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UCT professor heads Law and Society Association’s global activities portfolio
The Law and Society Association, an interdisciplinary organisation for sociolegal scholars, has appointed UCT’s Professor Dee Smythe as its inaugural coordinator of global activities.
14 Apr 2021
Hon doc for Daya Reddy
Renowned mathematician and National Research Foundation A-rated scholar Emeritus Professor Daya Reddy received an honorary doctorate from Stellenbosch University.
13 Apr 2021
Ancient secrets from the understudied Kalahari
Flipping the coastal narrative of human origins, a new study from UCT researchers working with local and international collaborators shows our ancestors lived in a wet Kalahari Basin 100 000 years ago.
09 Apr 2021
UCT’s first-ever Google Research Scholar Program recipients
Associate Professor Amir Patel and Dr Mohohlo Tsoeu are UCT’s first-ever recipients of Google’s Research Scholar Program.
09 Apr 2021
SA must harness the power of human and veterinary medicine before the next deadly virus strikes
A One Health approach to vaccine development has many strengths, including for health and food security on the continent. But this country needs to boost its capacity now.
09 Apr 2021
Republished
Can SA’s achievement in containing COVID-19 lead to sustained success?
South Africa has been recognised globally for its success in flattening the curve, which came as a result of President Ramaphosa responding quickly to the crisis, writes Prof Alan Hirsch.
28 Apr 2020
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Africa must have research and treatment tailored to its reality
UCT’s Prof Kelly Chibale says growing up in the poor villages and townships of Zambia, he experienced the impact of malaria first-hand.
25 Apr 2020
Republished
Kelly Chibale: World leader in pharma
UCT’s Professor Kelly Chibale has been chosen as one of the world’s top 60 inspirational leaders in the pharmaceutical industry.
24 Apr 2020
Students’ portable hand sanitiser distiller
Rising to a challenge, a team of UCT engineering and science students have designed a portable hand sanitiser-making device that uses surplus alcohol during prohibition.
23 Apr 2020
UCT to lead network on tackling mine dust
A new African network based at UCT will tackle the long-term health and environmental problems caused by mine dust.
22 Apr 2020
Coronavirus: African scientists, now is the time to collaborate
The coronavirus pandemic provides an opportunity for innovation and new scientific discoveries, say UCT academics.
20 Apr 2020
Republished
COVID-19 dashboard ‘by and for South Africans’
UCT doctoral candidate Leen Remmelzwaal built COVID-19 Stats SA to keep data on the pandemic clear and unbiased for all South Africans.
17 Apr 2020
Lockdowns threaten children’s nutrition
Researchers have found that the nutritional shocks on young children whose families have lost their income as a result of the lockdown may have long lasting effects.
14 Apr 2020
Republished
Lockdown necessary but more testing crucial
UCT's Professor Robin Wood supports South Africa's COVID-19 lockdown programme but calls for more testing.
09 Apr 2020
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Potential harm in acting before there’s ‘good science’
UCT’s Dr Kate Webb has co-authored an international response to a study on hydroxychloroquine for treating COVID-19 that may be ‘a rush to judgement’.
09 Apr 2020
Climate change could abruptly alter biodiversity
New research reveals that climate change could lead to abrupt disruption of biodiversity – and that this could happen much sooner than we anticipated.
08 Apr 2020
Climate research universities unite for action
UCT has joined with leading climate research universities across the globe to form the Climate Alliance and tackle the unprecedented challenge of climate change.
08 Apr 2020
Homo erectus skull find rewrites human history
The discovery of the earliest known Homo erectus skull will rewrite humankind’s family history, according to findings published in Science.
08 Apr 2020
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