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Without transformation, research excellence is unsustainable - Mamokgethi Phakeng Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng, UCT's incoming Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research and Internationalisation, has delivered the key note address at the 2016 UCT Annual Research Function. 16 Nov 2016
AXA awards first research chair in Africa to UCT AXA Research Fund has awarded its first research chair in Africa to the University of Cape Town. 15 Nov 2016
Mhlongo is UCT's best - again He's quick. He's powerful. He's competed across the world, from the All Africa Games in Dakar to the Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro. 15 Nov 2016
Students reflect on exams and deferrals Despite fatigue, disrupted travel and end-of-year plans, UCT students are doing their best to tackle their November exams. 15 Nov 2016
Kelp: The canary in the coal mine Kelp forests provide Cape fur seals a place to hide when escaping from Great White sharks. 14 Nov 2016
Popplestone: A masterpiece written in the margins Reinette Popplestone and her guide dog Drum have become a ubiquitous duo around campus. 14 Nov 2016
Hunting for leaks in a mismanaged water system Africa is home to the highest number of water-scarce countries in the world. 11 Nov 2016
Is general relativity's take on black holes outdated? 10 Nov 2016
Seeds under siege: it's time to support traditional systems Seeds are the very essence of life. From those growing a multiplicity of grains, legumes and vegetables to others struggling to produce enough to feed their families, seeds provide the mainstay for Africa's 500 million small-scale farmers. 10 Nov 2016
UCT executive and student groupings sign agreement 09 Nov 2016
Mauritius encourages intra-African research 09 Nov 2016
Explainer: the how, what and why of the latest HIV vaccine trial As the global quest for an HIV vaccine continues, Linda-Gail Bekker explains the significance of the latest large-scale trial underway in South Africa. 08 Nov 2016
Child soldier's PhD turns hurt into hope At the age of nine, when most children are at school, Julius Okello was wearing a military uniform and carrying a sub-machine gun. 07 Nov 2016
Sudesh Sivarasu: Clinician-centred innovation Dr Sudesh Sivarasu's path to becoming a prolific inventor of biomedical devices has had its twists and turns. 04 Nov 2016
Kingsley Holgate honoured at Golden Key ceremony The Golden Key New Members Ceremony, where new and honorary members are inducted into the society, was held recently at The Mill, Church-on-Main, Wynberg. 04 Nov 2016
Researchers aim for the clouds: UCT and NWU launch first stage of big-data African Research Cloud The rapid advance in scientific knowledge has created such vast and complex quantities of information, or big data, that scientists and researchers have had to develop new infrastructure, tools and approaches to capture, analyse and share it. 04 Nov 2016
Mission accomplished for ice cool researchers UCT's Sea Ice Research Group took a mid-winter cruise from Cape Town to the Marginal Ice Zone (MIZ) of Antarctica. 03 Nov 2016
Bill Bowen - UCT loses an important friend Dr Bill Bowen, the renowned labour economist who led a charge for breaking down exclusionary barriers at elite universities, and an important benefactor of poor students from UCT, passed away on 20 October 2016. He was 83. 02 Nov 2016
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