Development and Alumni Department News Archive

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June 2024

From Student to Benefactor: Thabo Ntseare's Journey of Giving Back to UCT - Thu, 06/06/2024 - 13:43
Professor Ntobeko Ntusi delivers valedictory address - Wed, 06/05/2024 - 11:56
Showcasing excellence at UCT - Tue, 06/04/2024 - 14:02

May 2024

Change makers impacting the world around them. - Fri, 05/24/2024 - 12:49
Nelson Mandela Memorial Centre will make significant contribution to scholarship - Thu, 05/23/2024 - 09:32
Ntobeko Ntusi: a humanist with an unblinking gaze - Fri, 05/10/2024 - 14:16
UCT graduates take home over R4.5m in Motsepe-backed prize - Thu, 05/09/2024 - 19:16

April 2024

Public Symposium on South Africa’s Foreign Policy - Mon, 04/29/2024 - 13:55
UCT Athletics Club 10km run honours 3 remarkable UCT women athletes - Mon, 04/29/2024 - 09:50
Paul Kgatedi Meso – a man on a mission to treat HIV and TB in rural areas of Limpopo. - Wed, 04/24/2024 - 13:22
UCT academic up for prestigious fellowship honour - Wed, 04/24/2024 - 08:42
Summer School - Thu, 04/18/2024 - 11:49
Interview with UCT alumnus Garreth Bloor - Tue, 04/16/2024 - 10:00
In Memory: Madi Gray - Fri, 04/12/2024 - 11:19
Donor Focus: Zellah Fuphe - Fri, 04/12/2024 - 10:50
UCT Alumni Survey 2024 - Wed, 04/10/2024 - 14:59
Francis Wilson Memorial Lecture - Wed, 04/10/2024 - 14:18
Statues and Storms – a memoir about leading a university in turbulent times and back to safe harbour - Wed, 04/10/2024 - 10:11
Giving Back to UCT Medical Students: from students who met at UCT to successful professionals and generous benefactors - Wed, 04/10/2024 - 09:36
Distinguished individuals receive UCT hon docs - Thu, 04/04/2024 - 16:09

March 2024

UCT master’s student in line for a global McCall MacBain Scholarship award - Wed, 03/20/2024 - 14:06
UCT’s H3D spearheads Africa’s drug discovery accelerator programme - Wed, 03/20/2024 - 13:58
UCT hosts Nobel Laureate for lecture on universal basic income in the developing world - Wed, 03/20/2024 - 13:22
Unlocking Futures Through the Power of Music: Professor Dizu Plaatjies - Mon, 03/11/2024 - 14:34
UCT’s iconic d-school Afrika is the top green-certified new academic building in Africa - Fri, 03/01/2024 - 13:32

February 2024

Support the Ikeys as they take on the Maties - Wed, 02/21/2024 - 15:25
The Anti Gender-Based Violence Programmes - Wed, 02/21/2024 - 14:54
Student Wellness Support - Wed, 02/21/2024 - 14:50
Unlocking Futures Bursaries - Wed, 02/21/2024 - 14:46
The Food Sovereignty Programme - Wed, 02/21/2024 - 14:40
UCT Inaugural Lecture: Professor Susan Cleary - Tue, 02/13/2024 - 14:39
UCT YMCA launches alumni association - Mon, 02/12/2024 - 14:58
Bongani Mayosi Memorial Lecture: A tribute to the past and a celebration of the future of medicine in SA - Wed, 02/07/2024 - 14:52
Welcome parents and students to the UCT family - Fri, 02/02/2024 - 15:45
Summer School Distinguished Alumni Lecture: University of the Future project - Thu, 02/01/2024 - 15:26

December 2023

Annual UCT Bongani Mayosi Memorial Lecture - Fri, 12/22/2023 - 09:14
Celebrating UCT's class of 1973 - Wed, 12/20/2023 - 12:28
Summer School 2024 - Tue, 12/19/2023 - 22:53
Coming soon: Summer School, rooted in 100 years of lifelong learning - Mon, 12/11/2023 - 14:33

November 2023

UCT Alumni Padel Tournament brings out people’s A-game of fun and competition - Fri, 11/10/2023 - 15:54
Spirit of '68 Bursary Report - Mon, 11/06/2023 - 12:31
Remembering David Welsh - Fri, 11/03/2023 - 08:37

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

UCT Centenary Seminar Series

In 2018, UCT’s Development & Alumnni Department hosted a seminar series to commemorate one hundred years of UCT as a degree-issuing institution.

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