Seaborne classroom making science ‘cool’
Students, lecturers and scientists left Cape Town aboard the SA Agulhas II to participate in SEAmester - interactive and cool Science where students engage with scientists and lectures while at sea.
Grooming young tech innovators
The Department of Computer Science at UCT hosted a group of high school learners from Ocean View Secondary School to a day of computer science information - where they were introduced to developments such as 3D printing, antenna Wifi networks and
The Kalahari Desert is becoming too hot for birds.
The Kalahari Desert, one of the world’s last true wilderness areas, will lose much of its birdlife before the end of this century due to climate warming, according to a new scientific study by four South African authors, including University of C
Multimillion rand boost for Africa medicines research
University of Cape Town (UCT)’s alumnus and former chairman and CEO of Coca-Cola, Neville Isdell, has donated US$1 242 160 (about R18 million) towards research into the discovery of new medicines for infectious diseases at the UCT Drug Discovery
5 questions with Sheetal Silal
Dr Sheetal Silal, a senior lecturer in the Department of Statistical Sciences at the University of Cape Town (UCT), uses mathematical modelling to fight infectious diseases. She was recently selected to discuss her research at th
‘No stupid questions’ in Distinguished Teacher’s classes
Associate Professor Jeff Murugan, is one of two recipients of of the 2018 Distinguished Teacher Award from the University of Cape Town (UCT).
The Education of the Zulu Potter
Associate Professor Kent Fowler will present the Department of Archaeology seminar with a talk entitled, "The Education of the Zulu Potter".
Screening of "Food Evolution" movie followed by discussion on GMO foods
The Department of Molecular & Cell Biology will host a screening of the movie "Food Evolution", followed by a discussion with experts.
The Rise of Artificial Intelligence & The Challenges of Human-Aware AI
The Centre for Artificial Intelligence Research, will host a presentation by Subbarao Kambhampati from Arizona State University, entitl
Matching Bullets to Handguns with Siamese Convolutional Neural Networks: Literal One-Shot Learning
Stefan Britz will present the Department of Statistical Science seminar with a talk entitled, "Matching Bullets to Handguns with Siamese Con