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Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment – Ceremony 3 and Faculty of Law – Ceremony 1
UCT’s Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment held their third ceremony (graduands with surname T–Z) and the Faculty of Law held their only ceremony at 18:00.
31 Mar 2023
Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment – Ceremony 2
UCT’s Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment held their second ceremony (graduands with surname M–S) at 14:00.
31 Mar 2023
Ouma Katrina Esau: Reviving a language, one child at a time
UCT has bestowed an honorary doctorate on South African living legend and custodian of a critically endangered San language, Her Excellency ǂXuu Katrina Esau – and unveiled a N|uu dictionary.
31 Mar 2023
UCT to play key role to boost TB research and accelerate capacity development at Univen
The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Holistic Drug Discovery and Development Unit (H3D) has announced a new partnership in which the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC), through its Strategic Health Innovation Partnerships (SHIP) programme, will award a grant to the University of Venda (UNIVEN) chemistry department to boost local tuberculosis (TB) research. This will also accelerate capacity development at the university.
31 Mar 2023
Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment – Ceremony 1
UCT’s Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment held their first ceremony (graduands with surname A–L) at 09:00.
31 Mar 2023
Faculty of Health Sciences – Ceremony 2
UCT’s Faculty of Health Sciences held their second ceremony (graduands with surname L–Z) at 18:00.
30 Mar 2023
Celebrations aplenty as UCT caps hundreds of humanities graduands
UCT Chancellor Dr Precious Moloi-Motsepe told graduands they had conquered the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown, the devasting UCT fire and load shedding to get to graduation day.
30 Mar 2023
Faculty of Humanities – Ceremony 5 and Faculty of Health Sciences – Ceremony 1
UCT’s Faculty of Humanities held their fifth ceremony (graduands with surname U–Z) and Faculty of Health Sciences held their first ceremony (graduands with surname A–K) at 14:00.
30 Mar 2023
Deborah Roberts gets honorary doctorate for her work on climate change
World-renowned climate change activist Dr Deborah Roberts has received a University of Cape Town (UCT) honorary doctorate to acknowledge her ongoing work to make the planet a better place.
30 Mar 2023
UCT study examines unconscious exclusion of the disabled in Muslim communities
Shaheed Moussa* attended Friday prayers regularly at his local mosque until he became a wheelchair user. After a series of incidents left him feeling dehumanised and invisible, he stopped participating in the afternoon congregational prayer.
30 Mar 2023
Groundbreaking PhD study shows normal breathing may be major contributor to TB spread
It has long been assumed that tuberculosis (TB) is spread through coughing, but new findings have shown that it may also be spread through normal breathing.
30 Mar 2023
UCT honours ‘indefatigable’ Ouma Katrina
In recognition of her contribution to language studies in South Africa, UCT awarded Her Excellency ǂXuu Katrina Esau the degree of Doctor of Literature this week.
30 Mar 2023
Faculty of Humanities – Ceremony 4
UCT’s Faculty of Humanities held their fourth ceremony (graduands with surname N–T) at 09:00.
30 Mar 2023
Faculty of Humanities – Ceremony 3
UCT’s Faculty of Humanities held their third ceremony (graduands with surname L–M) at 18:00.
29 Mar 2023
An honorary doctorate for ǂXuu Katrina Esau
ǂXuu Katrina Esau received an honorary doctorate during the March 2023 graduation season.
29 Mar 2023
Honorary doctorate for climate change champion – Deborah Roberts
Dr Deborah Roberts was awarded a UCT honorary doctorate on Tuesday, 28 March.
29 Mar 2023
Faculty of Humanities – Ceremony 2
UCT’s Faculty of Humanities held their second ceremony (graduands with surname E–K) at 14:00.
29 Mar 2023
IARU members gather at UCT, discuss hybrid workspaces and universities of the future
The move to hybrid working spaces post-COVID-19 has challenged physical planners at brick-and-mortar universities. IARU members gathered at UCT to discuss the future.
29 Mar 2023
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