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Healthcare for all is possible Dr Solomon Benatar, Emeritus Professor of Medicine at UCT, delivered the second annual Dr Stuart John Saunders Lecture on Wednesday, 27 November. 29 Nov 2019
Safety first: VC Award for big picture thinker Responsible for chemical health and safety in the chemistry and chemical engineering departments, Monique Muller has won the Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Service Excellence. 29 Nov 2019
Women in Global Health Silindile Ngcobo, a PhD candidate in biomaterials at UCT’s Department of Surgery, recently took part in the 2019 Women in Global Health Conference in Rwanda. 22 Nov 2019
The dead teach in a universal language Dissection is core to teaching anatomy but how do UCT’s second-year medical students prepare for their first clinical encounter with the dead? 21 Nov 2019
UCT prof leads ground-breaking pollen monitoring campaign The Division of Allergology and Immunology at UCT’s Lung Institute is leading a multidisciplinary project that examines the levels of pollen across South Africa. 20 Nov 2019
PET-CT scanner heralds new era in TB research CUBIC has launched its Positron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography Core Research Facility, increasing capacity in cutting-edge medical research on TB and other diseases. 14 Nov 2019
Gold medal for leading cervical cancer researcher Professor Lynette Denny’s 25-year body of research on cervical cancer, the magnitude of which is significantly higher among black women in South Africa, has won her a prestigious gold medal. 08 Nov 2019
UCT’s 2020 Mandela Rhodes scholars Seven UCT students will form part of the prestigious Mandela Rhodes Foundation Class of 2020, joining another 47 inspiring young leaders from across Africa. 07 Nov 2019
UCT Summer School 2020 Booking is now open for UCT’s 2020 Summer School, which will run from 6 to 25 January next year. 06 Nov 2019
Sutherland project will shape historic reburials policy The Sutherland Reburials Project involving nine unethically obtained San and Khoe skeletons from the Roggeveld was a mammoth scientific endeavour coupled with strong community collaboration. 05 Nov 2019
Revolutionising SA’s health sector Students participating in the Futures in Health Accelerator Project, a collaboration across various faculties, presented their business ideas to industry experts last week. 04 Nov 2019
Community justice through science Dr Victoria Gibbon, curator of UCT’s skeletal collection, discusses one of the most extensive, significant and fulfilling projects of her career. 04 Nov 2019
Rewriting a piece of history Professor Judith Sealy’s research revealed fascinating aspects of the life histories of nine people whose skeletons were obtained unethically by the university between 1925 and 1931. 04 Nov 2019
Encoding the values of transformation Dr Tinashe Mutsvangwa from UCTʼs Division of Biomedical Engineering played an integral part in restoring the dignity and identity of the Sutherland skeletal remains. 04 Nov 2019
Using archaeology to correct injustice UCT archaeologist Emeritus Associate Professor Simon Hall reflects on his contribution to the repatriation, reburial and restorative justice work done at Kruisrivier. 04 Nov 2019
Restoring dignity through forensic art Kathryn Smith, a South African pursuing a PhD in forensic art in the UK, added her facial reconstruction expertise to the multidisciplinary Sutherland project team. 04 Nov 2019
‘We knew their names’ Ancient DNA analyses have identified nine sets of unethically sourced San and Khoe skeletal remains found in UCT’s archive, paving the way for their repatriation to Sutherland. 04 Nov 2019
Breathing life into history Professor Nigel Pennʼs expertise in the blood-soaked history of the Northern Cape made him a critical roleplayer in a restitution project of historical relevance. 04 Nov 2019
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