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Dheda wins prestigious fellowship
The 2014 Oppenheimer Fellowship has been awarded to Keertan Dheda, making him the fourteenth recipient since the award's inception and the sixth awardee from UCT. Professor of Respiratory Medicine and...
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Two-pronged treatment can reduce TB incidence among people with HIV, study finds
A trial of isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT) plus antiretroviral therapy (ART) to prevent tuberculosis has shown safety and efficacy in patients with HIV, a research team spearheaded by Dr Molebogeng...
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UCT to honour global leaders at June graduation
The University of Cape Town will confer honorary degrees on two formidable scientists and a human rights activist at its upcoming June graduation ceremonies, recognising their remarkable contributions...
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Respect for difference is needed to build Africa's sense of community, by Dr...
On Monday, 2 June, the Institute for Humanities in Africa at the University of Cape Town hosted a symposium as part of its festival titled Queer in Africa: Confronting the Crisis. The crisis under...
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'Young and naïve' investigation into composer's life gives...
UCT partnership with University of Munster awarded prestigious international prize A piece of research born out of the "youth and naiveté" of its researchers has won a prestigious prize in...
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Indigenous empowerment central to 'peacebuilding from below' - UCT researcher
Second-year social development students taking a pledge to be ethical, principled and responsible. Peacebuilding non-governmental organisations (NGOs) must build on the activities of indigenous...
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Perseverance and hard work always win out says leading HIV researcher
Professor Salim Abdool Karim addresses the audience at the opening graduation ceremony after receiving an honorary doctorate in science in medicine. Good science, hard work, dogged determination and...
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Remembering 1976: UCT reflects on youth who changed the course of history
The 1976 Soweto uprising was a pivotal moment in South Africa's history. Here students gather on Jammie Steps to show their solidarity, calling for an end to police brutality and Afrikaans as a medium...
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'You are the ones we've been waiting for' - inspiration and advice from...
At the UCT Graduate School of Business graduation on Friday 13 June 2014, public protector of South Africa and one of TIME magazine's 100 most influential people of 2014, Advocate Thuli Madonsela...
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Bring Nobel Prizes home to Africa
Go out and win Nobel Prizes for Africa. This was Dr Bernie Fanaroff's challenge to graduands at the 12 June afternoon ceremony, devoted to the Faculties of Science and Engineering & the Built...
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Flower power for Graça Machel
A bunch of handcrafted aloes that deck the dining hall at Graça Machel residence have "totally transformed the space and given it a unique identity", says Mary Van Blommestein, curator of...
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Hon doc for social activist at humanities graduation
UCT's June graduation roster ended with the Faculty of Humanities on 13 June. Close to 200 graduands were hooded in the Jameson Hall. Before young scholars could make their way onto the stage for their...
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UCT Council approves new admissions policy for 2016
New admissions policy to advance transformation goals includes race among other indicators of disadvantage The University of Cape Town Council voted on Saturday, 14 June 2014, to approve in principle a...
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Navigating disability and identity
Graduation season marks a moment to celebrate the students of UCT, and the extraordinary personal, professional, and socio-economic obstacles they overcome to complete their degrees. One such graduand...
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UCT breaks into top 10 in the QS University Rankings: BRICS 2014
The University of Cape Town has been ranked one of the top 10 universities in the BRICS countries, which include Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. According to the QS University Rankings:...
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Acid mine water: Think resource recovery and not waste
South Africa is sitting on an environmental time bomb in the guise of acid mine water, contaminating precious ground and surface water in a country facing increasing aridification, says Professor...
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UCT joins consortium tackling blindness worldwide
UCT's Division of Ophthalmology recently became a partner in the worldwide fight against blindness when it was chosen as one of 11 expert institutions that make up the Commonwealth Eye Health...
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New machine a boon to minerals research
Extracting valuable minerals from ore becomes increasingly difficult as the quality of ore steadily declines. Enter QEMSCAN (Quantitative Evaluation of Minerals by Scanning Electron Microscopy), a new...
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Trio of supermassive black holes shakes space-time
A team of astronomers led by UCT's Dr Roger Deane of the Department of Astronomy, a Square Kilometre Array fellow, has discovered three closely orbiting supermassive black holes in a galaxy more than...
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On the ball in Brazil
As the FIFA World Cup 2014 enters the business end of the competition, the Round 16 Bracket, so too has a duo of UCT business science marketing students, Julia Cassar and Chesney Sneyd. Field study:...
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