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2008 News Items

August 2008

• A Byte of Lunch and a Glimpse of the Web of the Future (20/08/2008)  NEW
• Disabled Students Movement (DSM) launched at Faculty of Commerce (07/08/2008) 
• Acknowledging Commerce Women (06/08/2008) 
• Disabled Students Movement (DSM) Launch (06/08/2008) 
• R1000 to be Won! Organisational Psychology Research Project 2008 Survey (05/08/2008) 

July 2008

• Accounting Department Sweeps the Board with New Tax Thesis Competition (31/07/2008) 
• Demography Seminar: Stephen Kramer (01/08/2008) (28/07/2008) 
• Management Studies: Reclaiming Expenses: Honours Theses/Projects (28/07/2008) 
• Commerce Connects Alumni Newsletter (24/07/2008) 
• UCT Extends Footprint into Sub-Saharan Africa (22/07/2008) 
• Fast-growing and Recession-resistant over-40`s Market presents Golden Opportunity for SA Business (21/07/2008) 
• Accounting Department makes Strides towards Transformation (18/07/2008) 
• UCT Professors Bag PricewaterhouseCoopers Best Paper Award (15/07/2008) 
• Team Smile Laugh all the Way to Silicon Valley (10/07/2008) 
• Nicoli Nattrass Wins Top Academic Book Prize (08/07/2008) 

June 2008

• Top Position for Schlechter (23/06/2008) 
• DataFirst: Workshop on Bootstrapping in Stata (19/06/2008) 
• Information Systems Seminar: Kosheek Sewchurran (25/06/2008) (18/06/2008) 
• DataFirst: South African Time Use Survey Workshop (18/06/2008) 
• Important notice for all students wanting to register for MAM1010S (18/06/2008) 
• Department of Information Systems: Congratulations to our new Masters Graduates (13/06/2008) 
• School of Economics welcomes World Bank Chief Economist (11/06/2008) 
• Ngqokelela`s Writing Stands Out (10/06/2008) 
• School of Economics Seminar: Justin Lin (09/06/2008) (06/06/2008) 
• Information Systems: Team Smile has more reasons to smile (03/06/2008) 
• Information Systems in the News: UCT to Measure Cybercrime (03/06/2008) 

May 2008

• African Programme for Rethinking Development Economics Research: Public Lectures (30/05/2008) 
• Sanlam Hosts Inter-varsity "Creativity for Progress" Competition (29/05/2008) 
• Photos from Africa Day 2008 (26/05/2008) 
• 2008 Commerce Undergraduate Awards Ceremony (23/05/2008) 
• Africa Day 2008 is Upon Us! (22/05/2008) 
• Invitation: CEG Session (27/05/2008) (22/05/2008) 
• Information Systems Seminar: Kevin Johnston (28/05/2008) (21/05/2008) 
• Invitation: Crime Prevention Forum (14/05/2008) 
• AIS Sponsors Worldwide Video Creation Competition (09/05/2008) 
• UCT Open Day - Saturday 10 May (07/05/2008) 
• UCT Professor George Lindsey Killed in Plane Crash (06/05/2008) 

April 2008

• UCT Associate Professor Kevin Rochford Murdered (23/04/2008) 
• Economics students spend vacation at Goldman Sachs in London (23/04/2008) 
• IS Research Seminar (23 April 2008): Steve Vosloo (23/04/2008) 
• Congolese Society Dance Classes (23/04/2008) 
• Armed Robbery on Middle Campus (23/04/2008) 
• Ronald Coase Institute Conference (07/04/2008) 
• Career Awareness Talks Series (02/04/2008) 
• Information Systems Guest Lecture: Dr Joachim Schaper (01/04/2008) 
• Information Systems Seminar: Prof. Antonie Stam "User Error and Decision Quality in Decision Support Systems" (01/04/2008) 

March 2008

• Commerce IT releases SAN (alpha) for Staff and Student usage (28/03/2008) 
• Applications for 2008 Second Semester Economics Tutors (25/03/2008) 
• ISgraduate (Honours, 2007) Joins SAP Netweaver International teamin Waldorf, Germany (19/03/2008) 
• School of Management Studies: Postgraduate Diploma in Sports Management (01/03/2008) 

