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Felling pines: doing it sooner rather than later is better for fynbos
Here is some advice for landowners who want to remove pine trees from their properties in the hope of seeing fynbos plants grow there again: if you have any choice in the matter, do so before pine trees have grown there for more than 30...
No challenge too big for hearing impaired student
Jody Lee Bell (24) has a lot on her plate: She's a full-time masters' student in the Haematology Division of Stellenbosch University's (SU) Faculty of Medicine Health Sciences, works part-time at Tygerberg Hospital's biobank and made time...
SU to honour equal rights activist, Simon Nkoli
Stellenbosch University (SU) has ensured that the name of late anti-apartheid student leader, gay rights lobbyist, equal rights proponent and HIV/Aids activist, Simon Nkoli, becomes part of the present and future of the university. This...
Language takes centre-stage at SU Convocation meeting
Stellenbosch University (SU) remains committed to the use of Afrikaans - together with English - as teaching languages in the context of inclusiveness and multilingualism, Prof Wim de Villiers, Rector and Vice-Chancellor of SU, told...
Renowned insect expert Prof Michael Samways retains A rating
Insect conservationist Prof Michael Samways of the Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology at Stellenbosch University has retained his A-rating in the latest round of assessments conducted by the South African National Research...
Stellenbosch University Alumni tackle Cape Epic for #Move4Food
Two Stellenbosch University staff members and alumni are putting in the hours on their mountain bikes training for the gruelling Absa Cape Epic 2020 to raise funds for the University's #Move4Food campaign. Francois Swart, at Facilities...
SU helping students BeWell through mentoring programme
For more than forty years, Stellenbosch University (SU) has been helping newcomer students adjust to university life, overcome personal barriers and providing general psychosocial support through its BeWell Mentoring programme. In 2013, the...
CNC training facility at the Department of Forest and Wood Science brings new prospects for 2020
The opening ceremony of a new CNC training facility was celebrated on 21 January 2020 with great excitement and interest from various stakeholders including industry representatives, private sector, academia and media. Professor Danie...
Study focuses on board independence at SA's top firms
The following article entitled What study reveals about board independence at SA's top firms, written by Prof Suzette Viviers, Dr Nadia Mans-Kemp, Bridgette Luyt and Wesleigh Cadle, was published in Business Day on 30 January 2020...
Prof Sophie von der Heyden helps to protect SA’s marine ecosystems
Prof Sophie von der Heyden from the Department of Botany and Zoology in the Faculty of Science at Stellenbosch University (SU) delivered her inaugural lecture on 8 August 2023. The title of her talk was “A brief journey through the...