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UCT gains another Green Star building rating UCT’s new School of Education building has been awarded four stars for its green design, which will provide users with a healthy, comfortable space to study and work. 29 Nov 2021
UCT Trust celebrates Sir Frank Berman’s legacy Sir Frank Berman KCMG QC has stepped down as the chairman of the UK-based UCT Trust. 29 Nov 2021
New platform raises awareness on the plight of migrant women Women and Migration is a collaborative storytelling project about the journeys migrant women take, and what happens once they reach their destination. 26 Nov 2021
Teamwork is the key to success for the IDM Professor Valerie Mizrahi delivered the Wolfson Memorial Lecture, detailing the vision for the Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine. 26 Nov 2021
Post-TRC: Students explore hard questions on justice and healing How does SA move forward after the TRC’s failure to deliver justice to apartheid victims? Students on the Global Citizenship Programme discussed the topic. 25 Nov 2021
UCT researchers win big at NRF Awards Five University of Cape Town researchers have been recognised for their outstanding work during this year’s NRF Awards. 25 Nov 2021
Simulation education improves critical care skills during COVID-19 pandemic UCT’s Project TeamCare has spearheaded simulation interventions to support COVID-19 and ICU services at Groote Schuur Hospital. 25 Nov 2021
UCT’s Mandela Rhodes Foundation scholars for 2022 Fifteen young leaders from the 2022 cohort of Mandela Rhodes Foundation scholars will be based at UCT for postgraduate studies next year. 25 Nov 2021
Alumni in Action programme strengthens UCT support services for survivors of GBV A UCT alumna and a student have launched Alumni in Action, a programme to expand the university’s mental health and counselling service for survivors of GBV. 25 Nov 2021
UCT student entrepreneurs go for gold at competition final UCT’s three student entrepreneurs were on a winning streak during the final round of the Entrepreneurship Intervarsity competition last week. 24 Nov 2021
Residence students essay competition winners UCT’s Residence Academic Development Committee has named the winners of an essay competition on Africa and women to foster diversity in residences. 22 Nov 2021
UCT leads in training aspiring African neurologists Dr Lawrence Tucker, the head of the Division of Neurology at UCT and Groote Schuur Hospital, says neuroscience is severely under-represented among young African physicians. 19 Nov 2021
National Order for UCT’s Lynette Denny Cervical cancer researcher Professor Lynette Denny will receive the Order of the Baobab (Silver) from President Cyril Ramaphosa on 18 November. 19 Nov 2021
Emphasis on mental health at student housing conference UCT co-hosted the Association of College and University Housing Officers International – South African Chapter’s annual conference, themed “Focus on the future of student housing in South Africa and beyond”. 18 Nov 2021
Kathy Michell appointed to IFMA’s Research Advisory Committee UCT’s Associate Professor Kathy Michell will serve on the International Facility Management Association’s new Research Advisory Committee. 17 Nov 2021
Africa has the capacity and scientists to develop its own vaccines Scientific collaboration across Africa now makes it possible to develop, produce and distribute its own vaccines, write UCT’s Prof Sue Harrison and Dr Linda Mtwisha. 16 Nov 2021 Republished
Here’s how some of Cape Town’s gangsters got out – and stayed out Once in, it might feel like there is no way out of a gang alive, writes UCT’s Dariusz Dziewanski. But gangsters do get out, and stay out. 16 Nov 2021 Republished
UCT’s Rebecca Ackermann appointed to prestigious journal Professor Rebecca Ackermann has been appointed to the editorial board of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, the world’s first and longest-running scientific journal. 15 Nov 2021
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