The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast (UCC), Prof. Johnson Nyarko Boampong, has signed the condolence register for eight persons who perished in the helicopter crash at Adansi-Brofoyedu, near Akrofuom, in the Adansi Akrofuom District in the Ashanti Region.
A Ghana Air Force Z-9 helicopter carrying eight people went missing after taking off from Accra on Wednesday, August 6, 2025.
An Associate Professor in the Department of Religion and Human Values, Prof. Vincent Assanful, has officially assumed office as the Director of the Directorate of Academic Planning and Quality Assurance (DAQPA).
This took place during a staff meeting following the recent appointment of Prof. Daniel Agyapong as the Provost of the College of Humanities and Legal Studies.
An Associate Professor of Bee Mediated Pollination and Ecology, Prof. Rofela Combey, has assumed office as the fourth Provost of the College of Agriculture and Natural Sciences (CANS) of the University of Cape Coast.
She took over from Prof. Moses Jojo Eghan, whose six-year tenure ended on Thursday, July 31, 2025.
The University of Cape Coast (UCC), as part of a consortium of universities led by the University of Kassel and University of Gottingen, Germany, has won a new DFG-funded research project known as the FOR5903-Sustainable Rurbanity Resources, Society and Regulatory Systems.
Researchers from the School for Development Studies, UCC, in the persons of Dr. Kaderi Noagah Bukari, Prof. Akua Opoku Britwum and Dr. Sabina Appiah-Boateng will host the project on campus.
The University of Cape Coast (UCC) Co-operative Credit Union (CCU) has opened a new branch at Elmina in the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem (KEEA) Municipality of the Central Region.
The new office, situated near the KEEA Municipal Assembly, is in line with the Union’s commitment to increase accessibility and bring financial services closer to the people within its operational areas.
The School of Allied Health Sciences (SAHS) at the University of Cape Coast (UCC) has held a handover ceremony for the Vice Dean, the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, and the Department of Imaging Technology.
The event recognised the contributions of outgoing officers and welcomed newly appointed leaders who are expected to continue advancing the School’s mission.
The College of Humanities and Legal Studies (CHLS) has held a handing over ceremony to mark the transition of leadership from Prof. Kwame Osei Kwarteng to Prof. Daniel Agyapong as Provost of the College.
At the ceremony, Prof. Kwarteng congratulated Prof. Agyapong on his appointment and urged him to build on the collaborative spirit that exists among the faculties, departments, centres, and units within the College.
The new Dean of the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (SoPPS), Prof. Ernest Obese, has assumed work after a short handover ceremony.
At the ceremony, Prof. Obese expressed his deepest appreciation to his immediate past Dean, Prof. Elvis Ofori Ameyaw and gave the assurance that he would continue from where his predecessor left off.
The School of Graduate Studies has held a ceremony to award 38 postgraduate students the Emelia & Brew Butler research grant for the 2024/2025 academic year.
The beneficiaries comprising seven Doctor of Philosophy and 31 Master of Philosophy students received a total of GH¢ 360,000 with each person getting up to GH¢ 10,000 research grants to enable them produce timely and quality research work.
The Transforming African Agricultural Universities to Meaningfully Contribute to Africa’s Growth and Development (TAGDev 2.0) programme, University of Cape Coast (UCC), has held a dialogue to chart a path towards transformative education that delivers sustainable impact across the African continent.
