22nd Congress of the International Society of Biomechanics
UCT SA's coolest university
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UCT boosts transformation among new CAs
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Milestone for Seggie
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Self-made alumnus shares success recipe
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City maths boffs for world inter-city competition
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Theron's legacy comes to life
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Obituary: Donald Carr
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Allergy burden nothing to be sneezed at
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SALDRU scoops NIDS tender
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Sweet 60 for Nhlapo
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UCT came out tops in the 2009 Sunday Times Generation Next youth brand-preference survey, voted as the coolest brand in the universities and colleges category. Now in its fifth year, and the largest preferred brand survey conducted in the country, over 5 000 young urban South Africans between the ages of 8 and 23 were polled. 
South Africa's all-too-small pool of qualified chartered accountants is poised for a boost after the release of exam results in Johannesburg on 26 June. Of UCT's 225 candidates, 214 (95%) were successful, the highest pass rate achieved by any university in the 2009 exams. Significantly, UCT provided 38 successful black African candidates and 35 successful coloured candidates. 
Professor Janet Seggie of UCT's Department of Medicine is the first woman to be elected as the Arthur Landau Lecturer by the Fellows and Councillors of the College of Physicians of South Africa. This is the highest honour that specialist physicians can bestow on a colleague in South Africa. 
Young entrepreneur Siya Mapoko, founder and CEO of iCaptive Corporate Network, laid bare the secrets of self-made millionaires when he spoke to young alumni on 29 June. The event was hosted under the umbrella of the Young Alumni Networking Session and held at the Kramer Law Building. 
Cape Town's top young mathematicians will take part in the Invitational World Youth Mathematics Inter-City Competition, to be held in Durban from 5 to 10 July. The Inter-City Competition is open to teams from junior high schools (up to grade 9). A total of 59 teams from 19 countries will participate. 
The late Olive Theron's spirit was kept alive when Des Fernandes, through the Ultimate Wellness Trust, presented third-year performance piano student Reese Barkhuizen with an award in her honour. The R20 000 Olive Liebers Theron Prize is awarded to a "meritorious pianist", as Fernandes put it, to ensure that financial reasons don't interfere with their progress to the stage. 
Emeritus Professor Donald Carr, the founding head of UCT's Department of Chemical Engineering, died on 24 June. "He retained a close association with the department since his retirement, and even in very recent years made his presence felt on more than one occasion," said Professor Jack Fletcher. 
Allergies are a serious business. So much so that the Health Professions Council of South Africa has just recently greenlit a formal sub-speciality in allergology at UCT, reported Professor Paul Potter in his inaugural lecture, Allergies in South Africa, delivered on 25 June. 
UCT's Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU) has secured the tender for the second wave of the National Income Dynamics Study (NIDS), the first national household panel study in South Africa. 
A 60th birthday is an occasion worth celebrating and Deputy Vice-Chancellor Professor Thandabantu Nhlapo intends doing just that when he hosts a party at the River Club for friends and family from across Southern Africa and beyond.