A professor of Coastal Ecology and Interdisciplinary Oceans Studies, Prof. Denis Worlanyo Aheto, has expressed grave concern over the dire consequences Ghana’s ocean stands to suffer following the indiscriminate disposal of plastic waste into the ocean.
According to him, the pollution of the ocean has an overwhelming bearing on staple food and the over two million Ghanaians whose livelihoods depend on it.
The Vice President of the Republic of Ghana, H.E Alhaji Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia, has formally opened the 3rd Conference on Fisheries and Coastal Environment (CFCE) currently being held in Accra. The Conference is on the theme, “Inclusive Blue Economy in Africa: Towards Sustainable Transformation of the Marine Environment.”
The Department of Physician Assistant Studies has held exit meeting for a group of students from the Marist College, USA, who undertook a five-week clinical rotation at the University of Cape Coast (UCC).
The clinical rotation afforded the visiting American students hands-on practical experience in all specialties under the guidance of seasoned consultants and specialists in some health facilities in the Central Region.
Peer Reviewers from the Central Regional Health Directorate have given high marks to the University of Cape Coast (UCC) Hospital for raising the quality of healthcare delivery in the region.
The Hospital scored 95.6 per cent for adhering to the tenets of healthcare delivery, as espoused in the principles and standard of the Regional Health Directorate.
More than 85 per cent scores, according to the Directorate, was the highly performing mark after assessment.
The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast, Prof. Johnson Nyarko Boampong, has led an eight-member delegation from the University to attend the 2023 RUFORUM AGM being held in Yaoundé, Cameroon.
The event, which began on Monday, 31st October, 2023, is expected to end on Thursday, 2nd November, 2023 at the Palais des Congrés.
It is on the theme, “Transforming Higher Education to Sustainability Feed and Create Prosperity for Africa”.
A US-based Ghanaian, Prof. Michael O. Bonsu, has presented some Mathematics books to the Department of Mathematics of the University of Cape Coast.
Presenting the books at a short ceremony on behalf of the donor, the Dean of the School of Biological Sciences, Prof. Aaron Tettey Asare, said the books would enhance the studies of students of the Department.
The Directorate of Public Affairs has engaged staff of the University of Cape Coast in the use of uniformed letterhead of the University.
According to the Directorate, the inconsistency in the usage of the letterhead by some Colleges, Directorates, Faculties, Schools, Departments and Sections has become a major concern to the corporate image of the University.
A final-year student of the Department of Communication Studies of the University of Cape Coast, Miss. Collincia Ayifa, has won the Best Student Journalist at the 27th Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) Awards.
This year’s GJA awards ceremony was on the theme: “Leveraging Media Freedom to Sustain the Democratic and Security Architecture: The Litmus Test of Election 2024”.
After three days of intense competition, Team Badwenba from the University of Cape Coast (UCC) emerged as the victors in the inaugural National StatsBank Hackathon.
The University of Ghana's Team Data Geniuses secured the second position, while Team Robust Research from UCC claimed third place.
The University of Cape Coast (UCC) has held the sixth edition of the Ghana-Norway Summer School on Medical Physics and Radiography
About hundreds of students and practitioners of medical physics, radiography, radiation protection and related fields attended the five-day Summer School which was on the theme: ‘"Emergence of new technologies in diagnostic medical imaging".