February 2008

• ThinkQuest 2007 (29/02/2008) 
• Career Talks Series (27/02/2008) 
• Invitation to the Vice-Chancellor's Open Lecture (26/02/2008) 
• CSSR Seminar (28 February 2008): "HIV-Positive African Migrants in the UK" (22/02/2008) 
• Olga Kerimova comes in 2nd runner up in the Budget Speech Competition (22/02/2008) 
• Commerce Staff: Teaching with Technology Seminars (18/02/2008) 
• CSSR Seminar (21 February 2008): "Ranking Country Performance..." (15/02/2008) 
• VC and DVC Support the Faculty of Commerce's Inter-Faculty Transformation Network (14/02/2008) 
• CSSR Seminar (14 February 2008): "Claiming Cape Town..." (12/02/2008) 
• IS Students win the ImagineCup Competition (12/02/2008) 
• IS Team finalist in the CaseIT Competition, Vancouver, Canada (12/02/2008) 
• Information Systems: 18-22 February - Lunchtime Lecture Series (06/02/2008) 

January 2008

• Early Registration Extended (24/01/2008) 
• 2008 Commerce Faculty Registration Dates (23/01/2008) 
• School of Economics toasts a first (17/01/2008) 
• International competition jacks up SA car industry (17/01/2008) 

2007 News Items

December 2007

• Pictures from the IS PhD Graduation Function (21/12/2007) 
• Roscoe Roman wins Rhodes Scholarship (07/12/2007) 

November 2007

• Commerce IT launches Online PDF Generator service (30/11/2007) 
• Congratulations to the Latest IS Doctoral Successes (30/11/2007) 
• Undergraduate Degrees 2008 Registration Dates (22/11/2007) 
• Photos from the 2007 IS Expo (21/11/2007) 
• Postgraduate Diploma in Sport Management Brochure (09/11/2007) 
• CEG Session: 13 November 2007 (09/11/2007) 
• SoE & ESoSA Seminar: 7 November 2007 (01/11/2007) 

October 2007

• Information Systems Honours Students Win UCT Innovation Competition (23/10/2007) 
• Humbulani Geraldine Dombo: IT student of the Year Nominee 2007 (23/10/2007) 
• 2008 Management Studies Tutor Application Forms Now Available (19/10/2007) 
• 2007 Information Systems Honours Finalists (18/10/2007) 
• New Masters in Economics Programmes Available (12/10/2007) 
• CEG Session: 16 October 2007 (11/10/2007) 
• 2007 Economics Postgraduate Dinner: Photos (10/10/2007) 
• PhD student wins medal (05/10/2007) 
• Four Postgraduate students in top twenty of the Budget Speech Competition (05/10/2007) 
• Andrew Hill wins Founders Medal (05/10/2007) 

September 2007

• New Masters Programme in Applied Economics (28/09/2007) 
• Invitation: Nicoli Nattrass' Book launch/Discussion panel 27 September (25/09/2007) 
• BUS3002F Supplementary/Deferred Exams (19/09/2007) 
• Economics: Postgrad Study applications close 31 October (18/09/2007) 
• Gartner Symposium/ITEXPO Africa 2007 Feedback (07/09/2007) 
• Economics: 3rd Year Supplementary/Deferred Exams (03/09/2007) 

August 2007

• CEG Session: 3rd September 2007 (31/08/2007) 
• CEG Session: 18 September 2007 (29/08/2007) 
• CEG Session: 28th August 2007 (27/08/2007) 
• Invite to a Consultation with the Deputy Vice Chancellor on the proposed policy of Racial Discrimination and Harassment (24/08/2007) 
• Organisational Psychology Research Project: Prize winner announced (16/08/2007) 
• Staff Email Problem Feedback (14/08/2007) 
• CEG Session: 18 September 2007 (12/08/2007) 
• Staff Exchange Agreement (03/08/2007) 
• IS Seminar Series: Lisa Seymour 08/08/2007 (02/08/2007) 

July 2007

• PSG and Moneywebs Make a Million Competition (24/07/2007) 
• 2007 Second Semester Economics Tutor Applications Closing 6 July (04/07/2007) 
• 2007 Commerce IT Survey Results Released (04/07/2007) 

