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UCT Press returns home
Prof Sue Harrison writes to UCT staff and postgraduate students about UCT Press being relaunched through the UCT Libraries.
24 Aug 2022
Breeding biology of giant Australian thunderbirds paves way to extinction
Bone microstructure studies on the fossil bones of the extinct ‘thunder bird’ were conducted by UCT and Flinders University vertebrate palaeontologists.
23 Aug 2022
SA's cancer incidence forecast to rise by 2030
The incidence of breast, cervical, prostate, lung, haematological and paediatric cancers is on the rise in South Africa and is expected to continue to grow over the next decade.
23 Aug 2022
Women’s Month: ‘Don’t put the girl down’ – Zimbabwean human rights champion
UCT student Gamuchirayi Manyadzi is a volunteer for Voice of the Gird Child Trust, taking human rights education to remote communities in her country.
22 Aug 2022
UCT ranks the best in Africa
UCT remains the top university on the continent according to ShanghaiRanking’s 2022 Academic Ranking of World Universities.
22 Aug 2022
UCT partners with University of Limpopo to boost drug discovery research capacity
The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Drug Discovery and Development Centre (H3D) has partnered with the University of Limpopo (UL) on a project to boost drug discovery research capacity at this historically disadvantaged institution (HDI).
22 Aug 2022
Breeding biology of giant Australian thunderbirds paves way to extinction
Big bones from the extinct ‘thunder bird’ or dromornithid indicate that while their size and breeding cycle gradually changed over millennia, they ultimately could not keep pace with the environmental changes around them.
22 Aug 2022
H3D to boost drug discovery research capacity at University of Limpopo
UCT’s H3D has partnered with the University of Limpopo on a project to boost drug discovery research capacity at the institution.
19 Aug 2022
Late autism diagnosis in males linked to mental distress
Late diagnosis of autism has significant negative ramifications. That’s according to the latest study by the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) researchers. The findings show that late diagnosis negatively impacts individuals’ psychological well-being due to factors such as social isolation, bullying and psychological distress caused by a lack of understanding of autism-related difficulties.
19 Aug 2022
Become a para-athletics official
UCT’s ParaSports Club will host a one-day-only para-athletics training programme on campus on Saturday, 27 August.
19 Aug 2022
Period poverty: empowering rural communities
University of Cape Town (UCT) master’s student Sharifa Negesa uses her vacations to go back home to Uganda to join a travelling cast of Girls Alive Uganda volunteers. They visit remote schools to teach menstrual hygiene and how to make reusable, sustainable sanitary pads with basic materials.
19 Aug 2022
PhD graduate on a mission to advance astronomy education in Africa
Dr Tshiamiso Makwela recently graduated with a doctorate in Astronomy at the University of Cape Town (UCT) and she wants to advance astronomy education in Africa through her research work.
18 Aug 2022
Period poverty: Sisters do it for themselves
In Women’s Month, Sharifa Negesa talks about Girls Alive Uganda, which teaches Ugandan girls about menstrual hygiene and making their own sustainable sanitary products.
18 Aug 2022
Celebrating Women's Month and other updates
Women’s Month is celebrated throughout August in South Africa and, as part of the celebrations, the University of Cape Town (UCT) recently hosted a luncheon to honour womxn within the campus community.
18 Aug 2022
Supporting adolescent mothers - psychosocial and mental health needs
It’s possible for adolescent mothers to lead happy, healthy and fulfilled lives with their loved ones. And providing them with adequate support that takes their needs and desires into consideration will help to accelerate this, according to University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Dr Elona Toska.
18 Aug 2022
Update on UCT’s Drupal 9 website migration project
Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng writes to the UCT community about the Drupal 9 website migration project.
18 Aug 2022
UCT’s Women’s Day lunch celebrates trans women and women in research
UCT’s Vice-Chancellor, Prof Mamokgethi Phakeng hosted a Women’s Day lunch at Graça Machel Hall on 10 August 2022.
18 Aug 2022
Towards deep transformation
In a lecture focused on deep transformation, Prof Jonathan Jansen illuminated how the Department of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine can further UCT’s Vision 2030.
18 Aug 2022
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