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Neuroscience moves closer to understanding brain development
Wellcome Leap has awarded UCT’s Professor Kirsten Donald a multimillion dollar contract for neuroscience research.
31 Aug 2021
UCT’s Dr Virginie Rozot awarded Wellcome Leap grant for TB research
UCT’s Dr Virginie Rozot, a research officer at the South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative, has been awarded a multi-year contract as part of Wellcome Leap’s Delta Tissue programme.
31 Aug 2021
The importance of the first-ever Afrikaaps dictionary
The director of UCT’s Centre for Film and Media Studies Professor Adam Haupt reflects on the importance of the first-ever Afrikaaps dictionary and the history of the language.
30 Aug 2021
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Study shows midlife metabolism is a myth
Two UCT professors contributed to groundbreaking research on energy expenditure across the human lifespan now published in a major science journal.
27 Aug 2021
UCT researcher to present novel COVID-19 study at global cardiology congress
A major study investigating the relationship between COVID-19 and cardiovascular disease and led by Professor Karen Sliwa will be presented at a global cardiology congress.
27 Aug 2021
Pension law deprives most South Africans right to decide on inheritance
In her PhD thesis, UCT lecturer Karin Lehmann challenges Section 37C of the Pension Funds Act 24 of 1956 as being unconstitutional.
26 Aug 2021
Youth in the firing line of COVID-19 mental health pandemic
Children and adolescents have suffered the collateral impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, especially on their mental health.
24 Aug 2021
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Understanding post-operative deaths in Africa – new study
A study involving UCT academics details a landmark trial that attempted to address the problem of post-operative deaths in Africa.
24 Aug 2021
Women’s Month: Neziswa Titi on being a voice for society’s most vulnerable
The UCT Children’s Institute’s Dr Neziswa Titi said it’s important that her work resonates with those it’s intended to impact: children.
20 Aug 2021
UCT ranks top in Africa
UCT came top on the continent in ShanghaiRanking’s Academic Ranking of World Universities 2021. This means UCT leads in Africa in five major world university rankings.
20 Aug 2021
COVID-19 heaps pressure on South African consumers across the board
UCT Liberty Institute of Strategic Marketing has examined the impact of COVID-19-related restrictions on jobs and income.
19 Aug 2021
Women’s Month: Women, step up to uncover Africa’s fossil heritage
Africa is rich in dinosaur fossils but more scientists and fieldworkers are needed to uncover this “fabulous heritage”, especially women.
19 Aug 2021
HIV cure: a global science conversation
In a seminar hosted by Janelia Research Campus in partnership with the IDM, global experts discussed HIV, gains made and the work that still needs to be done.
18 Aug 2021
How a film is fighting the erasure of South African activist Dulcie September
UCT’s Dr Liani Maasdorp reflects on a recent panel discussion about the documentary, Murder in Paris, which tells of the 1988 assassination of anti-apartheid activist Dulcie September.
18 Aug 2021
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A ‘call to arms’ for African vaccine manufacturing infrastructure
There is an urgent need to create the infrastructure necessary to enable the transformation of local expertise into concrete vaccine manufacturing capability for Africa.
18 Aug 2021
Groote Schuur Hospital adopts integrated approach to destigmatise mental health care
UCT’s Professor Jackie Hoare is the brain behind the remodelled mental health care service, which targets patients at Groote Schuur Hospital with chronic and infectious diseases.
18 Aug 2021
Women’s Month: Building a better and more equitable world
To combat inequality, the director of the UCT Law Clinic, Yellavarne Moodley, champions the provision of no-cost access to justice for members of under-served communities.
18 Aug 2021
Women’s Month: Nolundi Luwaya focuses on rural women to drive land reform
Nolundi Luwaya is the director of the Land and Accountability Research Centre at UCT, which played a significant part in the Ingonyama Trust case.
17 Aug 2021
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