“You Are Not Helpless” – Professor Olumide Olusanya

Erudite professor of Architecture, University of Lagos, Olumide Olusanya, has made a call to all young scholars to seek knowledge, get understanding and embrace cooperation with their peers. He made this call while delivering his exaugural lecture entitled: “The Science and Art of Running: Knowledge, Know-How and Civilization” on Thursday, December 8, 2022 at the Tayo Aderinokun Auditorium, University of Lagos (UNILAG). Professor Olusanya Drdisclosed that contrary to popular belief, youths are…

UNILAG Architecture Celebrates Professor Olumide Olusanya

The nexus between Music as a talent, and Architecture, as a career path, formed the core of a lecture delivered by Professor Olumide Olusanya of the Department of Architecture, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, University of Lagos on Tuesday, December 6, 2022. The lecture was part of activities, put together by the Department of Architecture to…

Faculty of Environmental Sciences to Hold Send forth & Valedictory Lecture In Honour of Professor Olusanya, December 8

The Faculty of Environmental Sciences, University of Lagos, will hold a Send forth celebration and Valedictory Lecture in honour of a Professor of Architecture, Olumide Olusanya. The lecture, which is titled: “The Science & Arts of Running: Knowledge, Know-How and Civilisation”, will hold on: Date:              Thursday, December 8, 2022. Time:             11:00 a.m. Venue:            Tayo Aderinokun Auditorium…

UNILAG Don Shines at Cambridge University Workshop on Decolonising Architectures

An Associate Professor in the Department of Architecture, University of Lagos, Ọlátúnjí Adéjùmọ̀ made presentations at the UNFOLD Interactive Workshop of the University of Cambridge The workshop which was held on Thursday, October 27, 2022, was centered on Decolonizing Architectures. A University of Lagos Alumni and Doctoral Researcher at the University of Cambridge, Mr. Steven Àjàdí, curated…

UNILAG Researchers Join Others at Roundtable on Population Health, Urbanisation and Climate Change in African Cities

Researchers from the Centre for Housing and Sustainable Development, University of Lagos, recently teamed up with researchers from ten universities and international development agencies drawn from Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America, and United Kingdom to talk about multisectoral strategies for expanding access to healthy urban environments, under the Network Investigative meeting. The researchers include: Professor…

UNILAG Keys in UN Glass Agenda with First Green Building

Vice-Chancellor, University of Lagos, Professor Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, FAS, on Tuesday, October 25, 2022, performed the official turning of the sod for a Circular Glass Innovation Hub. The project which is situated at the Faculty of Environmental Sciences, University of Lagos, Akoka, Yaba, according to the Vice-Chancellor demonstrates the University’s commitment to the actualization of Sustainable…

UNILAG MANAGEMENT PAYS TRIBUTE TO LATE PROFESSOR ADALEMO DURING CONDOLENCE VISIT  

The Management team of the University of Lagos, on Thursday, September 15, 2022, paid a condolence visit to the family of late Emeritus Professor Isaac Ayinde Adalemo, a former Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University. The Emeritus Professor of Geography had passed on to glory on Sunday, August 21, 2022, at St. Vincent Medical Center, Ohio,…

Global Director of Resilient Cities Network advocates  strengthening of Local Governments in Africa

The Global Director (Strategy/Operations) and Regional Director (Africa), Resilient Cities Network, Dr. Dana Omranhas advocated the strengthening of technical capacity and financial autonomy of the local governments in Africa. She stated this on Tuesday, August 23, 2022 during the Opening Ceremony of the 3rd Annual Urbanization and Habitable Cities Conference. The 2-day Conference hosted by the Centre for Housing and Sustainable Development, University of Lagos in collaboration with its international partners, was held at Radisson Hotel,…

UNILAG Vice-Chancellor Approves the Appointment of Director, Research and Innovations Office

The Vice-Chancellor, University of Lagos, Professor Oluwatoyin T. Ogundipe, FAS, has approved the appointment of Professor Timothy Gbenga Nubi of the Department of Estate Management, Faculty of Environmental Sciences as Director, Research and Innovations Office The tenure of this appointment will be for two (2) years with effect from April 1, 2022 to March 31,…

Centre for Housing and Sustainable Development Holds Virtual Lecture, September 28

The University of Lagos Centre for Housing and Sustainable Development (the ARUA CoE in Urbanisation and Habitable Cities) Sustainable Construction and Skill Research Cluster in conjunction with University of Cape Town cordially invites members of the University community and general public to a virtual lecture with the theme: “Informality and Inequality in the Construction Sector:…