June 2007

• CUBBI: Brain Imaging Research: Participants Needed (14/06/2007) 
• 2007 Commerce IT Staff Survey (14/06/2007) 
• Michael Spence, a 2001 Nobel Laureate to speak at UCT on 14 June (12/06/2007) 
• Africa Day Celebration: Thank You (04/06/2007) 

May 2007

• CEG Session: 5th June 2007 (30/05/2007) 
• Africa Day Celebration, 25 May 2007 (25/05/2007) 
• 2007 Second Semester Economics Tutor Applications Now Open (25/05/2007) 
• IS Seminar Series: Lisa Seymour 27/06/2007 (25/05/2007) 
• Short Course on Population Projection Incorporating the Demographic Impact of HIV/AIDS (04/05/2007) 
• IS Seminar Series: Peter Underwood 16/05/2007 (04/05/2007) 

April 2007

• CEG Session: 8th May 2007 (23/04/2007) 
• 2007 UCT Open Day - 5th May 2007 (23/04/2007) 
• Career Awareness Talks Series (23/04/2007) 
• Accounting Seminar: Steve Zeff (23/04/2007) 
• In Remembrance: Colin Palmer (19/04/2007) 
• Transformation Seminar: Melissa Steyn (13/04/2007) 
• Staff: 2007 Course Evaluation on Vula: How to go about it (03/04/2007) 

March 2007

• Commerce Yellow Pages Now Available (30/03/2007) 
• IS Seminar Series: Prof. Irwin Brown 18/04/2007 (29/03/2007) 
• Call for Papers: Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences (22/03/2007) 
• Photos from the Institute of Monitoring and Evaluation's first Learning Event (20/03/2007) 
• Memo to all final year BBusSc (incl. Actuarial Science) (08/03/2007) 

February 2007

• Online Learning: New NETg Learning Modules Available (28/02/2007) 
• Transformation News - Khuluma Workshops for 2007 (27/02/2007) 
• School of Economics Wins in 2006 Nedbank and Old Mutual Budget Speech Competition (23/02/2007) 
• Commerce Scholarships awarded for 2007 (13/02/2007) 
• Institute of Monitoring and Evaluation Learning Event 2007 (01/02/2007) 

January 2007

• Actuarial Science Conversion & Honours Course Registration (31/01/2007) 
• Registration Dates for 2007 1st Years (23/01/2007) 
• Registration Dates for 2007 Returners (23/01/2007) 

2006 News Items

December 2006

• Information Systems Students win Microsoft Contest (08/12/2006) 
• Transformation News: Article by Terri Grant (01/12/2006) 

November 2006

• IS Seminar Series: Prof. Dewald Roode 29/11/2006 (24/11/2006) 
• Transformation in the Commerce Faculty: Khuluma Workshop (15/11/2006) 

October 2006

• 2006 3rd & 4th Year IS Expo 31/10/2006 (24/10/2006) 
• 2007 Pastel Tutors Required (23/10/2006) 
• Prof. Doug Pitt's Surprise Farewell Party (20/10/2006) 
• 2007 Management Studies Tutor Applications (16/10/2006) 
• Management Studies: Reclaiming Expenses: Honours Theses/Projects (16/10/2006) 
• Invitation: George Janelidze Inaugural Lecture 25/10/2006 (16/10/2006) 
• 2007 Economics Tutor Applications (10/10/2006) 
• Invitation: John J. Bolton Inaugural Lecture 11/10/2006 (09/10/2006) 
• Vacancy: Alumni Helpdesk Assistant for 2007 (06/10/2006) 
• Invitation: David Schalkwyk Inaugural Lecture 11/10/2006 (06/10/2006) 
• My Portal Service Launched (04/10/2006) 

August 2006

• MCNAB: Middle Campus New Academic Building Blog (02/08/2006) 

July 2006

• 2006 Commerce Awards Ceremony Photos (05/07/2006) 

June 2006

• Change your Network Password Online (08/06/2006) 

May 2006

• Commerce IT's Lab Evaluator Reponses (15/05/2006) 
• Commerce Blogs (03/05/2006) 

March 2006

• 2006 Fee Rebate Policy (10/03/2006)