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UCT Annual Awards 2022 The UCT Annual Awards 2022 event will take place at 18:00 on Wednesday, 30 November 2022. 30 Nov 2022
TB Davie Lecture nominations and other updates The University of Cape Town (UCT)’s Academic Freedom Committee (AFC) is calling for speakers’ nominations for the annual TB Davie Memorial Lecture. 30 Nov 2022
Distinguished teacher inspired by students’ curiosity, enthusiasm, inquiring minds Associate Professor Elena Moore is the sole recipient of UCT’s 2021 Distinguished Teacher Award. 30 Nov 2022
Scientific and technical team scoops a VC’s Service Excellence Award The Scientific and Technical Officers Association is one of two winners of a Vice-Chancellor’s Service Excellence Award for the revamped laboratory and technical skills course. 30 Nov 2022
Disability Service hosts information session UCT’s Disability Service unit will host an information session on upper campus on Thursday, 1 December. 30 Nov 2022
UCT’s carbon footprint report shows marked COVID-19 lockdown reductions COVID-19 lockdowns saw UCT’s carbon emissions drop. But the aim of net-zero emissions by 2050 will be a challenge as building and electricity emissions rise. 30 Nov 2022
Hybrid meeting rooms: experience a taste of the future ICTS’s new hybrid facilities bring together the best of both worlds, combining in-person and remote gatherings. 30 Nov 2022
World AIDS Day: Top scientists seek to improve diagnosis, treatment of HIV-associated fungal infections Serious fungal infections are a global threat to human health. Many of these severe infections occur in people living with HIV. Four HIV-associated fungal infections - cryptococcal meningitis, histoplasmosis, Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) and talaromycosis - are responsible for over 20% of all AIDS-related deaths globally. 30 Nov 2022
UCT student eyes Africa’s top prize for engineering innovation The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Biomedical Engineering PhD candidate Edmund Wessels is part of a group of 15 African entrepreneurs shortlisted for the 2023 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation. 29 Nov 2022
A cry for men to heed the call against gender-based violence We need to address the patriarchy that persists in South Africa and engage with how it also robs men of personal autonomy and agency, write Aphiwe Mhlangulana and Leballo Tjemolane. 29 Nov 2022 Opinion
Disability Rights Awareness Month: Creating an inclusive, transformed campus community Ahead of International Day of Persons with Disabilities, UCT News shines a spotlight on the on-campus services available to students and staff with disabilities. 29 Nov 2022
UCT offers students well-being and self-reflective programme during vac Students and staff can access the self-reflective Character Strengths and Virtues free and online during the December vacation. 29 Nov 2022
Update on ethics module roll-out on eRA Prof Sue Harrison writes to UCT staff with an update on the roll-out of an online risk-based ethics application and review module using the Electronic esearch Administration (eRA) system. 29 Nov 2022
Introducing the UCT Transformation Report 2021 Professor Elelwani Ramugondo writes to the UCT community about addressing inequality and advancing social justice as key aspects of transformation. 28 Nov 2022
‘I never had no Nobel dreams’ There are no shortcuts to glory. This was the advice of two Nobel laureates addressing UCT’s African Research Society. Research what interests you, work hard and choose good mentors. 25 Nov 2022
UCT’s researchers among the world’s most cited scholars Three University of Cape Town (UCT) academics – Emeritus Professor William Bond, Professor Estelle (Vicki) Lambert and Professor Dan Stein – are among the world’s most cited scholars , according to the Highly Cited Researchers 2022 list published by data analytics firm Clarivate. 24 Nov 2022
UCT students top winners at national Entrepreneurship Intervarsity competition University of Cape Town’s (UCT) top student entrepreneurs put on a stellar, winning performance at the third and final round of the Entrepreneurship Intervarsity competition h eld recently. 24 Nov 2022
UCT’s actions in the fight against SGBV Ahead of the annual 16 Days of Activism for No Violence Against Women and Children campaign, from 25 November to 10 December, the University of Cape Town (UCT) is taking various courses of action to contribute to the fight against sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV). 23 Nov 2022
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