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Inventor shortlisted for prestigious award, secures more UCT funding UCT’s Dr Jack V Fletcher is among 16 talented innovators who have been shortlisted for the 2022 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation. 28 Feb 2022
UCT staff and students join ‘successful’ Liesbeek River clean-up The Liesbeek River clean-up took place on Saturday, 26 February. 28 Feb 2022
Ikey first team blazer presented to their #1 supporter VC Prof Mamokgethi Phakeng has been honoured by the UCTRFC, which presented her with a custom-made 1st XV blazer. 25 Feb 2022
VC hosts dinner with Ikeys Rugby Management UCT’s Vice-Chancellor, Prof Mamokgethi Phakeng hosted a dinner at Glenara with UCT Rugby Football Club Management on Friday, 18 February 2022. 25 Feb 2022
Novel digital medicines information platform – a ‘game-changer’ for sector The digital version of the South African Medicines Formulary is expected to benefit thousands of clinicians beyond South Africa’s borders. 24 Feb 2022
Father and son team produce ‘Explore the shore’ free educational video series UCT scientist Charles Griffiths and his filmmaker son, Matthew, have produced a free educational series of short videos about marine life along our shores. 24 Feb 2022
Blue carpet rolled out for top first-year scholarship winners The VC honoured 17 of the country’s top matriculants, now UCT first-year students and recipients of a Vice-Chancellor’s Scholarship for their outstanding results. 24 Feb 2022
Photographs honouring slain LGBTQI+ activist Kirvan Fortuin added to UCT’s art collection Three photographic prints by up-and-coming visual artist and gender studies student Haneem Christian have joined UCT’s art collection. 22 Feb 2022
UCT hosts 5th Annual Heads of Mission Breakfast UCT’s Vice-Chancellor, Prof Mamokgethi Phakeng hosted the 5th Annual Heads of Mission Breakfast 22 Feb 2022
Capacity building and skills development for health innovation in Africa On Friday, 18 February, H3D director, Professor Kelly Chibale, spoke alongside global healthcare and pharmaceutical industry leaders about building scientific capacity in Africa. 22 Feb 2022
Research, exhibit exiled artists’ work lest they become ‘intellectual refugees’ South African universities have a vital role to play in researching and making the work of curating the exiled artists accessible, lest they fade into obscurity. 22 Feb 2022
T cells take the fight to Omicron Neutralising antibodies are not the only defence against the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant – T cells generated during previous infection or vaccination still recognise the new variant. 21 Feb 2022
UCT sets its sights on conquering cancer UCT’s Gynaecological Cancer Research Centre celebrated World Cancer Day 2022 with a screening of the documentary Conquering Cancer at Groote Schuur Hospital on 11 February. 17 Feb 2022
Full professorship for UCT’s behavioural finance expert Gizelle Willows was recently promoted ad hominem to full professor at UCT’s College of Accounting. 17 Feb 2022
Vaccine rollout: Is government slowing down its efforts? Vaccine uptake has dropped dramatically and there appears to be no push from the president or the national health department to change this, write two academics from UCT. 16 Feb 2022 Republished
Revive Tatamkhulu Afrika’s works and contributions, says Ottoman scholar South African poet and writer Ismail Joubert went by many names, including Tatamkhulu Afrika. But his work must be revived, says a UCT scholar. 16 Feb 2022
From student tutor to associate professor Associate Professor Shannon Morreira’s promotion to the professoriate marks a full-circle moment for her academic career at UCT. 15 Feb 2022
South Africa’s new chief justice: why the wheels came off the appointment process There has been an outpouring of critical comment about the interviews of candidates for appointment to the office of chief justice in South Africa, writes Emer Prof Hugh Corder. 15 Feb 2022 Republished
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