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Computer Science Division rewards top students
The Van der Walt-medal for the best third year student in Computer Science at Stellenbosch University for 2021 was awarded to Brendan Watling during a special function at the Computer Science Division on 27 May 2022. The medal was handed...
Prof Annie Bekker undaunted by shuddering ships and icebergs
Prof Annie Bekker from the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering at Stellenbosch University recently delivered her professorial inaugural lecture titled “What we can learn from the way a ship shudders on an icy wreck hunt"...
Justice Sisi Khampepe appointed to lead independent commission of enquiry into allegations of racism at SU
The Rector and Vice-Chancellor of Stellenbosch University (SU), Prof Wim de Villiers, is pleased to announce that Justice Sisi Khampepe has been appointed as Commissioner to conduct the independent enquiry into allegations of racism...
Prof Johan Matthee Postgraduate Scholarships awarded for the first time
Business Management Master's students Anja Hutton and Laura Putter recently became the first ever recipients of the Prof Johan Matthee Postgraduate Scholarships. The fund was established in 2020 after the late Prof Johan Matthee, a former...
International scientist visits the Institute for Plant Biotechnology
As part of ongoing collaboration between Dr Christell van der Vyver of Stellenbosch University and Professor Sanjib Kumar Panda, Prof Panda recently visited the Institute for Plant Biotechnology (IPB). Prof Panda is the head of the...
World Environment Day: We only have one Earth
World Environment Day was celebrated on Sunday 5 June. In an opinion piece for Daily Maverick, Prof Oliver Ruppel from the Department of Mercantile Law writes that it is in our best interest to protect the environment because we only have...
LEGO grant helps research enrich parenting in the digital age
Stellenbosch University (SU) is to benefit from part of an £11 million (approximately R215 million) grant from the LEGO Foundation for international research aimed at developing free parenting support throughout the world which could be...
Translation lecturer’s work enjoys international recognition
Marius Swart's work, particularly his English translation of Marlene van Niekerk's Die sneeuslaper, was recently praised by the International Federation of Translators (FIT). Although he did not win the Marion Boers Prize, he received an...
Matie receives medal for bravery in London
In June 2022, Stellenbosch University (SU) alumnus Brandon Visser will quietly commemorate the day a year ago when he jumped into the Thames near London Bridge to save a drowning woman. For this selfless act, he was recently awarded a...
South Africans can reclaim their history and own their narrative
“To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity" – Nelson Mandela Stepping into the Slave Lodge in Cape Town, a building that holds such a deep South African history, was an awe-inspiring moment for me. A space that...