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Graduates must become ‘more African‘ The Faculty of Commerce’s graduation on Friday, 14 December, was a celebration of being African in a world undergoing unprecedented change. 14 Dec 2018
‘Set your super-power dials to “in service” ’ “Set your super-power dials to ‘in service’,” Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng told graduands at a special graduation ceremony where she was officially robed as Vice-Chancellor. 14 Dec 2018
Sarah Baartman Hall: Potent transformation symbol History was made on 13 December when UCT’s newly robed Vice-Chancellor, Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng, announced that Memorial Hall will be renamed the Sarah Baartman Hall. 14 Dec 2018
‘Tell them about the dream’ Graduation season has started on a high note with the robing of the Vice-Chancellor, academics being honoured and Humanities graduands being urged to be courageous. 14 Dec 2018
Four doctors, two families make it a double It’s not often that two sets of brothers who are close friends graduate from the same two faculties – and each with the title of doctor. 14 Dec 2018
Twin cities connect struggle and liberation sites Associate Professor Svea Josephy received a Creative Works Award for her solo exhibition, Satellite Cities, at today’s graduation. It is one of three such awards. 13 Dec 2018
Symphony of elements wins Creative Works Award Professor Hendrik Hofmeyr, of the South African College of Music, receives a Creative Works Award at today’s graduation for his composition Second Symphony – The Elements. 13 Dec 2018
Creative Works Award for Womb of Fire Dr Sara Matchett’s Creative Works Award winner, Womb of Fire, addresses how centuries of violence in South Africa continue to play out on women’s bodies. 13 Dec 2018
UCT Book Award for classics scholar Professor David Wardle’s work Suetonius: Life of Augustus has won him the 2018 UCT Book Award. 13 Dec 2018
Burst of energy from new UCT lecturers The completion of the New Academic Practitioners’ Programme (NAPP) was cause for celebration for 20 new lecturers at UCT. 13 Dec 2018
‘Razor-sharp intellect, exceptional humility’ UCT alumnus and a founding trustee of the university trust, Nobel Prize winner Sir Aaron Klug is remembered for his “razor-sharp intellect”, yet “exceptional humility”. 12 Dec 2018
Commitment, passion and dogged determination Due to graduate with a PhD in Medical Biochemistry, Kehilwe Nakedi reflects on her academic journey and the pleasure of seeing things finally fall into place. 12 Dec 2018
DataFirst rescues historical apartheid-era datasets UCT’s DataFirst research data service has partnered with Rhodes University and the University of KwaZulu-Natal to rescue two historical datasets. 12 Dec 2018
An extra special Golden Grad celebration Golden Grad Madi Gray, a veteran of the nine-day Bremner sit-in of 1968, will be among other UCT alumni celebrating their Golden Graduation this week. 12 Dec 2018
Designing people-centred solutions Human-centred solutions to the challenges facing the education sector were in the spotlight at the launch of the UCT d-school’s fourth annual Design Thinking Week. 11 Dec 2018
Students continue winning tradition at Greenovate Civil Engineering made it two out of two while Construction Economics and Management chalked up their fourth consecutive win at the recent Greenovate Awards for final-year students. 11 Dec 2018
UCT remedies a past injustice The story of Raymond Suttner receiving his LLM from UCT almost half a century after withdrawing his thesis from examination has captured imaginations around the country. 11 Dec 2018
Unspeakable tragedy yields master’s degree When Mabuyi Mhlanga’s young daughter died in a car accident two years ago, she channelled her grief into addressing the issue of road safety around schools. 11 Dec 2018
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