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Identifying novel biomarkers and therapeutic targets for cancer treatment
Professor Virna Leaner and her team are looking for novel cancer biomarkers that could serve as therapeutic targets.
26 Sep 2018
An economic interrogation of depression
Researchers at UCT are investigating the effects of socio-economics on the transmission and drivers of depression in South African households.
26 Sep 2018
UCT climbs 15 places to remain top African institution in the THE rankings
The University of Cape Town (UCT) remains Africa's top institution after climbing 15 places in the 2019 Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings.
26 Sep 2018
UCT researcher questions when predictable patterns in stock markets can imply profitability
New research argues that although there are similar and repeated patterns of information detectable in both low and high-frequency financial market data in South African markets, predictability does easily imply profitability without large-scale asymmetric market access.
26 Sep 2018
Student engagement survey and other updates
25 Sep 2018
Sarah Baartman exhibition allows space for discourse
A new exhibition entitled Sarah ‘Saartjie’ Baartman, a call to respond was unveiled at the Ritchie Studio Gallery at UCT’s Hiddingh Campus.
25 Sep 2018
Unbanned books now important historical artefacts
Voices that were once suppressed and silenced by South Africa’s oppressive apartheid regime are being celebrated during UCT’s Banned Books Week event.
25 Sep 2018
UCT community urged to continue saving water
VC Prof Mamokgethi Phakeng writes to the UCT community about the need to continue saving water.
25 Sep 2018
Selection process for the Dean of Humanities
VC Prof Mamokgethi Phakeng writes to the UCT community about the selection process for the Dean of Humanities.
25 Sep 2018
THE World University Rankings 2019: transformation under way
Young people are rightly impatient for change, so UCT is using their input to reshape the curriculum and more, says Vice-Chancellor Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng.
25 Sep 2018
Republished
3MT contest pits students against the clock
The annual UCT Three-Minute Thesis competition saw 14 PhD students presenting their research in the Snape Teaching Studio on Thursday, 13 September.
25 Sep 2018
UCT team helping to build a solar powered house for international competition
Three University of Cape Town (UCT) lecturers are part of the only team representing sub Saharan Africa in an international competition to design and build a fully functional, modular, net-zero-energy house in Stellenbosch. The competition, Solar Decathlon, takes place in Morroco next year.
25 Sep 2018
Dr Lester Ryan John: 1968–2018
It is with much sadness that we announce the sudden passing of Dr Lester Ryan John, a former senior lecturer in the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Department of Human Biology, on 22 September 2018.
22 Sep 2018
Dignifying Sarah Baartman
The new Sarah Baartman exhibition at the Ritchie Gallery offers an opportunity to dignify and commemorate the woman who was abused in the name of science.
21 Sep 2018
VC visits Cape Flats community health centres
University of Cape Town Vice-Chancellor Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng recently visited healthcare facilities on the Cape Flats to signal the institution’s commitment to inclusivity.
21 Sep 2018
Completion of employment equity declaration form
DVC Loretta Feris writes to the UCT community about completion of the employment equity declaration form.
21 Sep 2018
Dagga law details now up to Parliament
The Constitutional Court’s cannabis judgment now requires a “humane and rational” system to regulate the product, says UCT drug policy expert Anine Kriegler.
21 Sep 2018
Republished
Live art triumph
Audiences were challenged, inspired and educated during this year’s University of Cape Town (UCT) Institute for Creative Arts’ ICA Live Art Festival 2018, an annual celebration that offers a platform to both visual and performing artists.
19 Sep 2018
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