The Department of Conservation Biology and Entomology has indicated its readiness to collaborate with other research institutions and industries to apply knowledge of some identified characters of insects to develop environmentally friendly products.
The Head of the Department, Dr. Rofela Combey, who disclosed this, said "insects’ body have some compounds and small structures that allow them to protect themselves (from extreme environmental conditions)."
The Head of Department of Music and Dance, Dr. Eric Debrah has noted that culture has an important role to play in the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Dr. Debrah explained that the SDGs focused primarily on attitudinal change which could be better communicated through the culture of people.
Management of University of Cape Coast has donated ultra-modern laboratory equipment to the Dept. of Biomedical Sciences.
The equipment, worth GH¢ 500,000, are to improve teaching, learning and research at the Department.
The equipment included gel documentation system, autoclave (commercial) and water distillation plant.
The Students’ Representative Council (SRC) of University of Cape Coast (UCC) has presented sets of customized "T" shirts to UCC Youngsters, a Second Division Team of the University.
The SRC General Sports Secretary, Mr. Lucas Tatul Ntapuan, presented the items to Mr Edward Nartey, the Acting Head of Sports Section.
The Design Thinking and Innovation Hub (D-Hub) of the University of Cape Coast in partnership with Access Bank and Development Bank Ghana, has sharpened the skills of young entrepreneurs, and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) on entrepreneurial finance.
The workshop was on the theme, "Fundamentals of Entrepreneurial Finance-What Every Entrepreneur Should Know.”
A public lecture on the role of farmer organisations in collective action for the attainment of the SDGs has been held at the University of Cape Coast.
The Department of Theatre and Film Studies has received a rare collection of theatre books from the family of the late Mr. Elolo Gharbin, a former lecturer at the Department who passed away in 2020.
The family, led by Mrs. Sally Gharbin, sister of the deceased, made the donation to the Department for honouring the memory of the late Elolo Gharbin by naming the Department's theatre seasons held every academic semester after him.
The University of Cape Coast (UCC) has graduated 27,467 undergraduate students who completed their programmes of study in the 2020/21 academic year.
The programme saw 12,325 students of the College of Distance Education (CoDE) graduate at the 5th session whilst 15,142 students from Institute of Education of the College of Education Studies graduated at the 6th Session of the 54th congregation.
The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Johnson Nyarko Boampong has indicated that management of the University of Cape Coast is leaving no stone unturned to put graduate studies on a pedestal befitting the University and in the sub-region and beyond.
Prof. Boampong noted that graduate studies and research was at the heart of the University and would ensure that quality post graduate education was deepened to contribute significantly to national and global development.
The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Education (FoHSSE) in collaboration with the Directorate of Research, Innovation and Consultancy (DRIC) has organized a two-day training workshop for its faculty members.
The training was on “Data Modelling using Partial least Squares Structural Equation Modelling”.
