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UCT Day 2024: Special day of celebrations and supporting our students
In the spirit of ubuntu, that is ‘I am because you are’, I invite you to participate in the special events and initiatives in celebration of the UCT Day 2024 season as we endeavour to unlock the generosity of spirit within and for the University of Cape Town (UCT).
23 Sep 2024
UCT research delves into the experiences of ‘bully-victims’
According to a new study by Dr Nombulelo Jokazi, a PhD graduate from the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Faculty of Commerce , socially integrated mobile bully-victims possess complex characteristics. Her thesis is titled “Identifying the characteristics of socially integrated mobile bully-victims using a mobile application”.
23 Sep 2024
Media release
Researchers decode oldest DNA from South Africa to date
A team of researchers from the University of Cape Town (UCT) and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany has analysed human remains from the Oakhurst rock shelter in southernmost Africa and reconstructed the genomes of 13 individuals, who died between 1 300 and 10 000 years ago, including the oldest human genome from South Africa to date.
22 Sep 2024
Media release
Global mpox authority Professor Nachega to deliver keynote address at UCT conference
Clinician-scientist and University of Cape Town (UCT) alumnus, Professor Jean Nachega, will deliver a highly anticipated keynote address at the World Congress of Epidemiology (WCE2024) to be hosted at the Cape Town International Convention Centre on Tuesday, 24 September 2024.
20 Sep 2024
Media release
