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FMHS greets Prof with ‘a brilliant mind and a compassionate heart’
From an early age, it was clear that Prof Rafique Moosa was a gifted academic. In 1973, he obtained the highest marks in the country in the Department of Coloured Affairs matric exam. He went on to complete his MBChB cum laude at the...
Communication from Council (meeting of 13 April 2021)
The Council of Stellenbosch University (SU) held its first of four scheduled meetings for the year on Tuesday 13 April 2021. As in December 2020, we again met in hybrid mode, with some members gathering on campus (observing all COVID-19...
Launch of World-class platform for vineyard training and research
Stellenbosch University and Vinpro have just launched a world-class platform for vineyard training and research at the Welgevallen experimental farm in Stellenbosch. “The Welgevallen Training and Research Vineyards, established in...
LAUNCH OF WORLD-CLASS PLATFORM FOR VINEYARD TRAINING AND RESEARCH
Stellenbosch University and Vinpro have just launched a world-class platform for vineyard training and research at the Welgevallen experimental farm in Stellenbosch. “The Welgevallen Training and Research Vineyards, established in...
Imperial and SU collaborate to address climate change, healthcare and social impact
The following article by Prof Sara Grobbelaar of the Department of Industrial Engineering at Stellenbosch University was published on the website of the Faculty of Engineering on 16 April 2021. To read the original article click here...
Sport-based programmes not the ‘magic bullet’ to address social problems
Sport-based programmes should also focus on participants' individual and environmental circumstances to help solve problems of community safety, violence and risky behaviour, write Dr Christina Laurenzi and Prof Mark Tomlinson (Institute...
SU leads new gender-transformative sexual and reproductive health intervention study
Prof Sarah Skeen from Stellenbosch University's Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences recently received a research grant to the value of £638 050 (R12,5 million) from the United Kingdom's Medical Research Council. Skeen, the Co-Director...
Wole Soyinka: Nobel laureate charms SU audience with razor-sharp wit and wisdom
There are a number of things Wole Soyinka dislikes – one of which is social media. And he's also not keen on people trespassing on his secluded forest property in Nigeria where at the ripe age of 89, he's still a prolific writer and...
Participation in first-ever online Maties Open Day exceeds all expectations
Stellenbosch University (SU)'s first online Open Day attracted more than 23 238 prospective students, parents, guardians and other interested individuals who participated in the live online event on Saturday (17 April 2021). This number of...
Thys Visser Commemorative Lecture
This year, the biennial Thys Visser Commemorative Lecture hosted by the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, will be given by Prof Emmanuel Akyeampong of the Center for African Studies at Harvard University in the USA. The...