Development and Alumni Department News Archive

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January 2023

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
Top marks for interdisciplinary and collaborative approach - Sun, 04/11/2021 - 18:30
UCT student trio named among young global leaders - Sun, 04/11/2021 - 18:15
Bongani Mayosi medical prize winner vows to lift others as she rises - Sun, 04/11/2021 - 18:15

March 2021

UCT transforming, through the eyes of the Jaffer sisters - Thu, 03/25/2021 - 17:15
Two new NRF A-ratings for UCT - Thu, 03/11/2021 - 21:00
UCT remains a top-10 emerging economy university - Thu, 03/11/2021 - 20:30
100UP programme kicks off fundraising campaign - Thu, 03/11/2021 - 20:15

February 2021

Virtual Summer School draws new audiences - Tue, 02/16/2021 - 23:00
To a transformed UCT and beyond - Fri, 02/12/2021 - 18:00
District Six: Lessons in remembering - Fri, 02/12/2021 - 18:00
UCT students scoop lion’s share of Reimagine Challenge accolades - Fri, 02/12/2021 - 17:45
Dr Stuart Saunders (1931–2021): dedicated servant, steward and supporter - Fri, 02/12/2021 - 17:15

November 2020

Summer School at 71: a feast of learning awaits - Thu, 11/26/2020 - 15:45
COVID-19 in the continent’s children: UK award supports new research - Thu, 11/12/2020 - 22:15
UCT VC calls on higher education to reinvent itself - Thu, 11/12/2020 - 22:00
UCT researcher wins Newton Prize 2020 - Thu, 11/12/2020 - 21:45
Statement from President of the UCT Convocation on the passing of Auditor General Kimi Makwetu - Thu, 11/12/2020 - 12:45

September 2020

Preserving cultural heritage through state-of-the-art technology - Sat, 09/26/2020 - 20:00

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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