‘Teaching swept me off my feet’
Anneliese Schauerte, a senior lecturer in UCT’s Mathematics and Applied Mathematics Department, is thrilled to receive the UCT 2018 Distinguished Teacher Award.
Chocolate, humour help the medicine go down
Every first semester for the past 33 years, Professor Mike Meadows has delivered the 09:00 first-year lecture on physical geography. At the end of last semester, he gave his “swansong” performance.
Cultivating the next great paleoanthropologist
The story of human evolution has long been told with fossils from South Africa – discovered by a privileged few. The Human Evolution Research Institute (HERI) at the University of Cape Town (UCT) aims to change that with a new generation of femal
George Ellis honoured with international award
The Georges Lemaître International Prize was awarded to George Ellis, emeritus professor from the Department of Mathematics & Applied Mathematics at UCT, during May, in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. The prize is awarded
UCT to host IdeasLab at World Economic Forum meeting
Dr Sheetal Silal, from the Department of Statistical Sciences is one of three researchers from UCT, who will lead this year’s discussions on innovative research into infectious diseases at the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) IdeasLab.&nbs
Snobbish birds prefer to live in luxury
A unique study of birdlife in South African cities has found that birds prefer wealthy areas to poorer ones but will move out if things get too cramped. The study was conducted by a team of scientists from the University of Turin, Italy and the Univers
Young UCT scientist selected for international leadership initiative
“Who knew a boy from rural Mansa, Zambia could come this far, stand a chance and become successful at opportunities like this?” These are the words of Dickson Mambwe, a University of Cape Town (UCT) PhD student working in t
Climate 100 honour for Mark New
The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Professor Mark New, director of the African Climate and Development Initiative (ACDI), has been listed among the world’s 100 most influential people in climate policy for 2019.
Penguins indicate the health of local ecosystems
The way adult penguins hunt and the body condition of their chicks are both directly linked to local fish abundance and could potentially inform fishery management. This is according to a new study involving University of Cape Town (UCT) researchers. T
Double publication prize for archaeologist Chirikure
Head of UCT's Department of Archaeology and director of the Archaeological Materials Laboratory, Professor Shadreck Chirikure, has won the Antiquity journal of archaeology’s