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February 2017
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Although it has been a slow start to the academic year, with students and staff engaged in completing the mini-semester and deferred exams, teaching, learning and research continue apace at UCT.
 
UCT app to make every Drop Drop count UCT app to make every Drop Drop count

With the implementation of Level 3B water restrictions, there is an obvious need for South Africans to save water. Drop Drop, a mobile application created by UCT researchers, was designed to help us do just that.

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Prof John Compton describes how an exploding supernova ultimately formed our planet   A study led by UCT's Dr Greg Calligaro and Prof Keertan Dheda brings TB testing to the people   Students who deferred exams talk about what the mini-semester and exams were like
Prof John Compton describes how an exploding supernova ultimately formed our planet   A study led by UCT's Dr Greg Calligaro and Prof Keertan Dheda brings TB testing to the people   Students who deferred exams talk about what the mini-semester and exams were like
 
100 years after the sinking of the SS Mendi, UCT pays tribute to the black South African troops lost   Dr Kevin Winter from UCT's Future Water institute talks about the current water crisis   Jeremiah Mutungi, one of UCT's MasterCard Scholars, dreams of making mobiles work for Africa
100 years after the sinking of the SS Mendi, UCT pays tribute to the black South African troops lost   Dr Kevin Winter from UCT's Future Water institute talks about the current water crisis   Jeremiah Mutungi, one of UCT's MasterCard Scholars, dreams of making mobiles work for Africa
 
Three UCT students are competing in a charity birding event in the deserts of Israel   c*change: is this virtual centre a blueprint for transforming the engineering cohort?   Campus is not yet its usual bustling self: Robyn Walker takes a fresh look at the quiet university
Three UCT students are competing in a charity birding event in the deserts of Israel   c*change: is this virtual centre a blueprint for transforming the engineering cohort?   Campus is not yet its usual bustling self: Robyn Walker takes a fresh look at the quiet university
 
 
UCT star goes international

Levy Sekgapane, an alumnus of UCT’s South African College of Music and winner of the 2015 Belvedere Singing Competition, will be performing at Ireland’s National Opera House in March.

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