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UCT Vice-Chancellor hosts second online science series: Human Augmentation
19 July 2022 | Videography MS Teams. Video Edit Ruairi Abrahams.The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Vice-Chancellor, Prof Mamokgethi Phakeng hosted the second online science series in conjunction with Switzerland-based ‘think and do thank’ Geneva Science Diplomacy Anticipator (GESDA) on Sunday, 17 July 2022.
The virtual engagements which takes place over the course of four weeks in July, aims to promote critical conversations with thought leaders from the African continent and elsewhere.
UCT invites all students and young researchers to join the Vice-Chancellor on Facebook and Twitter for these conversations.
For more information about the sessions, read the VC Desk.
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