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The Office of the Associate Vice Chancellor (RIE) on 15th November 2022 received courtesy call from UNEP representatives , to explore on areas of collaborations, research, publications,  policy briefs and student supervision among other things between UNEP and UON.To also look at strategic partnership,hosting events with UON, Innovative technologies in food systems, focus on bringing science to pragmatic level, Call for junior fellows- Recently graduated Young researchers/ Career development, Align Research mandate to GEO 7 ,Review of sustainable development goals and to position UON to tak

Associate Vice Chancellor for Research, Innovation and Enterprise, Professor Margaret Hutchinson  met with the Secretary General of ARUA  Prof Ernest Aryeetey and other  female DVCs from stellenbosh, Logos, Ibadan Universities for a Data gathering and Benchmarking Workshop at the Protea Hotel, Technopark, South Africa.

This was a a three day Conference starting form 1st November to 3rd November 2022.

Following the lifting of the 10-year ban on importation of GMOs

Kenyan youth have been urged to engage in farming. This was the clarion call that the keynote speaker, Dr. Lusike Wasilwa, Director Crop system at the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO), made as she delivered her keynote speech during the opening ceremony of the 5th annual research week on Monday 24th October, 2022. 

“You need a farmer 3 times a day” she reiterated.

This Year the office of Associate Vice Chancellor for Research, Innovation and Enterprise will host thirteen Conference as listed below:

The office of Associate Vice Chancellor for Research, Innovation and Enterprise on 6th October 2022 received visitors from University of Dar es salaam who came to discuss and share experience on issues pertaining to research and innovation governance. The following members came:

1. Dr Mussa Mgwatu  Director, Research and Publication

This Workshop was sponsored by the Royal Society of Chemistry/ Pan African Chemistry Network and was aimed at enhancing the capabilities of Kenyan scientist in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Technologies.

Associate Vice Chancellor for Research, Innovation and Enterprise, Professor Margaret Hutchinson launched  the Science for Weather Information and Forecasting Techniques (SWIFT) laboratory in the Department of Earth and Climate Sciences on 9th September 2022. In her speech Prof.