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April 2025

Simulating the Universe - Science Faculty Seminar Series - Tue, 04/15/2025 - 14:08
UCT Inaugural Lecture: Professor Res Altwegg - Mon, 04/07/2025 - 21:25

March 2025

Autumn 2025 Graduation - Fri, 03/28/2025 - 13:53
SAMRC / UCT Drug Discovery Unit’s track record secures five more years of funding - Tue, 03/04/2025 - 15:16

February 2025

L’Oréal-UNESCO Awards recognise young UCT researchers tackling Africa’s grand challenges - Wed, 02/26/2025 - 16:06

January 2025

Campus Life 2025 - Wed, 01/29/2025 - 14:40
2025 First-Year Campus Reception - Mon, 01/27/2025 - 13:56
Parent Orientation 2025 - Thu, 01/23/2025 - 15:00
Professor Anton le Roex (1953–2025) - Mon, 01/20/2025 - 08:36

November 2024

11th UCT Vice-Chancellor’s Installation Ceremony - Wed, 11/20/2024 - 14:14
UCT Science Alumni Reflect on their Career Paths - Fri, 11/08/2024 - 12:33

October 2024

Afrika for Antarctica - Wed, 10/30/2024 - 09:46
UCT’s Chibale elected to the United States National Academy of Medicine - Wed, 10/30/2024 - 08:53
The Soapbox Science event transformed Cape Town’s Pierhead at the V&A Waterfront - Fri, 10/18/2024 - 10:14
Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue - Fri, 10/18/2024 - 09:58
Lecture explores ever-expanding understanding of the universe - Fri, 10/18/2024 - 09:52

September 2024

UCT Open Day 2025 - Fri, 09/20/2024 - 13:20

November 2023

Soapbox Science returns to Cape Town - Thu, 11/23/2023 - 11:44
UCT’s Water Hub wins the Gold Eco-Logic Award - Tue, 11/21/2023 - 08:05
Breakthrough in multiple electron pumping in the Coldest Place in Africa - Wed, 11/08/2023 - 17:02

October 2023

UCT welcomes Dutch delegation for astronomy discussion - Mon, 10/30/2023 - 10:44
Second cohort of AI2050 Senior Fellows named - Wed, 10/25/2023 - 14:55
Evolution revolution: how a Cape Town museum exhibit is rewriting the story of humankind - Thu, 10/19/2023 - 10:50

September 2023

Sustainable chemist wins Rising Star Africa Prize - Fri, 09/01/2023 - 10:11
Kelly Chibale wins Royal Society Africa Prize 2023 - Fri, 09/01/2023 - 10:06

July 2023

Paying forward the ‘wow factor’ of stargazing - Mon, 07/31/2023 - 14:21
UCT academic honoured with Royal Meteorological Society Award - Mon, 07/31/2023 - 09:36
Gina Ziervogel takes the helm at the African Climate Development Initiative - Mon, 07/31/2023 - 08:59
PhD graduand clocks vast distances on foot collecting 150 taxa, including 50 undescribed species - Fri, 07/21/2023 - 11:59
A starry-eyed inspirational graduate - Mon, 07/17/2023 - 11:09
Welcome to new interim Dean of Faculty of Science - Fri, 07/14/2023 - 11:20
Embracing humanity in leadership: Lessons from an outgoing dean - Mon, 07/03/2023 - 11:49

June 2023

True torchbearer for development and progress - Wed, 06/14/2023 - 15:00
Celebrating Africa Day at MASHA - Tue, 06/06/2023 - 09:40

May 2023

Shaping an African future with human-centred Artificial Intelligence – the passion of newly appointed NRF SARChI Chair in Artificial Intelligence, Associate Professor Deshen Moodley - Tue, 05/30/2023 - 10:53
Water vulnerability highlighted in UCT’s new mural - Tue, 05/30/2023 - 10:49
Climate change to push species over abrupt tipping points - Tue, 05/30/2023 - 10:42
ACDI director Mark New wins Frontiers Planet Prize - Wed, 05/17/2023 - 11:44
UCT Inaugural Lecture with Prof Jeff Murugan - Wed, 05/17/2023 - 11:35

April 2023

Studying at UCT: Day in the life of a Science student, Daniel Holgate - Tue, 04/25/2023 - 19:17
Faculty of Science caps more than 500 graduates - Wed, 04/05/2023 - 10:13

March 2023

Dedicated cruise deepens offshore research capacity in SA - Wed, 03/22/2023 - 11:49
Long in the tooth: Ancient proteins illuminate deep-time species evolution - Thu, 03/09/2023 - 09:33

February 2023

Call for Speakers for Soapbox Science 2023 - Tue, 02/21/2023 - 09:46
Cape Town's water: heading in the wrong direction - Mon, 02/13/2023 - 15:47
Remembering Professor Mathieu Rouault - Wed, 02/01/2023 - 11:48

January 2023

Elephant poaching rates vary across Africa: 19 years of data from 64 sites suggest why - Thu, 01/12/2023 - 13:23

December 2022

Environmental & Geographical Science’s Professor Mike Meadows elected to prestigious International Science Council - Fri, 12/09/2022 - 10:38
Milestone for Chibale: first ACS editor-in-chief from Africa - Tue, 12/06/2022 - 16:02

November 2022

Endangered humpback dolphins more vulnerable than previously thought in South African waters - Wed, 11/09/2022 - 09:22