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Bridging fifty degrees: UCT professor to illuminate ‘why Antarctica matters for Africa’
The University of Cape Town’s Professor Marcello Vichi is set to bring awareness of the significance of Antarctica and Southern Ocean sea ice, as well as their relevance to Afrika. He will unpack this in his inaugural lecture titled “Fifty degrees of separation: Why Antarctica and the polar regions matter for Afrika”.
17 Oct 2024
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UCT to host lecture by UN vice president on Africa’s role in the global health agenda
The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) United Nations Association South Africa UCT Chapter and the Pan African Health Sciences Forum will host the second annual Global Health Lecture on Tuesday, 22 October 2024.
16 Oct 2024
Media release
Symposium to address critical issues in LGBTQ+ healthcare
The University of Cape Town's (UCT) Faculty of Health Sciences and the Desmond Tutu Health Foundation (DTHF), in partnership with Inclusive and Affirming Ministries (IAM) , the Triangle Project and Gender DynamiX (GDX) , will host a comprehensive two-day LGBTQ+ Health and Advocacy Symposium.
16 Oct 2024
Media release
Redefining gravity: UCT professor shakes up the cosmos in inaugural lecture
Using the radio sky as a tool could revolutionise the way we understand the universe, opening up new possibilities for scientific exploration, says the University of Cape Town’s Professor Amanda Weltman.
16 Oct 2024
Media release
UCT lecture to unpack how language and culture have been marshalled historically to secure the interests of the powerful
The possibilities of theatre practice as a place of reckoning with injustice are brought into relief in a performance history of Shakespeare’s The Tempest , a play that gives the most pointed attention to slavery and colonisation.
14 Oct 2024
Media release
Bridging gaps: UCT tournament builds cohesion between standing and sitting volleyball clubs
The first-ever Sitting Volleyball Tournament, hosted recently by the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) ParaSports Club in partnership with UCT Volleyball and ParaVolley Western Cape, has been hailed as a success.
10 Oct 2024
Media release
UCT sustainability project converts waste to energy and water resource
The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Centre for Bioprocess Engineering Research (CeBER) has devised a unique and innovative project that breaks down waste and converts it to an energy source for cooking or to produce water that can later be used to irrigate on-campus vegetable gardens.
10 Oct 2024
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UCT’s d-school Afrika reaffirms leadership with second 6-Star Green Star rating
The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Hasso Plattner d-school Afrika has once again achieved a 6-Star Green Star rating, this time the as-built rating from the Green Building Council South Africa (GBCSA). This second 6-Star rating, following the d-school Afrika’s initial recognition in 2023 for the design rating, reaffirms UCT’s sustained commitment to environmental sustainability.
08 Oct 2024
Media release
UCT professor unpacks drivers, economic effects of defence spending
What are the economic effects of defence spending? How does military expenditure affect public debt? What are the political, economic and strategic determinants of military spending? Can high military spending by countries that do not face security concerns be justified on economic grounds?
08 Oct 2024
Media release
UCT professor to ‘explore new windows on the universe’ in her inaugural lecture
Professor Amanda Weltman of the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics will present a fascinating inaugural lecture titled “From the laboratory to the sky: New windows on the universe” on Tuesday, 8 October 2024 at 17:00 SAST in M304, Maths Block, on upper campus.
07 Oct 2024
Media release
Soapbox Science: women boffins bring science into the public spotlight
The University of Cape Town (UCT) will host the third edition of Soapbox Science, an initiative aimed at increasing the visibility of women in science and inspiring the public by sharing innovative research.
03 Oct 2024
Media release
UCT and IDIA unveil groundbreaking VR software revolutionising astronomy data visualisation
The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Department of Astronomy and the Inter-University Institute for Data Intensive Astronomy (IDIA) – a partnership between UCT, the University of the Western Cape and the University of Pretoria – have released a new innovative virtual reality (VR) software.
02 Oct 2024
Media release
Livestream: ICJ’s Judge Tladi to deliver lecture at UCT
Judge Dire Tladi, who was sworn in as judge of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Hague in February 2024, will deliver the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) 58th TB Davie Memorial Lecture on Tuesday, 1 October 2024 at 18:00.
01 Oct 2024
Media release
Daily pressures of surgical service delivery in health systems under strain
Professor Lydia Cairncross, the head of the Department of Surgery at the University of Cape Town/Groote Schuur Hospital Academic Complex will deliver her inaugural lecture on Thursday, 2 November 2023 to mark her promotion to full professor.
31 Oct 2023
Allow all professional nurses and midwives to prescribe PrEP, say experts
In an editorial published in the South African Medical Journal , the University of Cape Town (UCT) HIV experts have urged the National Department of Health, the South African Pharmacy Council, nurse training institutions and authorities to allow all professional nurses and midwives to prescribe pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to enable simplified and de-medicalised PrEP with an urgent focus on expanding the PrEP service delivery workforce.
30 Oct 2023
UCT oceanographer part of team to receive €12m grant for climate change project
The University of Cape Town (UCT) biogeochemical oceanographer, Associate Professor Sarah Fawcett , is part of an international research team that has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) to better understand the ocean’s role in ongoing and future and climate change.
26 Oct 2023
Emissions from global concrete production can be significantly reduced – study
A Nature Communications research paper co-authored by the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Emeritus Professor Mark Alexander shows how emissions from global concrete production can be significantly reduced by improving material efficiency. As a key decarbonising engineering strategy, this should be adopted urgently, said Emeritus Professor Alexander.
25 Oct 2023