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Gen. Otema urged Government to support Gulu University expansion

Gen. Charles Otema Awany, the Commander of the UPDF Reserve Forces, has called upon the government to fast track the degazettement of the Laroo Central Forest reserve to allow Gulu university expand and provide more services to the people in Northern Uganda. “I know Gulu University has given their land in Nwoya district to the National Forestry Authority for this Forest Reserve as part of the swap deal and it seems...

Gulu University Joint Staff Association has called off their Industrial Action

The Gulu University Joint Staff Association called off their industrial action on Monday, March 3rd, 2025. This follows several engagements from the University management and correspondences from the Ministry of Public Service and Uganda Public Universities Forum, among others. Prof. Openjuru, George Ladaah, the Vice Chancellor, addressed the staff earlier on Monday and told them to resume work because management has goodwill toward following up on their demand for salary enhancement...

Prime Minister applauds Gulu University Scientists on Scientific Innovation

Rt. Hon. Robinah Nabbanja, the Prime Minister of Uganda, has applauded Gulu University for its resilience and hard work in research innovation to mitigate community challenges. The Prime Minister made the remarks while visiting Gulu university researchers at their exhibition booth during the ground breaking ceremony of the Presidential Scientific Initiative on Epidemics Pathogen Economy Biosciences Park in Nakasongola district, where she was chief guest. Dr. Monica Musenero, the Minister of Science,...

Danida Fellowship Centre Official Visits Gulu University

A team from Danida Fellowship Centre (DFC) being led by Marie Gry Torup are in Gulu University for a week to cross-check development and progress activities involving Building Stronger University Project Four (BSU IV). The team is having training and discussions with the project coordination team at Gulu University to ensure much harvest of the expected outputs including enriching the team on the reporting framework of the project. Currently BSU-IV is sponsoring...

Parliamentary Committee on Science, Technology and Innovation visits Gulu University.

Parliamentary Committee on Science, Technology and Innovation-STI carried out an oversight visit to Gulu University on Monday 24 February, 2025 to assess and monitor the progress of all STI projects being run by the university. The delegation was welcomed by Vice Chancellor Prof. George Ladaah Openjuru, Dr. Collins OKello, Dean Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, and other members of top management. The Precision Agriculture whose Principal Investigator is Assoc. Prof. Benedict Oyo...