Development and Alumni Department News Archive

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September 2023

NRF Awards recognise UCT scholars’ exceptional research - Thu, 09/21/2023 - 09:50
UCT’s d-school Afrika building bags 2023 SAICE Commendation Award - Thu, 09/21/2023 - 09:43
UCT Ikey Tigers flavour hits France - Thu, 09/21/2023 - 09:28

August 2023

University of the Future challenge - Thu, 08/24/2023 - 16:58
Women's Month 2023 - Tue, 08/08/2023 - 20:21

July 2023

Pay it forward: EMS launches young adults coding course - Mon, 07/31/2023 - 16:55
Law PhD at 26 for Gaopalelwe Mathiba – youngest in over a decade - Fri, 07/28/2023 - 15:20
UCT honours anti-apartheid poet Keith Gottschalk - Tue, 07/18/2023 - 23:05
Graduation of Nelson Mandela/Fidel Castro Medical Collaboration students - Wed, 07/05/2023 - 13:54

June 2023

AI, chatbots and ChatGPT: Threat to knowledge work, or a ‘dancing bear’? - Tue, 06/20/2023 - 18:35
Transgender youth explosion; early evaluation and support are vital - Mon, 06/12/2023 - 12:00

May 2023

Dr Stuart Saunders Lecture: The Nine Circles of Scholarship - Mon, 05/29/2023 - 16:44
‘A growing swamp’ – Dysfunction and corruption threaten SA’s universities - Fri, 05/26/2023 - 11:51
UCT ranks in top 1.4% of universities worldwide - Tue, 05/16/2023 - 10:55
UCT opera star who broke glass ceiling to sing at coronation - Tue, 05/02/2023 - 15:30

April 2023

KwaLanga Centenary 2023 - Mon, 04/17/2023 - 11:00
UCT alumni social enterprise aims to disrupt arts education landscape in SA - Fri, 04/14/2023 - 11:07
UCT retains excellence in the education of professional accountants - Thu, 04/06/2023 - 15:15

March 2023

UCT's development studies rank 12th in the world - Thu, 03/23/2023 - 16:41
Alumnus moves coding aways from old teaching methods - Thu, 03/23/2023 - 09:38
Human Rights for all: UCT’s Division of Disability Studies charts path to inclusion and accessibility - Wed, 03/22/2023 - 01:23
Big business and state capture: Step up and own up - Wed, 03/15/2023 - 13:14
100UP Saturday Summer School: a lens on possibilities for disadvantaged learners - Wed, 03/15/2023 - 10:59
Big wins for UCT at Presidential Golf Challenge - Wed, 03/01/2023 - 10:41

February 2023

Summer School: a growing public showcase for UCT research - Tue, 02/21/2023 - 14:02
Festival of learning – Summer School 2023 - Wed, 02/08/2023 - 17:12
SA vulnerable to becoming a mafia state - Thu, 02/02/2023 - 11:51

January 2023

The forgotten treason trial: Folly, war, law and legacy - Mon, 01/30/2023 - 12:45
Bring alumni back and broaden the culture of philanthropy - Wed, 01/18/2023 - 09:30

June 2022

World Oceans Day: Sustaining the ocean as a scientist and sangoma - Wed, 06/08/2022 - 13:00
UCT VC delivers public lecture at the University of Ottawa - Wed, 06/08/2022 - 12:45

May 2022

UCT alumna jets to Juilliard to pursue master’s in music - Tue, 05/17/2022 - 11:45
Justice Albie Sachs honoured by the Clooney Foundation for Justice - Fri, 05/13/2022 - 20:15

April 2022

UCT mourns the passing of economics doyen - Thu, 04/28/2022 - 14:45
UCT alumna handpicked to present at global climate summit - Thu, 04/28/2022 - 14:16
New mobile TB diagnostic clinic to target ‘missing’ carriers - Tue, 04/26/2022 - 17:10
Information disorder: lessons from the Global South - Tue, 04/26/2022 - 16:45
UCT’s development studies in top 10 - Thu, 04/14/2022 - 22:25
Event: “The Man Who Loved Crocodile Tamers” - Thu, 04/07/2022 - 19:15

March 2022

Crowdfunding Appeal for the Archbishop Desmond Tutu Chair in Urology - Wed, 03/23/2022 - 14:45
Philippi Hub a vital platform for new Summer School audiences - Thu, 03/17/2022 - 08:30
UCT staff and students join ‘successful’ Liesbeek River clean-up - Fri, 03/04/2022 - 09:00
Inventor shortlisted for prestigious award, secures more UCT funding - Fri, 03/04/2022 - 09:00
UCT partners with community filmmakers to effect social change - Fri, 03/04/2022 - 09:00
Miriam Makeba and her art of activism - Fri, 03/04/2022 - 09:00
Ikey first team blazer presented to their #1 supporter - Fri, 03/04/2022 - 08:45

October 2021

Complexity studies course: thinking skills for wicked problems - Wed, 10/13/2021 - 11:15

September 2021

YES! scholarships harness power of small donors - Thu, 09/23/2021 - 13:45
Heritage Month: The Khoi encountered Europeans long before Van Riebeeck - Thu, 09/23/2021 - 13:45
UCT student ties for first in SA Tertiary Mathematics Olympiad - Mon, 09/06/2021 - 10:45
UCT to host international summit on SDGs in Africa - Mon, 09/06/2021 - 10:30
‘Proud moment’ as UCT and Western Cape Government launch world-class vaccination centre - Mon, 09/06/2021 - 10:30
UCT ranked top by yet another international body - Mon, 09/06/2021 - 10:30

August 2021

T cells face off against variants to boost COVID-19 immunity - Wed, 08/11/2021 - 17:45

July 2021

Warm the brain at UCT’s virtual Winter School - Wed, 07/14/2021 - 13:15
National accolade for senior UCT water researcher - Tue, 07/06/2021 - 21:45
How to build the university of the future - Tue, 07/06/2021 - 21:45
Exploring a circular economy in South Africa - Tue, 07/06/2021 - 21:45
Major boost for Africa’s synchrotron capacity - Tue, 07/06/2021 - 21:00

April 2021

SA must harness the power of human and veterinary medicine before the next deadly virus strikes - Sun, 04/11/2021 - 18:30

UCT Centenary Seminar Series

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