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FEATURES

Feature Graduation 2020

The virtual celebratory events take place at 18:00 on Monday, 14 December and Tuesday, 15 December 2020.

07 Dec 2020

Feature UCT Annual Awards 2020

The virtual event took place at 18:00 on Wednesday, 2 December 2020.

30 Nov 2020

NEWS

News What fascinates us about murder?

In his two-day Summer School lecture, Gilad Stern tackled humans’ fascination with murder.

15 Jan 2021 - 8 min read

News UCT Libraries’ new platform supports publishing of African-centric research

UCT Libraries has developed a new continental platform for open access publishing in Africa.

13 Jan 2021 - 4 min read

Research and innovation Win-win for wind energy and eagles

While the rapid uptake of wind energy across the globe offers hope of a transition toward sustainability, this same energy can also present a real threat to soaring birds of prey.

13 Jan 2021 - 5 min read

Newsbyte UCT’s first virtual Summer School goes live

UCT’s annual Summer School will take place from 11 to 30 January 2021 and will be hosted online for the first time.

11 Jan 2021 - 1 min read

Social Responsiveness Award: a unique study on youth and HIV

In October, Dr Rebecca Hodes won UCT’s Social Responsiveness Award for a unique, collaborative study on youth vertically infected with HIV.

11 Jan 2021 - >10 min read Highlight from 2020

UCT launches milestone Khoi and San Centre UCT marked a historic moment on its journey of transformation when it launched the Khoi and San Centre on 21 September. 11 Jan 2021 Highlight from 2020

UCT innovators on M&Gs list of top young South Africans In September, over 30 members of the UCT community were honoured in the Mail & Guardian 200 Young South Africans list. 08 Jan 2021 Highlight from 2020

UCT to be a net-zero-water campus by 2050 UCT is preparing to become a net-zero-water campus by 2050, with a strategy developed in the Office of the Vice Chancellor’s Environmental Sustainability Directorate. 07 Jan 2021 Highlight from 2020

First SA student residence to get Green Star rating In August, UCT’s new 500-bed Avenue Road Residence was the first SA student housing development to be awarded a Green Star rating from the Green Building Council South Africa. 07 Jan 2021 Highlight from 2020

Professor Elmi Muller wins the 2019 Alan Pifer Award In August, the award recognised Muller’s groundbreaking work in establishing transplantation between HIV-positive donors and HIV-positive recipients in South Africa and beyond. 06 Jan 2021 Highlight from 2020

Emergency medicine team rises above the challenges In August, the UCT's emergency medicine specialists set up a system to cope with the wave of COVID-19 patients at the Mitchells Plain District Hospital and the Heideveld Emergency Centre. 06 Jan 2021 Highlight from 2020

Distinguished teacher Amrita Pande’s classroom is her theatre In August, educator-performer and co-head of UCT’s sociology department, Associate Professor Amrita Pande, was one of four recipients of the 2019 Distinguished Teacher Award. 31 Dec 2020 Highlight from 2020

‘A+ teacher’ wins 2020 Stella Clark Teachers’ Award In August, Hebert Gumbi, an accounting teacher at Mathunjwa High School in Vryheid in KwaZulu-Natal, was the “proud” recipient of the 2020 Stella Clark Teachers’ Award. 31 Dec 2020 Highlight from 2020

COVID-19 dashboard measures resurgence risk Academics at UCT’s Modelling and Simulation Hub Africa (MASHA) are part of a multidisciplinary team who have developed a COVID-19 dashboard to analyse the resurgence risk in the country. 30 Dec 2020

Feature Retirees Recognition

16 Nov 2020

Feature Coronavirus Disease 2019

UCT is taking the COVID-19 pandemic seriously, and this page will feature the latest news and updates for the UCT community.

05 Feb 2020

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From Ugandan child soldier to PhD graduate

In 1986 Julius Okello was forced into Uganda’s Bush War as a child soldier. Tenacity and hope delivered him through a personal wilderness to his PhD.

In 1986 Julius Okello was forced into Uganda’s Bush War as a child soldier. Tenacity and hope delivered him through a personal wilderness to his PhD.

14 Dec 2020 - >10 min read

Dodging life as a gangster in pursuit of education

Tshediso Mahange experienced great adversity during his childhood, but he persevered – and this December he will graduate with his degree in business science from UCT.

Tshediso Mahange experienced great adversity during his childhood, but he persevered – and this December he will graduate with his degree in business science from UCT.

09 Dec 2020 - 9 min read

‘Grab your opportunities with both hands’

Takunda Chitaka, by her own admission, walks through doors when she sees they are open. It is an instinct that has served her well on her academic path.

Takunda Chitaka, by her own admission, walks through doors when she sees they are open. It is an instinct that has served her well on her academic path.

08 Dec 2020 - 9 min read

‘Don’t be afraid to be first’

Tabeth Masengu’s jointly awarded PhD in Law is not only a landmark for UCT but also proof of her resolve to be a pioneer.

Tabeth Masengu’s jointly awarded PhD in Law is not only a landmark for UCT but also proof of her resolve to be a pioneer.

07 Dec 2020 - 8 min read

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