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UCT Daily News- Bond elected to National Academy of Sciences May 21, 2013International honour: Prof William Bond. 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. Bond, an ecologist with an interest in the processes that control large-sc […]
- Africa Month: the debates, the movies and some fine cuisine May 17, 2013Things fall apart: acclaimed Nigerian author, dubbed the "grandfather of modern African literature", and international scholar, Chinua Achebe, who died on 22 March, aged 82, is seen here with former President Nelson Mandela, at a special graduation ceremony in September 2012. UCT's chancellor, Graça Machel, conferred an honorary Doctor of Lite […]
- Study sheds new light on human origins May 17, 2013Shedding new light on the origin of our species: Associate Professor Rebecca Ackermann, from UCT's Department of Archaeology and PhD student, Lauren Schroeder who were part of the scientific team analysing fossils using data extracted from laser surface scans of the juvenile and adult mandibles. Understanding the transition between ape-like human ancest […]
- UCT and LSE establish Cape Town July School May 16, 2013UCT and the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) have formally established the LSE-UCT July School. For two weeks each July, the summer school-style programme will offer a range of exciting university-level courses taught by outstanding faculty from two of the world's leading institutions for teaching and research, at UCT's campus […]
- SKA SA fellow is lead author of first scientific paper from KAT-7 results May 16, 2013First paper: Dr Richard Armstrong (right) and Assoc Prof Patrick Woudt,on top of UCT's RW James Building, home to the astronomy department.Armstrong is the first author of a scientific paper based on observations performed with South Africa's new KAT-7 radio telescope.Woudt and Prof Rob Fender (not in picture) of the University of Southampton and a […]
- Bond elected to National Academy of Sciences May 21, 2013