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TB Davie Memorial Lecture: Academic freedom UCT’s annual TB Davie Memorial Lecture will be presented by Dr Steven Salaita and will examine the “myth” of academic freedom. 25 Jul 2019
Student designs reimagine District Six An exhibition that reflects the work of architecture honours students explored ways of redeveloping the landscape and community of District Six by merging the old with the new. 25 Jul 2019
UCT’s USSA cycling successes UCT cyclists ended with a second and third overall place in the women’s event in the recent USSA Cycling Championships 2019. 24 Jul 2019
Become someone’s hope for life UCT will host a blood stem cell (bone marrow) donor drive in the Sarah Baartman Hall tomorrow, 25 July, in partnership with the Sunflower Fund. 24 Jul 2019
UCT, Bristol University in ‘profound collaboration’ UCT has joined hands with the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom to launch a novel Researchers without Borders PhD programme. 24 Jul 2019
Lessons from a record-breaking drought Multiple perspectives are key to building resilience according to Gina Ziervogel’s latest research into Cape Town’s water crisis. 24 Jul 2019
Reflections on lessons learnt during Cape Town's water crisis When Day Zero - the day when taps would run dry - was narrowly averted in Cape Town and the drought ended, Associate Professor Gina Ziervogel undertook an 18-month research that would look at what other cities around the world could learn from Cape Town's response to the crisis. 24 Jul 2019
UCT and Bristol launch collaborative PhD programme UCT has joined forces with the University of Bristol to launch a new and exciting 24 Jul 2019
Butler on Ramaphosa’s rise to president On 29 July Professor Anthony Butler will give a Summer School Extension programme lecture on Cyril Ramaphosa’s road to the presidency. 23 Jul 2019
On being a queer primatologist Biological anthropologist Christopher Schmitt talks about the challenges queer people face in fieldwork settings. 23 Jul 2019
Peter Horn: 1934–2019 It is with deep sadness that we share the news of the death of Peter Horn, who died on 23 July 2019. 23 Jul 2019
Hon doc for maths ‘trailblazer’ Phakeng VC Prof Mamokgethi Phakeng says her honorary doctorate from the University of Bristol is “a recognition of the many people who made me, those I represent”. 23 Jul 2019
Special focus on teaching and learning the University of Cape Town acknowledges the primary place of teaching and learning in the university’s work. 23 Jul 2019
Book launch: Day Zero The launch of Day Zero – One city’s response to a record-breaking drought, by Associate Professor Gina Ziervogel and science writer Leonie Joubert, takes place on 23 July. 22 Jul 2019
Corruption inquiry: Zuma walking a tightrope Has Jacob Zuma’s legal team played a smart hand at the Zondo inquiry, or are the former president’s legal and political options narrowing by the day? 22 Jul 2019 Republished
The 2019 TB Davie Memorial Lecture VC Prof Mamokgethi Phakeng writes to the UCT community about this year’s TB Davie Memorial Lecture. 22 Jul 2019
Cape Town’s Water Strategy: what to watch Dr Kevin Winter, from UCT’s Future Water Institute, draws attention to the new Cape Town Water Strategy and how its progress can be monitored. 22 Jul 2019
UCT continues engagement with alumni through Pretoria visit UCT Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Transformation, Professor Loretta Feris, will visit Pretoria as part of an ongoing engagement programme facilitated by the university's Development and Alumni Department. 22 Jul 2019
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