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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

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

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

A botanical journey through time Professor Timm Hoffman, who started the southern African citizen science repeat photography project, rePhotoSA, has been working with historical photographs of landscapes since he was a postdoctoral researcher in 1989. 17 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

Grant to boost bioimaging in Africa The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative has awarded funding to two groups at UCT to expand access to and expertise in bioimaging and microscopy across Africa. 15 Nov 2021

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

Health Sciences PhD student awarded Google Fellowship UCT’s Dennis Dogbey is the only African recipient in the Human-Computer Interactions subfield this year. 12 Nov 2021

Grants give African data science a boost Three members of the IDM have been awarded NIH grants for projects in the field of data science applied in health research in Africa. 12 Nov 2021

New findings about prehistoric flying animal life UCT palaeobiologist Professor Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan was part of a study that revealed new information about gigantic pterosaurs in prehistoric skies. 11 Nov 2021

UCT’s clinical & health in top 100 UCT placed among the top 100 universities globally for clinical and health in the 2022 Times Higher Education Rankings by subject. 11 Nov 2021

‘Alarming precedent’ – Liesbeek River under siege again Current development at the River Club on floodplains of the lower Liesbeek River suggests that very little has been learnt from a history of abuse. 10 Nov 2021

‘Reboot and rebuild’ – SAICE’s new UCT president Marianne Vanderschuren, SAICE’s new president – and UCT’s new SARChI chair – plans to reboot the institute and work with government to urgently tackle SA’s crumbling infrastructure. 09 Nov 2021

UCT research 109th in the world The University of Cape Town (UCT) has been placed 109th in the 2022 US News & World Report Best Global Universities Rankings. 05 Nov 2021

Harnessing the sun and the (surface of) water to make energy A new floating solar power-generating system in Cape Town is set to negate water evaporation and reduce land use – while making clean energy. 05 Nov 2021

Groundbreaking UCT study on how TB is spread It’s estimated that around 1.7 billion people globally have latent TB. These are otherwise healthy people who test positive for M. tuberculosis infection. 03 Nov 2021 Republished

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