Twas in Action

Cheng-Wen Wu, founding president of the National Health Research Institutes (NHRI) in Taipei, spoke at the TWAS 11th General Conference in Durban, South Africa

Are mathematicians the architects of an unseen world?

Phil Hockey of the University of Cape Town warned that without effective conservation measures the African Penguin could be facing extinction within thirty or forty years.

TWAS has just announced the election of 50 new members.

Naledi Pandor was appointed minister of science and technology of South Africa by president Jacob Zuma in May 2009.

The 2009 CNR Rao Prize has been awarded to Akiça Bahri, Director for Africa of the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Accra, Ghana.

Mohamed H.A. Hassan, executive director of TWAS, and A.M. Taleb, cultural advisor from the the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research of Iraq, signed a memorandum of understanding

Two organizations with close ties to TWAS have selected new directors

On the eve of TWAS's 11th General Conference in Durban, Daniel Schaffer, the Academy's public information officer, explores the current state of science in South Africa.

Norman Borlaug (TWAS Fellow 1985 and Nobel Laureate for Peace in 1970) has died at age 95.