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Engineering Tomorrow’s Medical Devices for Africa’s Unique Needs
Prof Sudesh Sivarasu delivered his inaugural lecture on 24 October.
24 Oct 2024
Shifting spaces, tilting time: art and art education in a society that aches for transformation
Prof Jay Pather delivered his inaugural lecture a few months before of his retirement.
23 Oct 2024
Why Minerals Matter: The Role of Mineralogy in the Pursuit of Sustainability
Prof Megan Becker delivered her inaugural lecture on 22 October, diving into why minerals matter.
22 Oct 2024
Fifty degrees of separation: Why Antarctica and the polar regions matter for Afrika
Prof Marchello Vichi’s inaugural lecture in the Faculty of Science highlighted the importance of African nations leading the charge on Antarctic research.
21 Oct 2024
Exploring the Literary Imagination in Times of Reckoning: What Might Shakespeare Have to Do with Social Justice Today?
Prof Sandra Young’s inaugural lecture focused on the play “The Tempest” to social justice as she delivered her inaugural lecture.
16 Oct 2024
Defence spending: Drivers and economic effects
Prof Efi Nikolaidou delivered her inaugural lecture on 10 October at the School of Economics.
10 Oct 2024
From the Laboratory to the Sky: New Windows on the Universe
Prof Amanda Weltman currently heads UCT’s High Energy Physics, Cosmology & Astrophysics Theory Group (HEPCAT).
08 Oct 2024
The Narrative as the Enemy of Freedom of Thought
UCT recently hosted Judge of the ICJ, Dire Tladi, who delivered the 58th TB Davie Memorial Lecture.
01 Oct 2024
Reimagining the African norm for smart cities
The promotion of Assoc Prof Nancy Odendaal to the prestigious rank of full professor was marked with her inaugural lecture on Tuesday, 24 October.
27 Oct 2023
A living wage and the dignity afforded by choice
Human dignity and a living wage must be centre stage in the drive to create employment, said Prof Innes Meyer in her recent inaugural lecture.
26 Oct 2023
Blowing things up for science
Professor Steeve Chung Kim Yuen delivered his inaugural lecture on Tuesday, 10 October.
16 Oct 2023
UCT Vice-Chancellor’s Open Lecture by UN Deputy Secretary General Amina J Mohammed
On 14 October, Her Excellency Ms Amina J Mohammed delivered the third virtual UCT Vice-Chancellor’s Open Lecture for 2020.
16 Oct 2020
Decade of action for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): So what?
Amina Mohammed is the deputy secretary-general of the United Nations.
14 Oct 2020
Nature’s role in economic development
Professor Edwin Muchapondwa delivered this yearʼs sixth and final Vice-Chancellorʼs Inaugural Lecture on Wednesday, focusing on the role the environment can play in economic development.
11 Oct 2019
Working towards a water-sensitive Cape Town
When it “forgot to rain” in Cape Town, the city went on water-saving alert. Now it’s time for a holistic approach to future water management.
22 Oct 2018
Pursuing new ways to cure cancer
UCT alumnus Professor Frank Slack returned to his academic roots to share research which holds the promise of new ways of curing cancer and other illnesses.
22 Oct 2018
The Fourth Industrial Revolution and Society
Professor Tshilidzi Marwala, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Johannesburg
09 Oct 2018
Lessons in innovation and intervention
Professor Ulrike Rivett traversed 17 years of ICT4D research in her inaugural lecture: “ICT for development: the good intentions of the mobile phone”.
20 Oct 2017
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