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FMHS scientists shine at SAMRC 10th Scientific Merit Awards
Five scientists with Stellenbosch University's Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) were recently honoured at the South African Medical Research Council's (SAMRC) Scientific Merit Awards, which recognises some of the best...
Show your support for Global Recycling Day: bring your e-waste to the Rooiplein on Monday 18 March
To raise awareness about Global Recycling Day on 18 March 2024 and International Day for Zero Waste (30 March), the Environmental Sustainability team of Facilities Management is partnering with the UNASA student society, Wasteplan, and...
World Kidney Day: The link between salt, hypertension, and chronic kidney disease
World Kidney Day is observed annually on the second Thursday in March (on 14 March in 2024). In an opinion piece for the Daily Maverick, Prof Yazied Chothia from the Division of Nephrology writes that excessive salt intake and uncontrolled...
“Wheels of Opportunity” – Stellenbosch chemistry lecturer cycling 600km for student support
Dr. Marietjie Lutz, a first-year chemistry lecturer at Stellenbosch University, is embarking on an ambitious effort to raise funding for undergraduate BSc students facing financial challenges by cycling from George to Stellenbosch over the...
"Champions" in SU Teaching-Learning-Assessment (TLA) Recognised at TLA Celebration
A diverse cohort of academics from Stellenbosch University (SU) took center stage at the Teaching-Learning-Assessment (TLA) Celebration, held at STIAS on March 5th, 2024. Addressing the attendees, Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Learning and...
World Consumer Rights Day: Consumers should remain sceptical of AI
World Consumer Rights Day is celebrated annually on 15 March. The theme for 2024 is “Fair and Responsible AI for Consumers". In an opinion piece for the Mail & Guardian, Lisa Esterhuyzen from the Department of Business Management writes...
SU collaboration within new Guild-ARUA CoRE a milestone in shaping Africa’s sustainable development policies
The African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) and The Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities (The Guild) launched three new Africa-Europe Clusters of Research Excellence, called CoREs, in September last year. Through its...
SU’s Eucalyptus research programme gets R20 million boost
With total funding of nearly R20 million over five years (2024 to 2028), researchers at the Hans Merensky Chair in Advanced Modelling of Eucalypt Growth and Wood Formation (or EucXylo) at Stellenbosch University (SU) are well placed to...
Department of Soil Science excels at Combined Congress 2024
Eight members of the Department of Soil Science attended the Combined Congress 2024 of the Soil and Crop Science Societies of South Africa held at Wilderness Hotel on 23-25 January 2024. Two of our postgraduate students received Soil...
Nobel laureates revisit seminal work in Chancellor’s Lecture at SU
Stellenbosch University (SU) last week hosted many distinguished guests and leading scientists from across the globe. One of the highlights was the Chancellor’s Lecture presented by two renowned Nobel Prize winners in economy, Prof Abhijit...