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IN THE NEWS
Friday, 24 May 2013
Alumni awarded Gates Cambridge Scholarships
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UCT graduates Nicholas Rice and Alice Meyer have been awarded 2013 Gates Cambridge Scholarships - considered one of the world’s most prestigious scholarships. In September, Rice and Meyer will jet off to the University of Cambridge to pursue full-time postgraduate studies. Lack of genetic counselling posts costs dearly
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Funding for vital genetic counselling services in the Western Cape (WC) will have dried up by the end of 2013 unless urgent plans are made to secure funding for these posts, says UCT's Professor Jacquie Greenberg. Presently, the Province has only three part-time, one-year contract posts; these being at Groote Schuur, the Red Cross Children's War Memorial and Tygerberg Hospitals. Dancing on the Table, thanks to physio students
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The day before she turned 83 on 15 May, Margaret Bell danced on top of Table Mountain. She was not alone. Twenty-six companions from the Rehoboth Age Exchange and GH Starke centres for the aged in Hanover Park joined her, an impromptu expression of joy at finding themselves on top of their world. Before last week's outing, most had never visited a wonder of nature. Drama department showcases talent in Czech Republic
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UCT drama students have returned triumphant from the 2013 Setkani/Encounter Festival in April in the Czech Republic. The group's entry was an adaptation of prominent SA playwright and drama alumnus Mike van Graan's Brothers in Blood. Doyenne of geology celebrates 100th birthday
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Emeritus Professor Morna Mathias, formerly of the Department of Geology, celebrated her 100th birthday with friends and family on 20 May. She was born Frances Celia Morna Cameron-Swan, the granddaughter of the late Sir Joseph Wilson Swan, the English physicist and chemist who was most famous for producing an early electric light bulb before its invention by Thomas Edison. Bond elected to National Academy of Sciences
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William Bond, the Harry Bolus Professor of Botany in the Department of Biological Sciences, has been elected as a foreign associate of the United States' National Academy of Sciences (NAS), which celebrates its 150th anniversary this year. Africa Month: the debates, the movies and some fine cuisine
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Africa Month at UCT is packed with things to do, people to meet and great experiences to be shared. These are some of the highlights from now until the end of May:
Study sheds new light on human origins
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Understanding the transition between ape-like human ancestors (genus Australopithecus) and ancestors that more closely resemble us (genus Homo) is one of the hottest topics in palaeoanthropology, according to Associate Professor Rebecca Ackermann, from UCT's Department of Archaeology. UCT and LSE establish Cape Town July School
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UCT and the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) have formally established the LSE-UCT July School. The summer school-style programme will run for two weeks each July. 