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UCT exhibition to profile 10 Capetonians
The challenges and possibilities facing Cape Town will be in the spotlight at a wide-ranging exhibition, City Desired, which opens at the Cape Town City Hall on Thursday, 30 October 2014, at 18:00, and runs until 10 December 10 2014.
30 Oct 2014
Upcoming UCT events
29 Oct 2014
UCT exhibition to profile 10 Capetonians and their possible future
Opening on Thursday, 30 October 2014: City Desired - a look at cities through the lens of Cape Town.
27 Oct 2014
UCT student meets untimely death
Please cite Patricia Lucas, Manager: Media Liaison & Communication, UCT
24 Oct 2014
UCT Interview Opportunities
16 Oct 2014
Department of Military Veterans, UCT to rededicate memorial to SS Mendi
Department of Military Veterans, UCT to host ceremony to remember 616 South Africans who perished in WW1 tragedy.
16 Oct 2014
UCT financial support applications close on 31 October
Potential students who have already applied for undergraduate study at the University of Cape Town in 2015, as well as current UCT students, have about 2 weeks to apply for financial support offered through the university system.
14 Oct 2014
Department of Military Veterans, UCT to rededicate memorial to SS Mendi
Ceremony at 11:00, Sunday, 19 October 2014 in UCT Lower Campus, Cecil Road, Rosebank, to remember 616 South Africans who perished in WWI sea tragedy.
13 Oct 2014
'No health without mental health,' say UCT researchers
World Mental Health Day on 10 October 2014 will focus on schizophrenia.
09 Oct 2014
Radio telescopes unravel mystery of nova gamma rays
Highly detailed radio-telescope images have pinpointed the locations where a stellar explosion called a classical nova emitted gamma rays, the highest-energy form of electromagnetic waves.
08 Oct 2014
2 330-year-old skeleton sheds light on human origin
Southern African archaeology significant in defining early modern human origins - UCT study
06 Oct 2014
Upcoming UCT event on happiness and well-being
30 Sep 2014
UCT upholds commitment to support students in financial need
Potential students have less than a month to apply for the 2015 undergraduate intake at the University of Cape Town. Those interested in UCT's financial support system have until 31 October 2014 to submit this additional application.
22 Sep 2014
Right policies can halve global violence rates
Stopping child abuse is a major key, says UCT researcher
11 Sep 2014
Upcoming UCT events & interview opportunity
09 Sep 2014
Judge Navi Pillay to speak on advancing human rights in SA and the world
Annual Steve Biko Memorial Lecture on 11 September 2014, 18:00, Jameson Hall, Upper Campus - to be streamed live on www.uct.ac.za.
08 Sep 2014
UCT professor elected as next President of International Council for Science
A world-renowned mathematician and current South African Research Chair in Computational Mechanics, Professor Daya Reddy from the University of Cape Town, has been named the next President of the International Council for Science (ICSU).
04 Sep 2014
Steroids raise cancer risk in TB-associated HIV
The addition of steroids to tuberculosis (TB) therapy for HIV-positive patients increases the risk of cancer and should be avoided, an African study lead by Professor Bongani Mayosi, Head of Medicine at Groote Schuur Hospital and the University of Cape Town, has found.
03 Sep 2014
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