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Lyrical adieu: A valedictory poetry reading by Professor Ingrid Fiske, also known as the poet Ingrid de Kok, was hosted by the Institute for Humanities in Africa to mark her early retirement this...
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Taking UCT research into the world
Equal partners: Launching the 2013 Social Responsiveness Report, Deputy Vice-Chancellor Prof Crain Soudien said the report illustrated the extent to which teaching at UCT is informed by engaged...
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A season for celebration
Graduation season marks a moment to celebrate the students of UCT, and the personal determination, familial support and passionate teaching and mentorship it takes to see them through their degrees....
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Bookshelf
Recent releases by UCT staff, students and extended community An Imperfect Blessing Nadia Davids It's 1993. South Africa is on the brink of total transformation and 14-year-old Alia Dawood is about to...
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Can investors make responsible investing mainstream?
By taking a more active interest in the management of their portfolios, socially conscious investors can make the market more responsible and earn profit with principle. Sustainability issues are front...
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July School: fertile ground for future collaboration
The LSE-UCT July School, which ran in Cape Town from 30 June to 11 July, provided students and staff with an opportunity not only to learn from each other over an intense two-week period, but also to...
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Reducing UCT's environmental impact
Monitoring carbon emissions and producing an annual carbon footprint report is one of the ways UCT is promoting sustainability on campus. What is the university's impact on the environment, and what...
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Made in the stars
The universe shows the interplay of great age and size, the formation of planets and stars over aeons creating the building blocks for life, said Prof John Barrow during his Vice-Chancellor's Open...
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Hope in Africa Lesedi Job (left), Phillip Tipo Tindisa (right) and Mncedisi Shabangu (back) in a scene from Fishers of Hope (Taweret), playing at Baxter Flipside until 2 August after a successful run...
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How your brain ages
Ageing is inevitable, but what can we do to keep our brains young and limber as long as possible? According to neurologist Etienne van der Walt, what's good for your heart is good for your head too....
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Your brain on drugs
MRI brain sagittal section by Adrian Neumann, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons. In what is considered one of the most memorable anti-narcotics...
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Newborns teach us Neuroscience
What's happening in a baby's brain just after birth? Dr Nils Bergman talks us through the first 1 000 minutes of a child's life - and why bonding between mother and child is critical for the...
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Sex on the brain
There are basic physical differences between women's and men's brains, starting in the womb and continuing into later life, says UCT's Professor of Neuropsychology Mark Solms. The question is to what...
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Mind Matter
It's the most complex organ in your body, capable of simultaneously processing thousands upon thousands of inputs at a time on the equivalent of 20 watts of electricity - a third of that required by...
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Greater strides towards open access
Assoc Prof Laura Czerniewicz, OpenUCT director, believes the OpenUCT repository is a timeous platform for showcasing the extraordinary scholarship produced at the university. UCT reached another...
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Wood wins prestigious medal Robin Wood - director of the Desmond Tutu HIV Centre, emeritus professor in the Department of Medicine and full member of the Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular...
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The Fine Art of Nation-Building
From left: Former Constitutional Court judge Albie Sachs, former UCT Vice-Chancellor Dr Mamphela Ramphele, and Markus Meckel, member of the German parliament, debate the similarities and differences...
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Express outrage about gender violence
Jameson Hall recently provided the setting for a frank discussion on gender issues that included a contribution by President Michelle Bachelet of Chile, who was among the speakers hosted by UCT...
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What can a degree in the humanities teach you about life? Can it help you become a better person? Breaking the Silence With cuts and bruises and wearing a torn petticoat, filmmaker and UCT lecturer Meg...
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Marikana: Why? What now?
Lonmin employees gather at the base of a hill called Wonderkop at Marikana, outside Rustenburg in the North West Province of South Africa, 15 August 2012. The miners were calling for the minimum wage...
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