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Serendipitous meeting leads PhD candidate back to UCT
A chance meeting prompted Sue Dennis to return to UCT after more than 25 years – and now she will graduate with her PhD.
11 Jul 2019
‘I carried my notebooks into the delivery room’
An unexpected pregnancy, followed by the inopportune arrival of her daughter Imani, only spurred graduand Mildreat Muroyiwa on to complete her master’s degree in development finance.
11 Jul 2019
Positives outweigh the negatives on journey to MCom
His MCom journey began with the shock of failing his first class test, but on 12 July Lifa Majali will graduate with his Master's in Development Finance.
11 Jul 2019
Championing Africa: Dr Carlos Lopes
Afro-optimist, renowned economist and honorary professor with the Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance, Dr Carlos Lopes is now focusing his research on African migration.
11 Jul 2019
Meet UCT’s first woman ‘soil doctor’
Trailblazer Laxmee Sobhee-Beetul will be the first woman to graduate from UCT with a PhD in geotechnical engineering.
10 Jul 2019
PhD research contributes to SA mineral law
Louie van Schalkwyk has always had a strong sense of justice, a moral compass that has guided her all the way to a doctorate in mineral law.
10 Jul 2019
Language for learning mathematics in multilingual classrooms
Mathematics researchers and language specialists gathered at UCT last week to discuss teaching and learning the subject in multilingual classrooms.
09 Jul 2019
Digital technologies a cultural lifeline for Somali diaspora
It was PhD graduand Ingrid Brudvig’s quest to understand her own place in the world that sparked her interest in anthropology.
09 Jul 2019
Seaborne classroom making science ‘cool’
An 11-day programme at sea for students, lecturers and scientists definitely fits the “cool”, “engaging” and “interactive” profile UCT Professor Isabelle Ansorge is aiming for.
08 Jul 2019
Republished
Toilet flushing guidelines during drought
Using grey water to flush toilets saves water but solid build-up could harm the pipes. A new paper by UCT scholars offers some practical solutions for water savers.
08 Jul 2019
‘Wunderkind’ Manono speeds through his PhD
With support, sacrifices and clear goals, Malibongwe Manono defeated the odds, and wasted no time in completing his PhD.
08 Jul 2019
Prof Stein wins lifetime achievement award
The World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry has recognised UCT Professor Dan Stein’s contribution to the field of psychiatry.
08 Jul 2019
A think tank for a complex world
The University of Cape Town’s R100-million, state-of-the-art, “green” academic conference centre at its Graduate School of Business will be a think tank for new ideas.
05 Jul 2019
Using microorganisms to clean mine water
Is it possible to use microorganisms to clean water polluted by mining? Yes. The UCT Centre for Bioprocess Engineering Research is investigating just that.
05 Jul 2019
Squash champs retain their titles
The USSA National Institutional Individuals Squash Tournament at UCT saw reigning champions Kelvin Ndhlovu (Tshwane University of Technology) and Alexa Pienaar (University of Johannesburg) retain their titles.
04 Jul 2019
GSB collaboration a ‘champion of change’
The GSB’s involvement in the Embedding Project has seen the school recognised in the AACSB’s annual 2019 Innovations That Inspire challenge.
04 Jul 2019
Student’s urine-recovery system for R600m building
In a first for South Africa, a urine-recovery urinal system developed at UCT has been incorporated into the design of a R600-million Centurion office building.
03 Jul 2019
Eight-year project’s lessons for mental health care
Professor Crick Lund highlights the successes of the global Programme for Improving Mental Health and the benefits it reaped for low- and middle-income countries.
03 Jul 2019
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