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Strengthening Africa’s climate resiliency
Professor Carlos Lopes makes the case that low-carbon development in Africa could contribute to countries’ economies and help them weather global warming.
18 Dec 2018
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Faculties of EBE and Science graduation ceremony - 14 December at 18:00
The faculties of Engineering & the Built Environment and Science graduation ceremony was held at 18:00 on Friday, 14 December.
14 Dec 2018
Graduates must become ‘more African‘
The Faculty of Commerce’s graduation on Friday, 14 December, was a celebration of being African in a world undergoing unprecedented change.
14 Dec 2018
Faculty of Health Sciences graduation ceremony - 14 December at 14:00
The Faculty of Health Sciences graduation ceremony was held at 14:00 on Friday, 14 December.
14 Dec 2018
‘Set your super-power dials to “in service” ’
“Set your super-power dials to ‘in service’,” Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng told graduands at a special graduation ceremony where she was officially robed as Vice-Chancellor.
14 Dec 2018
Sarah Baartman Hall: Potent transformation symbol
History was made on 13 December when UCT’s newly robed Vice-Chancellor, Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng, announced that Memorial Hall will be renamed the Sarah Baartman Hall.
14 Dec 2018
‘Tell them about the dream’
Graduation season has started on a high note with the robing of the Vice-Chancellor, academics being honoured and Humanities graduands being urged to be courageous.
14 Dec 2018
Four doctors, two families make it a double
It’s not often that two sets of brothers who are close friends graduate from the same two faculties – and each with the title of doctor.
14 Dec 2018
Faculty of Commerce graduation ceremony - 14 December at 09:00
The Faculty of Commerce graduation ceremony was held in at 09:00 on Friday, 14 December.
14 Dec 2018
Faculties of Law and Health Sciences graduation ceremony - 13 December at 18:00
The faculties of Law and Health Sciences shared the stage at a graduation ceremony held in Memorial Hall at 18:00 on Thursday, 13 December.
13 Dec 2018
Faculty of Humanities graduation ceremony - 13 December at 14:30
Students from the Faculty of Humanities were robed at a graduation ceremony yesterday afternoon, 13 December, which also saw the awarding of the UCT Book Award, the UCT Creative Works Award, and an alumnus returning to his alma mater to present the keynote address.
13 Dec 2018
Twin cities connect struggle and liberation sites
Associate Professor Svea Josephy received a Creative Works Award for her solo exhibition, Satellite Cities, at today’s graduation. It is one of three such awards.
13 Dec 2018
Symphony of elements wins Creative Works Award
Professor Hendrik Hofmeyr, of the South African College of Music, receives a Creative Works Award at today’s graduation for his composition Second Symphony – The Elements.
13 Dec 2018
Creative Works Award for Womb of Fire
Dr Sara Matchett’s Creative Works Award winner, Womb of Fire, addresses how centuries of violence in South Africa continue to play out on women’s bodies.
13 Dec 2018
UCT Book Award for classics scholar
Professor David Wardle’s work Suetonius: Life of Augustus has won him the 2018 UCT Book Award.
13 Dec 2018
UCT Vice-Chancellor’s robing ceremony at a special graduation
Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng was officially robed as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Town on 13 December 2018.
13 Dec 2018
December graduation 2018
The 2018 December graduation season featured six ceremonies, including the official robing of Vice-Chancellor Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng.
13 Dec 2018
Burst of energy from new UCT lecturers
The completion of the New Academic Practitioners’ Programme (NAPP) was cause for celebration for 20 new lecturers at UCT.
13 Dec 2018
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