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World Health Day: Primary health care helps combat COVID-19, lifestyle diseases
Wednesday (7 April) was World Health Day. In opinion pieces for the media, Profs Bob Mash (Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care) and Resia Pretorius (Department of Physiological Sciences) focus on health issues that should receive...
Rector tests positive for COVID-19, appeals to SU community to stay safe
Prof Wim de Villiers, Rector and Vice-Chancellor, again made an appeal to the public and Stellenbosch University (SU) community not to let their guard down against COVID-19. This comes after he tested positive for COVID-19 yesterday (7...
Biological pest control measures: researchers now know how to transport tiny nematodes to farms
For the past 18 years, researchers at Stellenbosch University (SU) have studied a selection of nematodes found naturally in South African soils. In the process they have identified quite a few such roundworm species that could be used to...
SU students connecting with tech internships through SU LaunchLab Techpreneurship Centre
The first cohort of Stellenbosch University graduates, SU faculty and corporate employees successfully completed the first 6-week programme of the newly established SU Techpreneurship Centre in March this year. At the end of the program...
Prof Elmarie Costandius honoured with TAU Fellows Award
One of the academics who has been instrumental in initiating Stellenbosch University's (SU) visual redress process over the past few years, Prof Elmarie Costandius of the Department of Visual Arts, has recently been unanimously selected...
Agricultural student clinches three awards
The permanent message on agriculture student Cecile Bester's Whatsapp status summarises the purposefulness and attitude with which she undertakes her studies: “The world is divided between the people who will start tomorrow and the people...
First clinical placement a milestone for undergraduate nursing students
The undergraduate nursing programme at Stellenbosch University (SU) recently reached an important milestone. For the first time in about 15 years, third-year nursing students at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) started...
Stellenbosch University receives memorandum from DAK Netwerk
Stellenbosch University (SU) today (9 April 2021) received a memorandum from the DAK Netwerk. The memorandum relates to the University's revision of the 2016 Language Policy and specifically the position of Afrikaans that is of concern to...
New Data Science degree launched
With the workplace becoming increasingly data driven, graduates with highly developed data science skills and knowledge are becoming more in demand. In response to this changing work environment Stellenbosch University (SU) launched a new...
Prof Eugene Cloete elected as chair of EDHE initiative
Prof Eugene Cloete, Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research, Innovation and Postgraduate Studies at Stellenbosch University (SU), has been selected as the Chairperson of the Entrepreneurship Development in Higher Education (EDHE) Community of...