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Macassar’s community ‘storytelling project’ wins 2022 Social Responsiveness Award
Winner of the 2022 Social Responsiveness Award, Clint Abrahams, talks about the design-build project that brought a community, its history and stories to life.
31 Jul 2023
Gina Ziervogel takes the helm at the African Climate Development Initiative
Assoc Prof Gina Ziervogel brings experience in climate governance, adaptation and transdisciplinary approaches to her new role of director of the African Climate and Development Initiative.
27 Jul 2023
Re-imagining Africa’s story
Former UCT VC Dr Mamphela Ramphele and Stellenbosch University’s Assoc Prof Rika Preiser presented findings uncovered during a collaborative project.
27 Jul 2023
UCT academic appointed SARChI Chair in Artificial Intelligence Systems
UCT’s Assoc Prof Deshen Moodley was recently awarded the SARChI Research Chair in Artificial Intelligence Systems.
26 Jul 2023
Paying forward the ‘wow factor’ of stargazing
Funded by the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory, Professor Daniel ‘DJ’ Pisano takes up the DSI/NRF South African Research Chair in Extragalactic Multi-wavelength Astronomy.
25 Jul 2023
Emma Whitelaw’s research analyses post-school education in an unequal society
PhD graduand Emma Whitelaw’s in-depth research forms part of the Siyaphambili Project – an initiative of UCT’s Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit.
21 Jul 2023
PhD graduand clocks vast distances on foot collecting 150 taxa, including 50 undescribed species
PhD graduand Brian du Preez’s research took him to the farthest-flung areas of the Greater Cape Floristic Region, where he discovered, rediscovered and collected ‘Indigofera’ species.
21 Jul 2023
UCT academic honoured with Royal Meteorological Society Award
UCT’s Prof Chris Reason, has been announced as one of the international Royal Meteorological Society award winners for 2022 in the Geoscience Data Journal Editors’ Award division.
21 Jul 2023
Pioneering Global Surgery work scores UCT professor distinguished award
South Africa’s leading researchers in science, engineering, technology and innovation were honoured at a recent prestigious awards ceremony.
20 Jul 2023
Global surgery strategies, systems crucial to ensuring timely, safe surgery – especially for women
Referring to the plight of pregnant African women, an inaugural lecture examines the need for global surgery strategies to build health systems across the world.
20 Jul 2023
Graduand’s research probes prevalence, risk of elder abuse in SA
PhD graduand Roxanne Jacobs argues that promoting the health and well-being of older people and their caregivers is essential to reduce the risk of abuse.
20 Jul 2023
‘Don’t retrofit curricula to include disability; engage at the design stage’ – PhD graduand
Retrofitting the university’s curricula to include disability is expensive and challenging, and instead should be part of engagement at the design stage, says PhD graduand Ikechukwu Nwanze.
19 Jul 2023
‘Don’t let this work die on my computer’ – PhD to be awarded posthumously
On 21 July, Zayd Minty will receive his PhD posthumously – after a collective, cross-country effort to see him across the finish line before he died.
18 Jul 2023
PhD study on women with disabilities accessing antenatal care in rural Uganda
Ponsiano Nuwagaba’s PhD examines the plight of pregnant women with disabilities in rural Uganda, and outlines strategies for improving services – and access to them.
17 Jul 2023
PhD proposal shows how disability can be included in MBChB training
Sarah Whitehead’s PhD is an important academic contribution to teaching and learning; a proposal outlining how disability can be included in the medical undergraduate curriculum.
14 Jul 2023
A starry-eyed inspirational graduate
One of this year’s inspirational graduates Dr Michael Hlabathe reached for the stars to overcome adversity and obtain his PhD in astrophysics.
14 Jul 2023
Africa charter for equitable partnerships receives major endorsement
Leading networks from across the continent met last week to sign the charter set to shift research collaborations between Africa and the Global North.
13 Jul 2023
Law PhD at 26 for Gaopalelwe Mathiba – youngest in over a decade
UCT law lecturer Gaopalelwe Mathiba will become the youngest person to be conferred a PhD in law in the past 11 years.
13 Jul 2023
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