SU mathematician receives SAMS award for excellence in research
A professor in Applied Mathematics in the Faculty of Science at Stellenbosch University (SU), Prof André Weideman, was awarded the prestigious 2019 Award for...
Women mathematicians from Africa to gather in Stellenbosch
From 2 to 5 July nearly 60 women mathematicians from Africa and South Africa will gather at Stellenbosch University (SU) for the African Women in Mathematics...
Honorary doctorate for esteemed mathematician
Prof Lloyd Nicholas Trefethen, a mathematical scientist from Oxford University, was awarded an honorary doctorate from Stellenbosch University during the last...
Prestigious fellowship to PhD student in mathematics
Stellenbosch University's (SU) Dr Taboka Chalebgwa has won the AIMS-Fields-Perimeter Africa postdoctoral fellowship, which offers him a one-year postdoctoral...
Mathematics postgraduates at Heidelberg Laureates Forum
Three postgraduate students in Mathematics had the privilege of attending the Heidelberg Laureates Forum which took place from 23 to 28 September 2018 in the...
Teamwork leads to PhD and MSc in mathematics
Academic perseverance and teamwork at home paved the way for a couple originally from Madagascar, to both completing postgraduate degrees in mathematics from...
New software will standardise data collection for great white sharks
The lack of a standardized procedure for collecting data about elusive and hard to find species like the great white shark has to date seriously hampered...
SU alumnus’ business ‘most innovative’ in Western Cape
The 2016 winner of the award for the most innovative business in the Western Cape is a company started in 2013 by Dr McElory Hoffmann, a Stellenbosch...
SU mathematics students perform at international competition
SU mathematics students performed well at the recent International Mathematics Competition in Bulgaria, with honours student Dylan Nelson being placed in the...
Inspired by mathematics
Growing up in Vangaindrano in the south east of Madagascar, it was the precision and rigorousness of mathematics that first drew Dr Eric Andriantiana to the...