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COVID-19 dashboard measures resurgence risk
Academics at UCT’s Modelling and Simulation Hub Africa (MASHA) are part of a multidisciplinary team who have developed a COVID-19 dashboard to analyse the resurgence risk in the country.
30 Dec 2020
Analysis reveals ivory origins on 16th-century shipwreck
Academics at UCT organised a multi-institutional historical and scientific study of African elephant tusks found on a 16th-century shipwreck off the coast of Namibia.
23 Dec 2020
Shrimp-like tanaids mimic hermit crabs
A new paper based on UCT student Rouane Brokensha’s honours project reveals how a tiny shrimp mimics hermit crabs by adapting to shell life.
22 Dec 2020
Body donor programme fit and well despite COVID-19
Rigorous COVID-19 health and safety protocols have enabled UCT’s Faculty of Health Sciences to maintain its body donor programme, essential to teaching anatomy to students and surgical registrars.
22 Dec 2020
UCT spin-off receives millions in European funding
Cape Bio Pharms, a UCT spin-off company, has received millions in European funding to accelerate the production of affordable plant-based rapid diagnostic COVID-19 test kits.
22 Dec 2020
First certified foundational Khoekhoegowab course for SA
UCT’s first online foundational Khoekhoegowab course will strengthen the intergenerational transmission of this highly endangered indigenous language.
21 Dec 2020
UCT VC among Times Higher Education’s 10 People of the Year
University of Cape Town Vice-Chancellor Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng has been named among the Times Higher Education’s 10 People of the Year.
18 Dec 2020
Unpacking COVID-19 in an African context
A group of researchers, including the UCT GSB’s Prof Ralph Hamann, recently published a paper that analyses the initial impacts of COVID-19 in Africa.
17 Dec 2020
UCT honours graduates on virtual stage
UCT celebrated its December graduate cohort during a virtual celebration on 15 December.
17 Dec 2020
UCT PhD candidates recognised for research excellence
Two UCT PhD candidates are recipients of the L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Sub-Saharan Africa Young Talent Awards.
17 Dec 2020
Coloured Mentality’s comeback kid
Co-creator of Coloured Mentality, Sarah Summers, is graduating with her honours despite the odds she’s had to face and fight along the way.
14 Dec 2020
From Ugandan child soldier to PhD graduate
In 1986 Julius Okello was forced into Uganda’s Bush War as a child soldier. Tenacity and hope delivered him through a personal wilderness to his PhD.
14 Dec 2020
Distinction for first Electrolyser Research Group master’s graduate
Ziba Rajan will be the first master’s graduate from UCT’s Electrolyser Research Group, and she will be graduating with distinction.
11 Dec 2020
‘Graduation would have meant a mission accomplished’
At UCT’s December graduation, a PhD will be awarded posthumously to Dr Mike Abia. His wife, Shuvai Abia, shares his story.
11 Dec 2020
Why South Africa should adopt democratic socialism
One way to avoid South Africa falling off a fiscal cliff is to move towards a system of democratic socialism. This according to Sean Gossel and Thomas Koelble from the UCT GSB.
11 Dec 2020
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New SRC president is more than ready to serve
UCT News speaks to the new SRC president, Declan Dyer, to find out about the student leader and his plans for his term of office.
10 Dec 2020
‘This one’s for you, dad’
UCT PhD graduand Millicent Agangiba has dedicated her doctoral degree to her dad’s memory.
10 Dec 2020
Opera School voices rise above COVID-19
Opera School students have risen to the challenge of lockdown, learning new ways of engaging with material and enriching their approach to singing.
10 Dec 2020
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