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FMHS celebrates 25 years of partnerships with Bishop Lavis community
The Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) at Stellenbosch University (SU) recently celebrated its 25-year partnership with the community of Bishop Lavis with a Community Partnership Day. The event, held at the Bishop Lavis Library...
Four Maties going to World Student Games
Four student-athletes from Maties Sport will represent Team SA at the World Student Games in Italy in July. Gardeo Isaacs and Breyton Poole (Maties Athletics), Craig Walters (Maties Football) and Hein Kritzinger (Maties Rugby Sevens) will...
Gardeo going from strength to strength
Maties speedster Gardeo Isaacs (20) is not only the reigning South African 400m champion, but also a member of the team that will represent South Africa at the World Student Games in Italy in July. The second-year BCom Management Accounting...
Research should promote social justice, human dignity
Research, especially social-scientific studies, should be about the promotion of social justice and human dignity. This was one of the key messages of Prof Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, Research Chair for Historical Trauma and Transformation...
Stellenbosch University starts with the training of Data Engineers
The Faculty of Engineering at Stellenbosch University will introduce a new BEng degree in Data Engineering from February 2020. This degree is a new specialisation stream in the existing undergraduate degree in Electrical and Electronic...
SA not yet healed from frozen trauma
We cannot afford to continue to ignore the unfinished business of healing our nation and dealing with the frozen trauma. This was one of the viewpoints of Prof Christo Thesnaar from the Department of Practical Theology and Missiology in...
Researcher takes a closer look at the ticks and fleas that bug African penguins
Dr Marcela Espinaze from Stellenbosch University (SU) knows more than the average person about the ticks and fleas that are naturally part of an African penguin's life. It's because penguin parasites have been part and parcel of the 36-year...
FMHS staff and students wear silly socks to show they care
More than 2000 staff members and students at Stellenbosch University's Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) wore bright, silly or mismatched socks on #CrazySocks4Docs day (Friday 7 June 2019) to raise awareness and give moral...
Prof Izak van Biljon, former EMS Dean, dies
Prof Izak van Biljon, who was the oldest living dean of the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences at Stellenbosch University, died on Saturday, 8 June 2019 at the age of 94. Prof Van Biljon's association with the University lasted for...
Maths student deployed in DRC to help in fight against Ebola outbreak
David Niyukuri, a PhD student in Mathematics from Stellenbosch University, was part of a team of epidemiologists who assisted the World Health Organisation (WHO) during May 2019 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to help guide its...