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The over-60s: Economic and social power that can’t be ignored It’s time to re-examine how we think about older people, said UCT’s Dr Leon Geffen. 18 Oct 2022
Parents, caregivers, environments ‘powerfully shape’ infant mental health Research into infant mental health revealed that supportive experiences during infancy are critical to enabling the well-being of infants, toddlers, children and, ultimately, young adults. 18 Oct 2022
UCT leaps up in international rankings UCT soars 23 places to land at 160th globally in the latest international university rankings published by Times Higher Education. 12 Oct 2022
Humans are the result of ‘braided’ genetic streams, not a ‘tree’ of evolution A new paper explores humankind’s ‘braided’ stream of evolution, the result of genetic admixture when Neanderthals and other ancient groups met and mixed in ancient times. 07 Oct 2022
Unprecedented first wave of black middle class retirees in 20 years The UCT Liberty Institute of Strategic Marketing’s “2022 Black Middle Class Report” was launched on 20 September, an invaluable guide to this economy-driving sector. 28 Sep 2022
Heritage Month: ‘I want to call out their names one by one’ To mark Heritage Day, two UCT-affiliated co-curators talk about a unique exhibition of South African black women artists, many of whom never exhibited. 23 Sep 2022
Heritage Month: Restore the ‘critical knowledge’ of the ausis June Bam-Hutchison speaks about the role of the ausi, the Khoi and San matriarchal knowledge bearer, and the importance of the Cape’s ‘herstoriographies’. 21 Sep 2022
5G in healthcare: UCT researcher awarded African Google PhD fellowship UCT Electrical Engineering student Humphrey Owuor Otieno has been awarded the first African Google PhD Fellowship under the Systems and Networking subcategory. 20 Sep 2022
UCT student shortlisted for the Äänit Prize A UCT postgraduate researcher’s business idea is one of five finalists competing for an international start-up award to the value of USD80 000. 12 Sep 2022
Disobedient knowledge and respect for our African humanity The future is African. But what does that future look like? UCT’s Institute for Humanities in Africa is addressing the challenges of Africa’s future, today. 05 Sep 2022
UCT researchers honoured at the NRF awards UCT researchers have been honoured for their research at the NRF awards, while others were added to the NRF’s list of A-rated scholars.    02 Sep 2022
Ice-breaking research puts spotlight on UCT polar engineering team UCT’s recently established polar engineering team has scored a first publication in “The Cryosphere” – the highest-ranked journal in its field. 02 Sep 2022
UCT researcher selected for African fellowship Dr Bessie Malila investigates developing a platform that can be used for testing and validating emerging and existing telemedicine and mHealth solutions. 01 Sep 2022
Merging economic behaviour and nature-based solutions UCT Professor Martine Visser has been appointed the South African Research Chairs Initiative’s (SARChI) Chair in Governance and Economics for Ecological Infrastructure.   31 Aug 2022
UCT awarded two new SAMRC extramural units Two of the four new South African Medical Research Council Extramural Research Units have been awarded to UCT to develop critical health research in the country. 30 Aug 2022

 
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