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International Museum Day: ‘Humanity’ exhibition reframes ‘origins’ story “Humanity” is a planned new permanent exhibition that will retell the story of evolution and human origins without the colonial paleoanthropological lens. 18 May 2022
UCT among the top 200 universities for impact UCT was ranked in the top 40 in two focus areas – no poverty and gender equality – in the latest Times Higher Education Impact Rankings. 04 May 2022
Information disorder: Report harnesses Global South responses On World Press Freedom Day UCT News looks at a new report to counter information disorder in the Global South and the dangers inherent for democracies. 03 May 2022
Cape Town’s drip system plan will entrench water apartheid UCT researchers and colleagues from UWC and the African Water Commons Collective respond to the City of Cape Town’s revised approach to domestic water metering. 28 May 2021 Republished
UCT professor elected as Fellow of South African Academy of Engineering Professor Harro von Blottnitz has been elected a Fellow of the South African Academy of Engineering, placing him among an elite group of fellows. 27 May 2021
Orchid sexually exploits male beetles – a world-first from Africa UCT research associate Dr Callan Cohen discovers one of the most remarkable cases of deception in nature: a Cape orchid that sexually exploits male beetles. 27 May 2021
Decolonising ecology: Making science more equitable A new paper co-authored by UCT’s Dr Chris Trisos proposes five interventions to build a more anti-oppressive and decolonial ecology. 25 May 2021
Lessons from the Aids response for COVID-19 vaccinations Far bolder initiatives and international leadership are required to solve the global problem with vaccine production and distribution, writes Professor Nicoli Natrass. 25 May 2021 Republished
COVID-19: Why critically ill patients in Africa are taking a bigger hit UCT’s Professor Bruce Biccard shares the findings of a study over 3 000 critical care patients from 64 hospitals in Africa. 24 May 2021 Republished
UCT professor co-authors first global report on cardiovascular disease in women UCT’s Professor Liesl Zühlke has co-authored a new Lancet Commission report which found that cardiovascular disease causes 35% of deaths among women globally. 19 May 2021
Mafeje–Jordan Seminar: A Cape radical’s postcolonialism Emeritus Professor Crain Soudien examines the work of Ben Kies, one of South Africa’s most important yet lesser known political and intellectual figures. 17 May 2021
Community-based TB testing intervention enters critical multilayer phase The XACT Model project, led by academics in UCT’S Centre for Lung Infection and Immunity, has recently entered another multilayer stage. 17 May 2021
People with HIV are still dying from a treatable, but neglected, disease: all it needs is a plan Cryptococcal meningitis is responsible for an estimated 181 000 worldwide in 2014, of which 135 900 were in sub-Saharan Africa, most preventable. 17 May 2021
UCT professor elected as Fellow of the Royal Society William Bond, University of Cape Town (UCT) Emeritus Professor and global authority on non-forested ecosystems, has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society. 13 May 2021
Oral microbiome study unearths surprising clues about human evolution Global collaboration reveals unexpected findings about early human behaviour and novel insights into the evolution of the hominid microbiome. 12 May 2021
New vital signs chart aimed at improving patient care Una Kyriacos, previously of UCT’s Division of Nursing and Midwifery, has developed a vital signs chart to detect deterioration in hospitalised adult patients in general wards. 12 May 2021
Play ‘Survive the Century’ and decide your climate future UCT’s Dr Christopher Trisos has collaborated on a ‘cli-fi’ game of choice and consequences. 12 May 2021
Simulated satellite camera to aid vegetation monitoring in SA UCT master’s student Brendon Maongera has developed a simulated satellite and testbench that can help South Africa reach its vegetation monitoring goals. 10 May 2021
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