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#SUyouthday: 'Embrace university life as an experience of growth and learning'
Third year Law student Caitlin Laing says if students embrace university life as a holistic experience of growth and learning, it could be a life-changing opportunity. During Youth Month, we put the spotlight on eight members of the...
Top students share Faculty of Science Dean’s medal
The Faculty of Science's 2019 Dean's medal for persistent excellent academic performance is shared by Mr Fred de Villiers, a postgraduate student in applied mathematics, and Ms Emma King, a postgraduate student in quantum physics. The medal...
SU Equality Unit moves to Responsibility Centre: Learning and Teaching
The Unit will now report directly to Deputy Vice-Chancellor (DVC): Learning and Teaching, Prof Deresh Ramjugernath.The move comes after much thought had been given to the positioning of the Unit within the University, and how to best...
New head of Nuclear Medicine geared to find solutions to benefit South Africans
Twenty-five years after starting as a junior registrar in the Division of Nuclear Medicine, Professor James Warwick was recently appointed as the new head of the division, a promotion which he has described as an “exciting next step"...
Implications of COVID alert level 3 for SU
17 June 2021 Dear staff and students Earlier this week, President Cyril Ramaphosa moved the country to adjusted alert level 3. This is in response to an increase in coronavirus infections nationally, which has seen the average number of...
#SUyouthday: 'The world needs people who have come alive'
Christopher Arendse, a final year medical student, says his six years in the Stellenbosch University (SU) Choir has taught him that the more he embraces others, the more he is able to embrace himself. During Youth Month, we put the...
Comparing apples with apples - now even on the inside - with X-ray computed tomography and 3D image analysis
The 'Fuji' apple cultivar is important economically and is one of South Africa's most cultivated apple cultivars. Internal browning of these apples during storage is therefore not wished for. A study by several researchers analysed affected...
First prize for Tshibalanganda at IMGRAD conference
Muofhe Tshibalanganda, an analyst at the CAF CT Scanner Unit, won first prize for best MSc presentation at the Imaging with Radiation (IMGRAD) 2021 virtual conference which took place from 4-5 August. The title of her presentation was...
Study tests oral swabs for detection of tuberculosis
Tuberculosis (TB) is a deadly disease. Children often develop a form of this disease which makes diagnosis difficult even with the aid of formal techniques. The concentration of bacteria in children's sputum often falls below the lowest...
PhD student's success at the Mass Spectrometry LC-MS Unit
Keabetswe Masike was a PhD student under the supervision of Prof Marietjie Stander, manager of the Mass Spectrometry LC-MS Unit and Prof André de Villiers of Chemistry, and finished her PhD study successfully in 2021. She relied largely...