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EGS's Pippin Anderson Joins UCT Collective Conversation on Urban Land Use

EGS's Pippin Anderson Joins UCT Collective Conversation on Urban Land Use

10 Jun 2026
Emeritus professor Kevin Winter

EGS Research at the Forefront of Sustainable Water Solutions

09 Jun 2026
Sabeehah Desai

EGS Master's Student Sabeehah Desai Hosted by Université de Montréal

04 Jun 2026
the water hub

New Website Launch: The Water Hub

26 May 2026
Collective conversations

Urban Land Use: Navigating Justice, Ecology and Climate

20 May 2026
Associate Prof Jane Battersby

Associate Professor Jane Battersby: Department of Environmental and Geographical Science, University of Cape Town– Food Security | Womanity

18 May 2026
EGS3023F students

EGS3023F Students Take on Anthropocene Challenges Along the West Coast

15 Apr 2026
Assoc Prof Zarina Patel

Associate Professor Zarina Patel elected to ASSAf

09 Dec 2025
Sayed Hess, Technical Officer in EGS, at the UCT Vice-Chancellor’s Excellence Awards Ceremony.

Sayed Hess honoured with Vice-Chancellor’s Excellence Award for Service

28 Nov 2025
OHSE AWARDS

EGS Staff Member Wins UCT Safety Champion Award

19 Nov 2025
IAHS 2025 in India

UCT researchers present innovative flood-modelling research at IAHS 2025 in India

23 Oct 2025
Honours class 2025 Colloquium

Showcasing Research Excellence at the 2025 EGS Postgraduate Colloquium

21 Oct 2025
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