UNILAG V.C. ADVOCATES COLLABORATIONS TO PROMOTE BIODIVERSITY DATA
Vice-Chancellor, University of Lagos, Professor Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, FAS, on Tuesday, June 28, 2022, flagged off a 3-day Capacity Building Workshop on Applications of Digitized Biodiversity Data for Enhanced Policy Making in Conservation, with a call on stakeholders to foster cooperation so as to engender global relevance of Biodiversity data across Nigerian Ivory towers. Speaking at the Boardroom of the Research Management Office, University of Lagos, venue of the 3-day workshop which centres on “Expanding the […]
UNILAG Dons Jointly Win AI Grant
Three (3) University of Lagos dons have won an Artificial Intelligence Grant alongside Nivi, a US healthcare provider/company which provides consumers with on-demand, trusted, and actionable health information that enables them to make more informed and supported decisions about their health. The Team was selected as part of the winners of USAID’s Equitable AI Challenge which was launched in 2021. The AI Challenge was organised in a bid to look for innovative and creative approaches […]
Management and Friends Celebrate Professor Ogundipe at 62
The University of Lagos Management, some members of staff and friends of the University, in the early hours of Tuesday, May 31, 2022, paid a courtesy visit on the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Oluwatoyin T. Ogundipe, FAS, at the Vice-Chancellor’s Lodge on the occasion of his 62nd Birthday celebration. The Vice-Chancellor was clearly in awe as he was serenaded by a saxophonist, talking drummer as well as a mini orchestra. Reverend Azuka Ogbolumani, the Chaplain of Chapel […]
MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT COMMISSIONS GIS LAB, COMMENDS UNILAG SCENERY.
The Minister of Environment, Barrister Mohammed Abdullahi on Monday, May 30, 2022, performed the official unveiling of the Geographic Information System (G.I.S.) Science and Services Laboratory of the Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Environment and Social Inclusion (CoESESI), University of Lagos. The Centre, according to the Minister, forms part of the federal government’s efforts to establish stronger partnerships between government agencies and academic institutions with a view to deepening and sustaining the successes already recorded […]
ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NIGERIA PAYS PRE-CONFERENCE VISIT TO UNILAG
Council members of the Zoological Society of Nigeria (ZSN) paid a courtesy call on the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, FAS, today, Friday, May 27, 2022. Led by the President, Professor Alex Odaibo, the courtesy call was part of their pre-conference visit to the UNILAG Department of Zoology, which is expected to host the next annual conference of the society scheduled for the month of October. Professor Ayodele Atsenuwa, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Development Services) was on […]