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UCT heeds call for five days of national mourning
VC Prof Mamokgethi Phakeng writes to the UCT community about responding to the call for five days of national mourning.
19 Nov 2020
Complying with COVID-19 protocols and other updates
18 Nov 2020
Report highlights climate indicators and opportunities
Deemed the world’s most comprehensive review of G20 climate action, the Climate Transparency Report includes a South African profile compiled by UCT’s Energy Systems Research Group.
18 Nov 2020
Dimming the sun might help reduce the risk of future “Day Zero” droughts in Cape Town, but it can’t solve the climate crisis
Artificially dimming the sun by injecting reflective particles into the upper atmosphere could help reduce the likelihood of “Day Zero” level droughts in Cape Town - by as much as 90% - in the future, say scientists from the University of Cape Town (UCT) in a paper recently published in Environmental Research Letters .
18 Nov 2020
School of IT Showcase displays students’ ingenuity
The annual School of IT Showcase gives senior UCT students in the field of science an opportunity to present their best work.
18 Nov 2020
UCT Fraud Awareness Week campaign
VC Prof Mamokgethi Phakeng writes to the UCT community about International Fraud Awareness Week and to encourage staff to watch a series of videos on the topic.
18 Nov 2020
Remote work has built trust among colleagues
Remote work has allowed workers to demonstrate their ability, good intentions, and integrity, thus earning their colleagues' trust.
18 Nov 2020
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College of Fellows 2020
This year, Council recognised six new fellows for induction to the UCT College of Fellows.
17 Nov 2020
Women employment sectors hit hard by COVID-19 pandemic
Decades of work and hard-won gains into achieving gender equality in the labour market in South Africa could be derailed by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
17 Nov 2020
Bidding farewell to Dr Dale Peters, UCT eResearch director
The UCT research community bids farewell to Dr Dale Peters, UCT eResearch director.
17 Nov 2020
Climate Transparency Report highlights climate indicators and opportunities
South Africa’s energy sector remains one of the most coal-dependent and largest per capita polluters in the G20 despite being at greater risk of climate-related impacts. This is according to the latest report from Climate Transparency International that cautions G20 countries against quick-fix COVID-19 stimulus packages that favour fossil fuel industries.
17 Nov 2020
Social Responsiveness course grant awards 2020
DVC Prof Loretta Feris writes to UCT staff to announce the two awardees of the Socially Responsive Course Development Grants.
17 Nov 2020
Diabetes is a ticking time bomb in sub-Saharan Africa
In 2019 about 1 in 11 adults in the world had diabetes. Of these, 19 million lived in sub-Saharan Africa, many unaware of their condition.
17 Nov 2020
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A/Prof Markus Arnold on receiving the UCT College of Fellows Young Researcher Award
Markus Arnold holds a prize-winning bi-national German-French doctorate on Comparative and Francophone literatures, where he investigated in questions of violence and interculturality in contemporary novel writing of the Indian Ocean Islands.
17 Nov 2020
Dr Susan Cunningham on receiving the UCT College of Fellows Young Researcher Award
Dr Susan Cunningham knew from a very young age that she wanted to pursue a career as a biologist working with birds.
17 Nov 2020
A/Prof Nico Fischer on receiving the UCT College of Fellows Young Researcher Award
A/Prof Nico Fischer is a soft funded researcher working in the Catalysis Institute hosted by the Department of Chemical Engineering, specifically in the DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence in Catalysis c*change.
17 Nov 2020
Dr Itumeleng Monageng on receiving the UCT College of Fellows Young Researcher Award
Dr Itumeleng Monageng holds a joint lectureship position between the Department of Astronomy at UCT and at the South African Astronomical Observatory.
17 Nov 2020
Dr Ryan Nefdt on receiving the UCT College of Fellows Young Researcher Award
Dr Ryan Nefdt is an interdisciplinary researcher with a primary focuson cognitive science with specialisations in theoretical linguistics and the philosophy of language.
17 Nov 2020
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