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Road impacts on ecosystems in sub-Saharan Africa A new study by researchers from IIASA and UCT set out to analyse the impacts past road projects in the region have had on ecosystems inside and outside protected areas across sub-Saharan Africa. 20 Oct 2021

Faculty of Health Sciences commemorates Pride Month with diverse voices The Faculty of Health Sciences is observing Pride Month, which included an online event aimed at highlighting issues faced by LGBTQIA+ people. 19 Oct 2021

Robotic surgery: African-first at Groote Schuur On 13 October Groote Schuur Hospital unveiled a new Da Vinci Xi robot, becoming the first public-sector hospital in Africa to possess the system. 19 Oct 2021

Project by final-year medical students encourages ‘each one teach one’ approach The poster project, designed by final-year medical students at UCT encourages patients at Groote Schuur Hospital to take charge of their health. 19 Oct 2021

Climate report highlights urgency of coal phase-out The 2021 Climate Transparency Report warns that the world’s global warming ambitions and mitigation strategies are not aligned. 19 Oct 2021

Climate change expert bags Social Responsiveness Award For her research on the Mother City’s once-in-a-century drought, UCT has presented Associate Professor Gina Ziervogel with the 2020 Social Responsiveness Award. 15 Oct 2021

Law master’s student takes on the world with Chinese A UCT LLM candidate is readying himself for an international law career with his love of foreign languages. 15 Oct 2021

Award for world-first textbook on ontological engineering Maria Keet’s first open textbook, a world-first resource on ontology engineering for computer scientists, has won the UCT Open Textbook Award. 14 Oct 2021

Unpacking pandemic practices in computational science The COVID-19 outbreak has accelerated research in many fields, as scientists around the world plough everything into battling the pandemic. UCT’s Division of Computational Biology is no exception. 14 Oct 2021

On the move for mental health UCT’s Student Wellness Service hosted the inaugural Run/Walk4Mental Health on Sunday, 10 October, to celebrate World Mental Health Day, part of Mental Health Awareness Month. 13 Oct 2021

Complexity studies course: thinking skills for wicked problems EMS’s new Applied Complexity Science online postgraduate course not only teaches integrated systems sciences, but applies this learning to the context of its delivery. 12 Oct 2021

New book offers fresh take on the age-old problem of how to advance social change A new book by UCT GSB Adjunct Faculty and Alumni offers a fresh and hopeful take on the age-old problem of how to advance social change. 12 Oct 2021

PhD candidate’s mission to understand the human brain Leen Remmelzwaal’s PhD research aims to understand how the brain makes, interprets and processes predications, and how these direct and influence an individual’s decision-making process. 12 Oct 2021

Child and adolescent mental healthcare has many gaps A UCT PhD graduate is working towards creating separate mental healthcare facilities for children and adolescents. 11 Oct 2021

Master’s student reflects on ‘turning grief into gratitude’ Nqabisa Faku, a psychology master’s student at UCT, said letting go of guilt and anger is important when processing the death of a loved one. 08 Oct 2021

Questions about life, mental health and the influence of psychiatry Big questions about the role of mental health professions and living a meaningful life were taken on by UCT academics and others at a recent panel ahead of Mental Health Awareness Month. 08 Oct 2021

Education, gender and poverty affect climate change literacy in Africa A research paper by Dr Nicholas Simpson, a postdoctoral researcher at UCT, highlights the importance of educating Africans on climate change. 08 Oct 2021

Shining the spotlight on women in palaeoscience Two women palaeoscientists from UCT had the opportunity to share their experiences in the field at a recent Human Evolution Research Institute Winter Webinar Series. 07 Oct 2021

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