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Communication from Council (meeting of 27 September 2017)
The third scheduled meeting of the Stellenbosch University (SU) Council for the year took place on Wednesday, 27 September 2017. Council expanded the Campus Renewal Project, allocated funds for the construction of the new Teaching and...
Four Matie students’ recipe for success
Commitment, confidence, perseverance, self-discipline and stepping out of one's comfort zone: these are some of the qualities exhibited by four Stellenbosch University (SU) students who are recipients of the Gradstar Top 100 Graduate...
Be mindful of the next seven generations – US indigenous leader
Be mindful of the next seven generations Pearl Means, a writer, producer and indigenous rights activist in the United States, struck a raw nerve with the audience at the University of Stellenbosch on 21 September 2017, when she recalled the...
Discovery awards boost research on rural health
Two family medicine registrars from Stellenbosch University's Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences recently received a much needed financial boost for their research that targets the improvement of rural health conditions. Drs Karlien...
SU taking action to prevent and address gender-based violence
Gender-based violence is a significant yet preventable barrier to gender equality. In response to the rising threat of gender-based violence in the country as a whole, Stellenbosch University has taken its zero tolerance approach of the...
Smartphones keep students from concentrating during lectures
Digital technologies, especially smartphones, have become such an integral part of our lives that it is difficult to picture life without them. Today, people spend over three hours on their phones every day. “While ever-smarter digital...
Genetic research can help improve medical treatment
New knowledge generated through genomic research (the study of an organism's genes and their functions) will continue to deliver effective drugs and bring hope for a cure of the treated conditions. This was one of the viewpoints of Prof...
Maties’ Simmonds shines on the cricket field
Steinhoff Maties Cricket player Kyle Simmonds is turning his dreams into reality one step at a time. Simmonds is a second-year student-athlete at Stellenbosch University and has established himself as one the brightest cricket stars in...
Essay competition offers students opportunity to broaden horizons
After failing to produce a paper for last year's Schroders essay competition organised by the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science at Stellenbosch University (SU), Masters student in Economics Ruan Erasmus made amends by...
International Dictionary Day is celebrated on 16 October
International Dictionary Day is celebrated on 16 October and we would like to remind you that students and employees of Stellenbosch University have daily, free access to the best electronic dictionaries. You do not have to use outdated...