The Governing Council of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi has inaugurated Professor (Mrs.) Rita Akosua Dickson into the high office of Vice Chancellor on Saturday, 1st August, 2020 at the Great Hall, KNUST. The astute Professor of Pharmacognosy becomes the 11th Vice-Chancellor of KNUST and the 1st Female to occupy that prestigious Office.

Professor Charles Ofosu Marfo has been appointed Provost of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CoHSS) of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), with effect from 1st August, 2020. He is currently the Vice Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Head of the Department of Language and Communication Sciences.

Professor Christian Agyare has been appointed Provost of the College of Health Sciences of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). His appointment takes effect from 1st August, 2020. He is currently the Head of Quality Assurance and Planning Unit and    Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.

Professor El Anatsui, a globally distinguished artist and an alumnus of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), has donated books worth One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) to the College of Art and Built Environment (CABE). Professor Anatsui earned his BA (Art) Degree and a Postgraduate Diploma in Art Education from KNUST.

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and Incas Diagnostics, a diagnostic company in Kumasi have developed and are optimising Rapid Diagnostic Tests (RDT) for COVID-19 testing. This significant contribution towards the fight against COVID-19, will augment the current COVID-19 testing regime in the country.

As part of measures to protect students, staff and their dependants from COVID-19 pandemic, the Management of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi has established an isolation and treatment centres to aid in the fight against the spread of the pandemic.

As part of efforts to keep Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi (KNUST) safe for students, staff, visitors and other stakeholders, Management of KNUST has embarked on a campus-wide fumigation exercise.

The Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (FPPS) of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi has presented Pharmaclean Hand Sanitizers to the Ghana Prisons Service in the Ashanti Region.

The outbreak of the coronavirus, also known as covid-19, is the new epidemic ravaging the world. The main coronavirus affected countries are Ghana’s key trading partners and sources of our food imports, which is a threat to our national food security.

The Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (FPPS) of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi (KNUST), in its effort to prevent the spread of the Novel Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19), has produced affordable alcohol-based hand sanitizers for the University Community and the general public.

The Department of Sociology and Social Work in collaboration with the Centre for Disability and Rehabilitation Studies of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has held a day’s Workshop on Intellectual Disability.

As part of efforts to keep security personnel alert and poised to protect the University community and manage security related crisis, KNUST in collaboration with the Ashanti Regional Security Coordinating Council (REGSEC) has organised a two-day training for all KNUST Security personnel.

The Technology Consultancy Centre (TCC) of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has won a grant of £200,000 from the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAE), UK, to support industry-relevant capacity building in tertiary institutions for a two-year period.

The Minister of State in charge of Tertiary Education, Professor Kwesi Yankah, has called on private hostel developers to urgently consider building and operating private hostels at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). This he said, would help accommodate the expected large numbers of the first batch of Free Senior High School graduates.

The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Kwasi Obiri-Danso, together with Management of the University and other related members of staff have inspected ongoing projects to assess progress of work towards the admission of the first batch of Free SHS graduates for the 2020/21 academic year.