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UCT’s d-school Afrika building bags SAICE award
The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Hasso Plattner School of Design Thinking Afrika (d-school) building has been named the winner of the 2023 South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE) Technical Excellence Project of the Year Commendation Award.
18 Sep 2023
UCT Research Development Academy celebrates fifth anniversary
The University of Cape Town Research Development Academy (UCT RDA) celebrated five years in existence this July, with an ongoing commitment to bolstering the development of research capacity in South Africa, and on the African continent.
18 Sep 2023
UCT lecture delves into costs and benefits of alternative health care interventions
The costs and benefits of alternative health care interventions will be under the spotlight when Professor Edina Sinanovic presents her inaugural lecture on Monday, 18 September. The lecture is titled "Getting the most out of life - Understanding the opportunity cost of your decisions”.
14 Sep 2023
Turning the tide on TB – report recommends new tools to catalyse response to increasing TB deaths
As the United Nations High-Level Meeting (UNHLM) on tuberculosis (TB) approaches, a new report from the Lancet Commission, co-authored by the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) researcher, released recommendations which provide a path forward to turn the tide on this preventable, treatable and curable disease.
14 Sep 2023
BioGenome project helps address enormous need for bioinformatics training in Africa
The University of Cape Town (UCT) will be one of the beneficiaries of the African BioGenome Project (AfricaBP), a project that seeks to accelerate knowledge exchange in biodiversity genomics and bioinformatics among African scientists.
13 Sep 2023
Astronomers reveal cosmic ribbon around rare galaxy
A team of international astronomers, including those from the University of Cape Town (UCT) and Queen’s University, Canada, have revealed a galaxy wrapped in a cosmic ‘ribbon’ using a telescope owned and operated by CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency.
13 Sep 2023
UCT academic part of technical report which charts wayforward for Paris agreement on climate change
A key technical report , which had the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Professor Harald Winkler as one of the two facilitators, has found that many creative and actionable solutions to overcome climate change challenges are ready to be implemented.
13 Sep 2023
UCT launches simulation suite to fast-track women’s health
In an effort to improve women’s health at all levels, the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology will launch a simulation suite aimed at advancing the teaching and training goalposts; and enhancing clinical and surgical training efficiency, effectiveness and safety.
12 Sep 2023
UCT chemists shine light on African scientists by winning coveted Royal Society prizes
Internationally renowned University of Cape Town (UCT) chemist Professor Kelly Chibale, who holds the Neville Isdell Chair in African-centric Drug Discovery and Development, and Dr Wade Petersen, a senior lecturer in the Department of Chemistry, have been announced as winners of the Royal Society Africa Prize 2023 and the Royal Society’s Rising Star Africa Prize 2023 respectively .
04 Sep 2023
Government urged to extend Social Relief of Distress Grant
To mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on people living in poverty, government introduced the Social Relief of Distress (SRD) Grant in 2020 – at the onset of the global health emergency – in an effort to support those in need.
29 Aug 2023
Stella Clark Teachers’ Award: UCT recognises two ‘extraordinary’ teachers
In the spirt of celebrating extraordinary women this Women’s Month, it is apt that two Cape Town teachers were named joint recipients of the 2023 Stella Clark Teachers’ Award – in recognition of their service, sacrifice and dedication to their pupils, and commitment to their craft.
24 Aug 2023
Cattle farming expansion and unchecked climate change would expose more than one billion cows to heat stress
More than one billion cows around the world will experience heat stress by the end of the century if carbon emissions are high and environmental protection is low, according to new research published in Environmental Research Letters on 24 August 2023.
24 Aug 2023
A rarely seen feat: UCT inspirational graduate dissertation upgraded to PhD
Just a year after registering for his LLM at the University of Cape Town (UCT), Dr Thapelo Teele’s dissertation was upgraded to a PhD. In the two short years since, he has successfully completed his doctoral thesis and been awarded a PhD in legal rhetoric studies – a rarely seen feat and one of the many reasons he is one of this year’s inspirational graduates.
24 Aug 2023
UCT to support unity walk by Uyinene Mrwetyana Foundation
In continuing to remember Uyinene Mrwetyana and many others who lost their lives due to sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), the University of Cape Town (UCT) will gather in support of a unity walk organised by the Uyinene Mrwetyana Foundation on Saturday, 26 August 2023.
21 Aug 2023