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First MasterCard Foundation scholars graduate
29 Dec 2015
PhD highlights 'unintended consequences' of academic development
28 Dec 2015
Cape Town informal waste collection 'ripe for the picking'
When Dr Suzall Timm decided to focus on waste collecters in Cape Town for her doctoral thesis, she uncovered a mound of fascinating material. Timm graduated with a PhD in criminology on 19 December 2015.
24 Dec 2015
Last ceremony closes a chapter
The 18h00 ceremony on 19 December, the largest of the three bumper ceremonies, closed an abridged graduation season at UCT following nationwide university shutdowns and the postponements of exams.
21 Dec 2015
Much to celebrate on graduation day
The air of celebration was palpable at the afternoon ceremony of UCT's graduation day. In receiving their degrees, graduands from the Faculty of Health Sciences reached a significant milestone, their reward for years of hard work and sacrifice.
19 Dec 2015
Jazzing up graduation
It was a ceremony speckled with special moments. Graduation's traditional idiosyncrasies were supplemented with local innovations, as UCT sought to infuse its African identity into the morning ceremony of 19 December.
19 Dec 2015
The cohort at Mont Fleur
For two days in early December, members of the Next Generation Professoriate were on a writing retreat at Mont Fleur, Stellenbosch. This is a glorious spot at the foot of the Helderberg mountains.
17 Dec 2015
Meet this year's Social Responsiveness Award winners
The Social Responsiveness Award was established in 2009 to honour UCT academics whose social engagement enhances the university's teaching and learning process.
16 Dec 2015
Convocation medal to Mthatha law doyen
Retired Mthatha attorney Mda Mda, who enrolled for a law degree at UCT in 1944, is this year's recipient of the President of Convocation Medal, awarded annually to an alumnus who has contributed to the common good.
15 Dec 2015
Amoore bows out on a high note
Familiar faces associated with UCT, past and present, gathered to say goodbye to outgoing registrar Hugh Amoore at Smuts Hall on Saturday 12 December 2015.
14 Dec 2015
Tribute reflects Amoore's softer side
14 Dec 2015
Much to celebrate at December's abridged graduation
14 Dec 2015
AC Jordan - academic pioneer and torchbearer for African languages
14 Dec 2015
UCT's biotech lab takes drug discovery to new level
11 Dec 2015
Shark eggs, sunnyside up
Recent PhD graduate Dr Matthew Lewis lost five kilograms in the first six weeks of his master's fieldwork, as one does when following a troop of chacma baboons (Papio ursinus) through parts of a mountainous nature reserve where few venture.
10 Dec 2015
'Gardening' the ocean to restore the planet
08 Dec 2015
Michaelis graduate exhibition 'highlight' of art calendar
07 Dec 2015
What the death of two men teaches us about our blind spot in the AIDS response
04 Dec 2015
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