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Institutional Review: 2008–2018
Chair of Council, Sipho M Pityana, writes to the campus community about the Institutional Review: 2008–2018.
20 Mar 2019
UCT Council
In remembrance: Anthony Europa
The UCT Executive team writes to the UCT community about the passing of a colleague, Mr Anthony Europa (62)
20 Mar 2019
C-section risk 50 times higher for mothers in Africa
The risk of dying after a C-section in Africa is much greater than in high-income countries, according to a new study led by UCT’s Professor Biccard.
20 Mar 2019
IRTC final report released
Chair of Council, Sipho M Pityana, writes to the campus community about the release of the IRTC’s final report.
20 Mar 2019
UCT Council
In remembrance: Lumka Mpopoma-Diamond
The UCT Executive team writes to the UCT community about the passing of a student, Mrs Lumka Mpopoma-Diamond (42).
20 Mar 2019
Helping African adolescents achieve their potential
UCT researchers are part of an international team to accelerate achievements for African adolescents across many areas of their lives.
20 Mar 2019
New study investigates why refugees aren’t going home
The length of many of Africa’s wars and the loss of migration networks are just two of the factors preventing the “refugee cycle” from ending.
20 Mar 2019
Republished
Cape Town drought a lesson for SA
During National Water Week, a new paper from the ACC warns that the Cape Town drought has powerful climate-change adaptation lessons for other municipalities.
19 Mar 2019
Load-shedding and other updates
19 Mar 2019
Kelly Chibale: Leading the way in African drug discovery
Professor Kelly Chibale, head of UCT’s Drug Discovery and Development Centre (H3D), is overcoming sceptics to take region’s innovation efforts seriously.
19 Mar 2019
Republished
Evaluating SA’s tools to tackle gender-based violence
While convictions are the pinnacle of justice in gender-based violence cases, they are hard to secure, making it necessary to find other measures to measure successes in courts of law.
19 Mar 2019
Republished
Professor Ambroise Wonkam: Enabling genetic medicine
On 13 March, Professor Ambroise Wonkam presented the first Vice-Chancellor's Inaugural Lecture for 2019: “Enabling genetic medicine”.
19 Mar 2019
Magical flute’s links to early Islamic robotics
Recreating an early 12th century water-powered perpetual flute, part of a rich trove of medieval Islamic inventions, needed some careful research and patient experimentation.
19 Mar 2019
UCT research identifies wildlife crime hot spots in the United Kingdom
University of Cape Town (UCT) academics have led an international study that has found that the young hen harriers (a bird of prey) in the United Kingdom (UK) suffer abnormally high mortality compared to other populations across their range.
19 Mar 2019
Lifetime Achievement Award for Dizu Plaatjies of Amampondo fame
Neo-traditional African musician Dizu Plaatjies and head of African Music: Practical Studies at the University of Cape Town's (UCT) South African College of Music, has been awarded a ministerial Lifetime Achievement Award by the Western Cape Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport (DCAS).
19 Mar 2019
IRTC and IRTC Steering Committee meet for the release of the IRTC’s final report
On Monday night, 18 March 2019, the Institutional Reconciliation and Transformation Commission (IRTC) met with the IRTC Steering Committee and released its final report.
18 Mar 2019
Broadening financial aid
The VC writes to the UCT community about the braodening of financial aid.
18 Mar 2019
Inspiring the neuroscientists of tomorrow
In partnership with the Cortex Club, UCT’s Neuroscience Institute invited Capricorn Primary School learners for a “brain day” to mark Brain Awareness Week.
18 Mar 2019
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