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Ed February wins Hamilton Naki Award Associate Professor Edmund February has been honoured for “achieving world-class research performance despite considerable challenges”. 29 Sep 2018
Mini Summer School primes future students Mini versions of UCT’s evergreen Summer School are introducing grade 11 and 12 learners to a menu of new subjects – and possible study and career choices. 28 Sep 2018
UCT scientists shine at NRF awards UCT scientists did the university proud as they scooped 11 of the 37 honours conferred at the 2018 National Research Foundation Annual Awards. 28 Sep 2018
On the front line against rape and sexual assault UCT has trained a new cohort of committed carers from within its community to be on after-hours call for rape or sexual assault cases. 28 Sep 2018
IRTC submission deadline extension The Institutional Reconciliation and Transformation Commission (IRTC) has extended its deadline for submissions to 30 September 2018. 28 Sep 2018
Inter-varsity sporting clash It promises to be a sporting weekend of note when UCT teams face off against their opponents from Stellenbosch, UWC and CPUT at 2018 Sporting Inter-Varsity. 27 Sep 2018
Hockey star set for Youth Olympics UCTʼs star first-team hockey goalie Nepo Serage is off to Argentina next month to represent South Africa at the Youth Olympic Games. 27 Sep 2018
UCT leapfrogs up through world rankings UCT jumped an impressive 15 places in the latest 2019 World University Rankings, and remains tops on the continent. 27 Sep 2018
Final call for IRTC submissions Acting Vice-Chancellor A/Prof Lis Lange writes to the UCT community about the extended deadline for submissions. 26 Sep 2018
Ending the unfinished Foreshore freeways impasse Vested interests must give way to genuine consensus building if there is any hope for the completion of Cape Town’s iconic unfinished freeways. 26 Sep 2018 Republished
Identifying novel biomarkers and therapeutic targets for cancer treatment Professor Virna Leaner and her team are looking for novel cancer biomarkers that could serve as therapeutic targets. 26 Sep 2018
An economic interrogation of depression Researchers at UCT are investigating the effects of socio-economics on the transmission and drivers of depression in South African households. 26 Sep 2018
Sarah Baartman exhibition allows space for discourse A new exhibition entitled Sarah ‘Saartjie’ Baartman, a call to respond was unveiled at the Ritchie Studio Gallery at UCT’s Hiddingh Campus. 25 Sep 2018
Unbanned books now important historical artefacts Voices that were once suppressed and silenced by South Africa’s oppressive apartheid regime are being celebrated during UCT’s Banned Books Week event. 25 Sep 2018
THE World University Rankings 2019: transformation under way Young people are rightly impatient for change, so UCT is using their input to reshape the curriculum and more, says Vice-Chancellor Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng. 25 Sep 2018 Republished
3MT contest pits students against the clock The annual UCT Three-Minute Thesis competition saw 14 PhD students presenting their research in the Snape Teaching Studio on Thursday, 13 September. 25 Sep 2018
Dr Lester Ryan John: 1968–2018 It is with much sadness that we announce the sudden passing of Dr Lester Ryan John, a former senior lecturer in the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Department of Human Biology, on 22 September 2018. 22 Sep 2018
Dignifying Sarah Baartman The new Sarah Baartman exhibition at the Ritchie Gallery offers an opportunity to dignify and commemorate the woman who was abused in the name of science. 21 Sep 2018
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