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Trailblazer surgeon in organ transplantation wins Alan Pifer award
In 2008 Professor Elmi Muller, then a young transplant surgeon based at Groote Schuur H ospital, completed the world’s first kidney transplant between an HIV-positive patient and a donor. Now, 12 years later, Muller is recognised as a global authority on kidney and liver transplantation and a trailblazer in the field of organ transplantation in HIV-positive patients.
07 Dec 2020
A remarkable sensory organ in the beaks of ancient fossil birds
Newly published research by an all-women team from the University of Cape Town (UCT) shows how one of the most ancient groups of birds (from the time of the dinosaurs) was able to detect minute mechanical vibrations in the soil using their beaks referred to as remote-touch.
03 Dec 2020
SA and Nigeria’s first woman professor in construction management
When Abimbola Windapo graduated from the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University) in 1987, she did so as the first woman to study building. And now, with an ad hominem promotion to full professorship from the University of Cape Town (UCT), she is also the first woman professor in the field of construction management in South Africa and her native Nigeria.
03 Dec 2020
Afrikan Futures Catalyst team wins United Nations global design award
The Afrikan Futures Catalyst team has been selected as one of the five winners of the United Nations (UN) global design competition for their project: “Driving change for peace in institutions of higher education in Afrika”.
02 Dec 2020
UCT to roll out a virtual red carpet to honour staff
Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Town (UCT), will host the 2020 virtual UCT Annual Awards, on Wednesday, 2 December 2020. The evening will see the university community gathered together to celebrate the exceptional contributions of professional, administrative support and service (PASS) and academic staff.
02 Dec 2020
UCT’s commitment to transformation at leadership level continues
The University of Cape Town continued to demonstrate its commitment to transformation at senior leadership level following the announcement of the new Executive Director for the Department of Student Affairs (DSA).
02 Dec 2020
Provide ARV treatment to three million untreated South Africans living with HIV
As the world commemorates World Aids Day today, a call has been made on health workers to locate the three million unaccounted for and untreated South Africans living with HIV and initiating antiretroviral treatment (ART). This is critical for their well-being and will reveal the true benefit of ART, said Professor Linda-Gail Bekker, director of the Desmond Tutu HIV Centre at the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine.
01 Dec 2020
UCT student’s scholarship platform bags three prestigious social responsiveness awards
Africademics, a scholarship platform created by University of Cape Town (UCT) PhD candidate Lena Gronbach, has been honoured with three prestigious social responsiveness awards.
01 Dec 2020
Former Miss SA's challenging road to graduation
After a seven-year journey at the UCT which includes overcoming Tuberculosis (TB), former Miss South Africa, Tamaryn Green, will finally graduate with her MBChB on Monday, 23 December.
20 Dec 2019
Transgender UCT graduand reflects on his dysphoria experiences
When Velile Vilane began his decade-long experience as an undergraduate at UCT, he registered as Miss Velile Vilane. When he stepped into the Sarah Baartman Hall at his graduation ceremony he did so as Mr Vilane. And he left the university as Dr Vilane.
17 Dec 2019
UCT GSB graduate brings new born baby to class after surviving eclampsia four days earlier
Rejoice Gorni began her postgraduate studies at the University of Cape Town while she was 16 weeks pregnant. She has now graduated with a postgraduate diploma in management from UCT's Graduate School of Business this December.
17 Dec 2019
Chancellor Mrs Graça Machel concludes her term
Outgoing University of Cape Town Chancellor Mrs Graça Machel - who will conclude her term at the end of this year - was honoured at a special graduation ceremony on 12 December 2019.
12 Dec 2019
UCT MSc engineering graduate establishes - decades later - why walls of granny's house in Lesotho were cracking
Monica Damane grew up wanting to know why the walls of her grandmother's house in Quthing, Lesotho were cracking and through hard work and determination she managed to answer this question while earning an MSc in engineering, specialising in geotechnical engineering, obtained through the University of Cape Town's Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment.
11 Dec 2019
UCT to bid farewell to Chancellor Machel at summer graduation ceremonies
The University of Cape Town will bid farewell to Chancellor Graca Machel at this summer's graduation ceremonies, where approximately 1771 students are scheduled to graduate.
11 Dec 2019
Chancellor Machel served faithfully in crucial ambassadorial role
Chair of Council, Mr Sipho M Pityana, has paid tribute to outgoing UCT Chancellor, Mrs Graça Machel for
11 Dec 2019
South Africa most coal-dependent of all G20 countries
South Africa's energy sector is the most coal-dependent of all the G20 countries. This is according to the fifth annual Brown to Green Report that was released on 11 November 2019. The report also found that SA's per capita greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are some of the highest among the G20 nations.
02 Dec 2019
UCT to host the World University Debating Championships
The University of Cape Town (UCT) will host the largest student-run event globally, the World University Debating Championships. From 27 December 2018 to 4 January 2019 debating students from Malaysia, Germany, Mexico, Nigeria and the United States, among 45 others will descend on the city in hopes of becoming world champions.
20 Dec 2018
UCT student overcomes odds to be the first post-doctoral graduate in her department
Tafadzwa Mushonga will be the first PhD graduate from the Centre for Environmental Humanities South (CEHS) when she graduates on 14 December at the University of Cape Town (UCT). But her path towards graduation has involved major setbacks. A big blow came early in her academic career when she suffered the loss of her role model, her father. His death in 2006 was followed five years later by the loss of her mother.
13 Dec 2018
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