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Baxter play tackles toxic masculinity
The second, revised instalment of the gritty #JustMen, which tackles the scourge of gender violence and toxic masculinity, is on at the Baxter from 17 July.
05 Jul 2019
A think tank for a complex world
The University of Cape Town’s R100-million, state-of-the-art, “green” academic conference centre at its Graduate School of Business will be a think tank for new ideas.
05 Jul 2019
Using microorganisms to clean mine water
Is it possible to use microorganisms to clean water polluted by mining? Yes. The UCT Centre for Bioprocess Engineering Research is investigating just that.
05 Jul 2019
Squash champs retain their titles
The USSA National Institutional Individuals Squash Tournament at UCT saw reigning champions Kelvin Ndhlovu (Tshwane University of Technology) and Alexa Pienaar (University of Johannesburg) retain their titles.
04 Jul 2019
GSB collaboration a ‘champion of change’
The GSB’s involvement in the Embedding Project has seen the school recognised in the AACSB’s annual 2019 Innovations That Inspire challenge.
04 Jul 2019
Student’s urine-recovery system for R600m building
In a first for South Africa, a urine-recovery urinal system developed at UCT has been incorporated into the design of a R600-million Centurion office building.
03 Jul 2019
In conversation with the head of UCT’s pioneering Futures Think Tank
UCT’s Futures Think Tank, which was launched last year, is gaining momentum, with a hackathon planned for 10 July 2019.
03 Jul 2019
Helping ‘Unleash’ UCT’s human potential
The Futures Think Tank’s hackathon on 10 July will kickstart a process to help UCT “Unleash” its human potential.
03 Jul 2019
Eight-year project’s lessons for mental health care
Professor Crick Lund highlights the successes of the global Programme for Improving Mental Health and the benefits it reaped for low- and middle-income countries.
03 Jul 2019
Chocolate, humour help the medicine go down
Retiring academic Mike Meadows is renowned for his approachability, humour and the occasional bribery (all legit) that lured students to his Friday lectures.
02 Jul 2019
Pregs Govender to open Women’s Month
Women’s Month at UCT opens on 1 August with a lecture by human rights activist and former MP Pregs Govender addressing “Insubordinate Leadership”.
02 Jul 2019
Botswana: elephant poaching on the rise
Botswana recently reintroduced trophy hunting based on the pretext of “too many elephants”. UCT researcher Ross Harvey argues that this doesn’t hold true.
01 Jul 2019
UCT shines on M&G’s list of trailblazers
UCT continues to feature prominently on the annual Mail and Guardian 200 Young South Africans list, which was announced on Friday.
01 Jul 2019
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