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Handful of medals for university's cellar
The University's wine cellar, Welgevallen, received five silver medals at the 30 th Veritas Awards. The Veritas awards, the longest running of its kind in the South African wine and brandy industry, is presented annually by the South...
hCG diet an ineffective, potentially harmful weight-loss treatment
The highly-touted hCG diet is an ineffective, costly and potentially harmful weight-loss treatment, writes Drs Hanél Sadie-Van Gijsen & Liske Kotze-Hörstmann (Centre for Cardio-metabolic Research in Africa) in an opinion piece for Timeslive...
Helping academics cope with remote teaching
In order for remote teaching to be successful during the pandemic, academics should be given all the cognitive, affective and systemic support they need, writes Dr Karin Wolff from the Faculty of Engineering in an opinion piece for Mail &...
SU’s Welgevallen Cellar receives five silver medals in Veritas awards
Despite a challenging year for the country's wine industry, Stellenbosch University's Welgevallen wine cellar received silver Veritas awards for all five the wines entered in this year's competition. The five wines are: 2019 Die Laan...
SU Master's thesis in taxation wins SAIPA's competition
Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences alumna Frances Burger recently emerged as the winner of the 2020 South African Institute of Professional Accountants' (SAIPA's) Tax Thesis Competition in the Master's degree category. Her thesis...
Prof Tulio de Oliveira makes vital contribution in battle against pandemics
World-renowned bioinformatician Prof Tulio de Oliveira, Director of the Centre for Epidemic Response and Innovation (CERI) in the School for Data Science and Computational Thinking at Stellenbosch University (SU), delivered his inaugural...
An interest in the small and seemingly ugly: Prof Carol Simon
For International Polychaete Day in the middle of the year, Prof Carol Simon of the Department of Botany and Zoology created a poster on bait species that South African anglers use. The exercise combined two of her passions: photography...
16 FMHS undergraduate students present at international conference
In a “first" for the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS), 16 undergraduate students presented their work at the International Conference for Undergraduate Research (ICUR) which ran from 29-30 September. The presentations covered...
Keeping an eye on diabetes during the pandemic
November is Diabetes Awareness Month. In opinion pieces for the media, experts at Stellenbosch University highlight some of the diabetes-related issues that should be given more attention during the pandemic. Click on the links below to...
New BDatSci degree at SU a reality in 2021
Stellenbosch University has announced that the University will offer a four-year Bachelor degree in Data Science with a truly multi-disciplinary nature based on inter-faculty collaboration. With this announcement, SU has joined the global...