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Women’s Month: Open doors for the heroes who didn’t have chances In Women’s Month, UCT news interviewed alumnus Dr Rethabile Melamu, the first black woman CEO of the South African Photovoltaic Industry Association. 31 Aug 2022
Generous donations boost Biological Sciences’ rebuilding efforts UCT’s Department of Biological Sciences has received a donation of €1 million from the Hasso Plattner Foundation following the losses due to last year’s fire. 31 Aug 2022
Merging economic behaviour and nature-based solutions UCT Professor Martine Visser has been appointed the South African Research Chairs Initiative’s (SARChI) Chair in Governance and Economics for Ecological Infrastructure.   31 Aug 2022
UCT awarded two new SAMRC extramural units Two of the four new South African Medical Research Council Extramural Research Units have been awarded to UCT to develop critical health research in the country. 30 Aug 2022
Trainees laud UCT’s African Paediatric Fellowship Programme UCT’s African Paediatric Fellowship Programme received praise from trainees at a paediatric symposium held on 24 August 2022. 29 Aug 2022
All in the footprints: a dinosaur mystery solved Footprints of carnivorous dinosaurs in the Karoo Basin have revealed that locally and over time they became larger and more diverse. 29 Aug 2022
New MOOC to launch: Gender, violence and post-conflict states A team of researchers, including a UCT academic, recently produced a MOOC on gender, violence and post-conflict states. 26 Aug 2022
Corporatising universities threatens academic freedom Professor Fran Baum of the University of Adelaide in Australia delivered the 56th annual TB Davie Memorial Lecture on Wednesday, 24 August. 26 Aug 2022
Rowing her boat UCT rower Julia Mackay will represent the university at the Rand Merchant Bank Universities’ Boat Race from 14 to 17 September 2022. 26 Aug 2022
2022 TB Davie Memorial Lecture presented by Prof Fran Baum The 2022 TB Davie Memorial Lecture was presented by Prof Fran Baum, focused on the complexities of activist academics at higher education institutions 26 Aug 2022
Activism and the corporate university: incompatible or possible? Professor Fran Baum of the University of Adelaide in Australia delivered the 56th annual TB Davie Memorial Lecture on Wednesday, 24 August. 24 Aug 2022
RADC’s expanded webinar series targets all students The Residence Academic Development Committee’s webinar series for students has been expanded to include all students and now offers a broader programme. 24 Aug 2022
Breeding biology of giant Australian thunderbirds paves way to extinction Bone microstructure studies on the fossil bones of the extinct ‘thunder bird’ were conducted by UCT and Flinders University vertebrate palaeontologists. 23 Aug 2022
Women’s Month: ‘Don’t put the girl down’ – Zimbabwean human rights champion UCT student Gamuchirayi Manyadzi is a volunteer for Voice of the Gird Child Trust, taking human rights education to remote communities in her country. 22 Aug 2022
UCT ranks the best in Africa UCT remains the top university on the continent according to ShanghaiRanking’s 2022 Academic Ranking of World Universities. 22 Aug 2022
H3D to boost drug discovery research capacity at University of Limpopo UCT’s H3D has partnered with the University of Limpopo on a project to boost drug discovery research capacity at the institution. 19 Aug 2022
Become a para-athletics official UCT’s ParaSports Club will host a one-day-only para-athletics training programme on campus on Saturday, 27 August. 19 Aug 2022
Period poverty: Sisters do it for themselves In Women’s Month, Sharifa Negesa talks about Girls Alive Uganda, which teaches Ugandan girls about menstrual hygiene and making their own sustainable sanitary products. 18 Aug 2022
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