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SciMathUS celebrating success and its 20th year
The first week of January is a very stressful time for students who wrote the NSC examination the previous year. This is the same for the SciMathUS (Science and Maths at the University of Stellenbosch) students who also wrote NSC...
Helping people make informed health choices
When it comes to the claims made about products in medicine, nutrition, economics and other areas, how do we establish what is true and what's not true? What can we trust and what can we not trust? This is the subject tackled recently by...
Vuyiseka Dubula-Majola: 'Fighting injustice is everyone's business'
The following article Vuyiseka Dubula-Majola: 'My anger fed my activist's soul', written by Biénne Huisman, was published in the Daily Maverick on 2 December 2019: Vuyiseka Dubula-Majola believes fighting injustice is everyone's business...
Study wants to help reduce CO2 emissions in road freight transport
As the primary method for freight transportation in South Africa, road freight (excluding passenger freight) emits approximately 16,8 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) annually, making it the second-largest contributor to carbon...
EMS staff receive SU excellence awards
Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences (EMS) staff were honoured as recipients of the Stellenbosch University's Chancellor's Award and its Teaching and Research Excellence Awards at separate award ceremonies in the City of Oaks...
‘SU committed to inclusivity and equality’
“If you want to grow, embrace diversity. It is an indispensable component of excellence." With these words Stellenbosch University's Vice-Rector: Learning & Teaching, Prof Arnold Schoonwinkel, welcomed SU's more than 5 000 newcomer students...
Continued renewal improves students' learning experience
Excellent news for the Faculty's students is that the first phase of the CGW Schumann Building Renewal Project – the upgrading of three undergraduate lecture halls on the ground floor by Stellenbosch University's Facilities Management...
First-year students commence their ‘journey of transformation’
Professor Jimmy Volmink, Dean at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) recently welcomed the new batch first-year students and their parents to the Tygerberg Campus. “Today you are commencing a journey of transformation," said...
Unravelling the mysteries of Parkinson’s disease
WORLD PARKINSON'S DISEASE DAY – 11 APRIL 2016 Stellenbosch University researchers have uncovered that the genetic causes of Parkinson's disease are different in local populations which might also require novel home-grown treatment...
Epilepsy: What is it and how is it managed?
International Epilepsy Day is celebrated every year on the second Monday in February. This year, Campus Health Service is bringing awareness to this condition and giving some information on what it is and how best to manage it. Epilepsy is...