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UCT student trio named among young global leaders
Three UCT students have been selected for the global Next Generation Leaders programme, designed to harness diverse and ethical approaches to civic engagement and activism.
31 Mar 2021
Top marks for interdisciplinary and collaborative approach
Thanks to an interdisciplinary and collaborative approach, Tobie Steyn and Tyler Kantor’s research paper was one of the best in their year.
31 Mar 2021
Magda Wierzycka kicks off full InvestSoc programme
UCT alumnus and businesswoman Magda Wierzycka, one of Africa’s 50 most powerful women, kicked off UCT InvestSoc’s packed annual programme of events.
30 Mar 2021
Bongani Mayosi medical prize winner vows to lift others as she rises
Dr Peace Francis has won the 2020 Bongani Mayosi Medical Students Academic Prize, awarded to final-year medical students who epitomise the late professor’s values and leadership.
30 Mar 2021
UCT’s approach to responsible investment
The UCT Council has approved a proposed responsible and sustainable investment policy for the approach to be taken with regard to the universityʼs financial endowments.
30 Mar 2021
Annual lecture launched in honour of Uyinene Mrwetyana
On Monday, UCT alumnus and HSRC chief research specialist Dr Alude Mahali delivered the keynote address at the inaugural Uyinene Mrwetyana Commemorative Lecture.
29 Mar 2021
From campus cleaner to master of UCT’s administrative historical records
After 18 years as the UCT archivist, Lionel Smidt said that the archives are his happy place.
29 Mar 2021
Uncovering the mysteries of manta ray communication
Based on brain-to-body size ratio, manta rays could be considered the most intelligent fish species in the ocean. But does their behaviour confirm this physiological hypothesis?
26 Mar 2021
UCT researchers develop smaller, cheaper wireless endoscope to improve health equity
Researchers at UCT have developed a low-cost wireless endoscope camera that could help bring minimal access surgery to resource-constrained environments.
26 Mar 2021
UCT leadership commemorates staff and students lost to COVID-19
On the eve of the first year since hard lockdown began, the University of Cape Town’s leadership met on the Sarah Baartman Hall stairs to light candles and observe a moment of silence.
26 Mar 2021
UCT leadership commemorates one year of COVID-19 lockdown
The university’s leadership gathered in front of the Sarah Baartman Hall on 25 March to pay tribute to those members of the UCT community lost to the pandemic.
26 Mar 2021
One year of lockdown: a photo montage
At midnight on 26 March 2020, the country’s first official lockdown began, causing the University of Cape Town (UCT) to change its mode of thinking and being in order to adjust to the COVID-19 pandemic.
26 Mar 2021
UCT undergrad places second in national budget speech competition
UCT student Adrian Joseph is the first runner-up in the national Nedbank and Old Mutual Budget Speech Competition’s undergraduate category.
26 Mar 2021
Commemorating one year of the national lockdown
UCT reflects on the past year since South Africa went into national lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19.
26 Mar 2021
African online civic space threatened
A new study by the African Digital Network, comparing ten countries over 20 years, shows that national governments have stifled online civic space.
25 Mar 2021
TB research must continue in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic
On the 24th of March the Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI) , an independent, transdisciplinary scientific research institute based in KwaZulu-Natal and the Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine (IDM) , an international centre of excellence where world-class scientists collaborate to tackle diseases of major importance in Africa, hosted a joint, virtual World Tuberculosis (TB) Day mini-symposium in recognition of the day. The IDM is based at the University of Cape Town’s Faculty of Health Sciences.
25 Mar 2021
Harnessing community agency
UCTʼs Associate Professor Lydia Cairncross said the COVID-19 pandemic has placed the spotlight once again on the stark inequities in South Africaʼs health and social systems.
25 Mar 2021
UCT transforming, through the eyes of the Jaffer sisters
Celebrated sisters and UCT alumni Zubeida and Zuleiga Jaffer reflect on the changes they’ve seen at the university over the years.
24 Mar 2021
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