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2024
Second quarter
UCT scholars join global leaders to discuss roadmap to the decarbonisation of concrete
10:37, 30 April 2024
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UCT academic receives distinguished AAAS fellow lifetime honour
10:42, 23 April 2024
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UCT Senate holds second continuation meeting on Gaza motions
12:38, 20 April 2024
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African alarm clocks: Hadeda ibises’ sixth sense key to range expansion – UCT study reveals
11:33, 17 April 2024
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Ingonyama Trust financial statements vaguely reported - UCT report finds
08:19, 17 April 2024
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Professor Ramutsindela appointed as the UP-UCT Future Africa Research Chair in Sustainability Transformations
10:30, 11 April 2024
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Revolutionary clean cooking fuel: German-South African green initiative takes aim at climate change and energy access
08:11, 10 April 2024
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Top UCT researchers scoop SAMRC scientific awards
09:59, 9 April 2024
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Invite: GreenQUEST to host public forum on clean energy
08:09, 8 April 2024
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MeerKAT radio telescope discovers 49 new galaxies in just two hours
08:09, 2 April 2024
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First quarter
World-renowned cellist Dr Mhlambi set to enchant Cape Town with new musical masterpiece
10:15, 28 March 2024
UCT PhD scholar becomes only fifth African in prestigious CAS Future Leaders Programme
11:44, 26 March 2024
UCT VC appointed to esteemed international academy
10:50, 26 March 2024
Illegal cigarettes cost South African government over R100 billion since 2010
07:52, 26 March 2024
UCT to honour close to 5 000 students in the March graduation season
13:55, 25 March 2024
UCT opens clinic to provide affordable healthcare for its staff
11:13, 19 March 2024
Young adolescents in the Western Cape show alarming signs of depression and anxiety – study finds
11:44, 18 March 2024
Outcome of UCT Senate vote on Gaza motion
12:42, 14 March 2024
Statement
New research highlights the escalating impacts of climate change on people’s movement and immobility
10:24, 13 March 2024
Infection causes over 80% of hospitalisations in young children – UCT research finds
09:15, 12 March 2024
UCT researchers develop tools to support mine closure planning
09:09, 11 March 2024
UCT to co-host launch of Built Environment National Logbook
12:26, 7 March 2024
Women perpetually marginalised in South African law firms – study shows
10:55, 6 March 2024
Restitution and reparation awards lead to sustained improvements for victims of land dispossession – UCT study
14:23, 5 March 2024
UCT partners with Futurize to address pressing healthcare and climate change challenges in Africa
11:35, 5 March 2024
UCT made aware of reopening of case
12:48, 4 March 2024
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Guest lecture at UCT by former Eskom executive
12:45, 4 March 2024
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New clinical trial in people with advanced HIV aims to reduce unacceptably high death rates in Africa
12:39, 4 March 2024
UCT celebrates superior performance in the 2023 SAICA APC
14:23, 29 February 2024
UCT SRC to use Motsepe Foundation donation to help international students
09:21, 29 February 2024
Cancer treatment boost as UCT proposes a proton therapy centre
11:08, 26 February 2024
UCT to confer honorary doctorates on six remarkable individuals
10:43, 21 February 2024
UCT research shows positive stimulus effects of a South African public employment programme
13:27, 20 February 2024
UCT Council approves concessions for students with fee debt exceeding R10 000
11:43, 20 February 2024
Groundbreaking horse domestication study wins 2024 Newcomb Cleveland Prize
10:45, 19 February 2024
Millions of people could be impacted by mine closures in South Africa – UCT research
09:07, 19 February 2024
Weather-related hazards put R20bn worth of CoCT’s transport infrastructure at high risk – analysis shows
14:05, 13 February 2024
New SALDRU director to pursue mission of challenging inequalities
13:13, 7 February 2024
Rural childhood positively impacts immune development, UCT study finds
10:52, 6 February 2024
UCT’s initial statement on tweets by a former student on an alleged sexual violence incident
12:55, 26 January 2024
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UCT to welcome 4 500 first-year students
12:20, 24 January 2024
Annual Bongani Mayosi Memorial Lecture to be presented by UCT’s own graduate
13:20, 23 January 2024
Robots, Eskom and antisemitism among topics at 2024 UCT Summer School
16:34, 16 January 2024
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