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‘Growth of character’ celebrated at UCT graduation
The 2024 UCT graduation season officially kicked off on 23 March with over 4 000 students set to obtain their qualification.
28 Mar 2024
From planning to procession with UCT’s gown master
Mogamat Benjamin, UCT’s gown master, takes us through the planning and coordination that culminates in the celebration that is graduation.
28 Mar 2024
A journey of curiosity, healing, and hope
Umana Niwenshuti graduated with a PhD in Anthropology from UCT on Monday, 25 March.
28 Mar 2024
Looking through the lens of missed vaccination opportunities
Dr Chukwudi Nnaji probes three critical questions for missed opportunities for vaccination in his PhD research.
26 Mar 2024
Half a million followers on TikTok and studying towards a master’s
He is master of Kasi humour, soon to be capped with a BSc (Honours), and knee deep in the first semester of a master’s degree … meet Lesedi Rampou Lale, man of comedy and chemistry.
26 Mar 2024
Bringing primary healthcare services to campus staff
On Monday, 18 March, the ribbon was cut to mark the opening of UCT’s Dis-Chem Wellness Centre, which brings quality primary healthcare services to the workplace for pay classes two to six.
26 Mar 2024
Bending the arc towards health equity
Professor Susan Cleary delivered her inaugural lecture on 14 March.
25 Mar 2024
From HR to opera – an inspirational journey
Luvo Maranti graduates this year with a Performance Diploma in opera. This is one of the tenor’s many outstanding accomplishments, few of which he imagined achieving.
25 Mar 2024
Adopt a social approach to managing TB
UCT’s Dr Anna Versfeld said patients’ social contexts must be taken into consideration to help tackle the TB scourge in South Africa.
24 Mar 2024
Infrastructure and innovation for a healthy Africa
These SARChI chairs have integrated innovative science and technology to make a material contribution to a healthy Africa.
22 Mar 2024
UCT receives Siyaphumelela Network Partner Award
UCT has recently received the Siyaphumelela Network Award for advancing equity and student-centred transformation.
22 Mar 2024
SARChI: A national programme that has powered impactful and resonant research
After a decade and a half, some UCT SARChIs come to the end of their DST/NRF funding cycle, but their work continues to advance the research strengths, capabilities and competencies of the university.
20 Mar 2024
Decomposing pig bodies provide insight into novel methods to identify human remains
Kara Adams’s unconventional research set out to uncover the effect clothing and environmental factors have on the body’s decomposition process.
20 Mar 2024
‘I made it because I asked for help’
Lwando Mhlabeni beat severe depression and a medical leave of absence to graduate with a BSc in Occupational Therapy.
20 Mar 2024
UCT hosts Nobel Laureate for lecture on universal basic income in the developing world
UCT recently played host to development economics expert and Nobel Laureate Professor Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee, who delivered a lecture on the underlying economics of universal basic income in developing countries.
19 Mar 2024
UCT master’s student in line for a global McCall MacBain Scholarship award
A UCT master’s student is headed to the final round of interviews for the Canadian global McCall MacBain Scholarships.
18 Mar 2024
UCT’s H3D spearheads Africa’s drug discovery accelerator programme
UCT’s H3D will play a leading role in supporting drug discovery in sub-Saharan Africa through the Grand Challenges African Drug Discovery Accelerator programme.
13 Mar 2024
Understanding the role of nature-based adaptation in human mobility and immobility
Research led by Nicholas Simpson, along with a team at UCT’s ACDI, emphasises the urgent need for a comprehensive study on how climate change impacts mobility.
13 Mar 2024
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