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Inventor shortlisted for prestigious award, secures more UCT funding UCT’s Dr Jack V Fletcher is among 16 talented innovators who have been shortlisted for the 2022 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation. 28 Feb 2022
UCT staff and students join ‘successful’ Liesbeek River clean-up The Liesbeek River clean-up took place on Saturday, 26 February. 28 Feb 2022
UCT researchers contribute to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reports The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is currently in its Sixth Assessment cycle , during which the IPCC will produce the assessment reports of its three Working Groups, three special reports, a refinement to the methodology report and the synthesis report. 28 Feb 2022
Ikey first team blazer presented to their #1 supporter VC Prof Mamokgethi Phakeng has been honoured by the UCTRFC, which presented her with a custom-made 1st XV blazer. 25 Feb 2022
VC hosts dinner with Ikeys Rugby Management UCT’s Vice-Chancellor, Prof Mamokgethi Phakeng hosted a dinner at Glenara with UCT Rugby Football Club Management on Friday, 18 February 2022. 25 Feb 2022
UCT honours country’s top matriculants and first-year scholarship recipients The University of Cape Town (UCT) recently rolled out the blue carpet when Vice-Chancellor Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng honoured 17 of the country’s top matriculants, now UCT first-year students. Each has earned a Vice Chancellor’s Scholarship for their stellar results. 25 Feb 2022
Novel digital medicines information platform – a ‘game-changer’ for sector The digital version of the South African Medicines Formulary is expected to benefit thousands of clinicians beyond South Africa’s borders. 24 Feb 2022
Efficacious COVID-19 vaccines increase uptake, new global study finds Despite the unprecedented progress in developing COVID-19 vaccines, global vaccination levels needed to reach herd immunity remain a distant target while new variants keep emerging. According to a new global study, this will change if efficacious vaccines are offered. 24 Feb 2022
Father and son team produce ‘Explore the shore’ free educational video series UCT scientist Charles Griffiths and his filmmaker son, Matthew, have produced a free educational series of short videos about marine life along our shores. 24 Feb 2022
Blue carpet rolled out for top first-year scholarship winners The VC honoured 17 of the country’s top matriculants, now UCT first-year students and recipients of a Vice-Chancellor’s Scholarship for their outstanding results. 24 Feb 2022
Report on the meeting of UCT Council and other updates The University of Cape Town Council met on Monday, 21 February, to deliberate on the issue of students’ fee debt which remains a challenge for the university and the higher education sector in the country. 24 Feb 2022
Honorary doctorates in 2022 Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng writes to the UCT community about honorary doctorates that will be awarded in 2022. 23 Feb 2022
Photographs honouring slain LGBTQI+ activist Kirvan Fortuin added to UCT’s art collection Three photographic prints by up-and-coming visual artist and gender studies student Haneem Christian have joined UCT’s art collection. 22 Feb 2022
UCT hosts 5th Annual Heads of Mission Breakfast UCT’s Vice-Chancellor, Prof Mamokgethi Phakeng hosted the 5th Annual Heads of Mission Breakfast 22 Feb 2022
Capacity building and skills development for health innovation in Africa On Friday, 18 February, H3D director, Professor Kelly Chibale, spoke alongside global healthcare and pharmaceutical industry leaders about building scientific capacity in Africa. 22 Feb 2022
An academic by day and actress by night - finance lecturer gets full professorship To most people, drama and accounting may seem like two poles at opposite ends of the academic spectrum. However, for Professor Gizelle Willows the pursuit of both these passions has led to finding a niche in behavioural finance as well as attaining a number of career highlights. Most recently, she was promoted ad hominem to full professor at the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) College of Accounting. 22 Feb 2022
Research, exhibit exiled artists’ work lest they become ‘intellectual refugees’ South African universities have a vital role to play in researching and making the work of curating the exiled artists accessible, lest they fade into obscurity. 22 Feb 2022
Report on the meeting of UCT Council of 21 February 2022 Chair of UCT Council, Babalwa Ngonyama, writes to the UCT community about decisions made at Council’s recent meeting. 21 Feb 2022 UCT Council
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