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UCT research investigates infrastructure development
The engineering sector in South Africa remains among the most sought-after skills areas for employers and the development or improvement of infrastructure. Five PhD candidates set to graduate from the University of Cape Town devoted their research to studying issues that could have an important impact on this sector.
09 Dec 2011
UCT research examines future and past of baboons
UCT Zoology PhD graduand Tali Hoffman provides the first detailed investigation into the conflict over space between baboons and humans in the Cape Peninsula, while archaeology doctoral graduand Riashna Sithaldeen explains how climate and landscape might have guided the evolution of the species.
09 Dec 2011
UCT Chemistry PhD researchers do their bit to fight malaria
According to the World Health Organisation, a child dies from malaria every 30 seconds. Malaria accounts for about 1 million deaths every year, most of them in sub-Saharan Africa. Two Science graduands at the University of Cape Town - one of them from Kenya - devoted their doctoral research to the development of anti-malarial treatments.
09 Dec 2011
UCT student's award-winning wind generator design uses recycled hard drives
The design for a sustainable wind generator using redundant materials has earned a prestigious international award for Hartmut Jagau, a master's student in electrical engineering at the University of Cape Town.
09 Dec 2011
UCT to graduate 89 doctoral candidates this month - 5249 total graduands to be hooded between 12 and 17 December 2011
The University of Cape Town will graduate a total of 89 Doctors of Philosophy at 12 ceremonies beginning at 10:00 on Monday, 12 December 2011. The total number of graduates for December 2011 is 5249, an increase of 187 graduates from December 2010. The total number of PhDs awarded for 2011, including the June graduates, is 152.
08 Dec 2011
Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, Ms Mary Burton and Dr David Potter to be honoured at graduation ceremonies in December
The University of Cape Town will honour Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu with the Graça Machel Chancellor's Award for Continental Leadership at the graduation ceremony at 10:00 on Monday, 12 December, in Jameson Hall. (Media seating is limited; please confirm your attendance by Thursday, 8 December: email Ms Mologadi Makwela or phone +27 (0)21 650 5427.) In addition, human rights champion Ms Mary Burton and software genius Dr David Potter will receive honorary degrees at graduation ceremonies on 12 and 13 December respectively.
06 Dec 2011
UCT students become first Africans to win global negotiation competition
A team of 4 law students from the University of Cape Town have become the first African team to win the Copenhagen Competition - an international negotiation contest hosted by the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. The UCT team beat competitors from the University of Copenhagen, the National University of Singapore and Yale University at the finals on 1 December 2011.
05 Dec 2011
UCT's newest A-rated researcher looks to plants, insects for major vaccines
Professor Ed Rybicki of the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology is the University of Cape Town's newest A-rated researcher, following the release of the latest ratings by the National Research Foundation (NRF).
05 Dec 2011
UCT PhD thesis on shellfish is first of its kind for SA
PhD graduate Mariagrazia Galimberti will receive her doctorate in Archaeology (Faculty of Science) on Thursday, 16 December 2010, at 15:00 for the first study of its kind, undertaken in South Africa and on South African material. The study involved the reconstruction of the marine palaeoenvironment during the Middle Stone Age (300 000 to 30 000 years ago) - particularly the period between 115 000 and 50 000 years ago in South Africa - through the use of oxygen isotope analyses on 2 species of shellfish, Turbo sarmaticus and Donax serra.
15 Dec 2010
Measure success in terms of social commitment - Price
There are few jobs as satisfying as sending UCT graduates out into the world. My colleagues and I have reason to celebrate - not only on the day of your graduation ceremony, but also in the years to come, as we read about UCT alumni who actively participate and contribute to the communities they work and live in.
15 Dec 2010
UCT to graduate 84 doctoral candidates this month
The University of Cape Town will graduate a total of 84 Doctors of Philosophy at 12 ceremonies beginning at 15:00 on Wednesday, 15 December 2010. The total number of graduates for December 2010 is 5 062.
14 Dec 2010
UCT honours pesticide researcher
Dr Hanna-Andrea Rother's work on the harmful effects of street pesticides on children's health and health policy has earned her the University of Cape Town's 2010 Distinguished Social Responsiveness Award.
02 Dec 2010
Global TB research body honours UCT professor
Dr Keertan Dheda, Associate Professor of Respiratory Medicine at the University of Cape Town, is the recipient of the 2010 Union Scientific Award, bestowed by the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (IUATLD). The annual global award honours a researcher under the age of 45 who has made an outstanding contribution to the field of tuberculosis and/or lung disease.
01 Dec 2010
UCT conference to examine Labour Studies in 21st Century
The University of Cape Town is hosting a 3-day conference beginning today, 1 December 2010, titled: New Trends in Labour Studies: New Workplaces, Communities and Livelihoods. The conference is hosted by the Land and Livelihood Project in the Sociology Department at UCT, in association with Harold Wolpe Memorial Trust.
01 Dec 2010
UCT students to harness the wind to power high school PC lab - and inspire future engineers
The student branch of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) at the University of Cape Town will unveil a wind turbine and a small solar panel installation at Oaklands High School in Lansdowne, Cape Town, on Thursday, 2 December at 12:00 as the first phase of a project they are spearheading to double the school's computer lab capacity while reducing the costs of running it. At the same time, they have been teaching basic principles of electrical engineering to high school learners, who designed and built 2 models of the project.
01 Dec 2010
December graduation 2007
The University of Cape Town will see about 4 500 students obtaining their academic qualifications during graduations next week, as of Monday, the 10th until Friday, the 14th of December 2007. Graduations take place at
07 Dec 2007
World's top climate scientists call for urgent, tough greenhouse gas limits
More than 200 leading climate scientists have today warned the United Nations Climate Conference of the need to act immediately to cut greenhouse gas emissions, with a window of only 10-15 years for global emissions to peak and decline.
06 Dec 2007
UCT appoints Professor Francis Petersen as Dean of Engineering & the Built Environment
The University of Cape Town has appointed a new Dean in the Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment, Professor Francis Petersen, who is presently the Head of Strategy at Anglo Platinum Corporation and a member of the executive committee.
03 Dec 2007
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