her achievement as the first female Vice-Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi. The team presented a citation when they paid a courtesy call on the Vice-Chancellor at the Council Chamber.

The Vice-Chancellor of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, on Wednesday, 19th August 2020, paid courtesy calls on some stakeholders of the University within the Ashanti Region.

The Governing Council of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi has inaugurated Professor (Mrs.) Rita Akosua Dickson into the high office of Vice Chancellor on Saturday, 1st August, 2020 at the Great Hall, KNUST. The astute Professor of Pharmacognosy becomes the 11th Vice-Chancellor of KNUST and the 1st Female to occupy that prestigious Office.

Professor Charles Ofosu Marfo has been appointed Provost of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CoHSS) of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), with effect from 1st August, 2020. He is currently the Vice Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Head of the Department of Language and Communication Sciences.

Professor Christian Agyare has been appointed Provost of the College of Health Sciences of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). His appointment takes effect from 1st August, 2020. He is currently the Head of Quality Assurance and Planning Unit and    Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.

Professor El Anatsui, a globally distinguished artist and an alumnus of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), has donated books worth One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) to the College of Art and Built Environment (CABE). Professor Anatsui earned his BA (Art) Degree and a Postgraduate Diploma in Art Education from KNUST.