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Higher Education institutions team up to take on fundraising challenges
Seeking out proactive collaboration and designing approaches to shared institutional fundraising challenges were some of the issues discussed at the first Higher Education Fundraising Forum held at Stellenbosch University (SU) recently...
Horticulturalist receives SU teaching fellowship
Dr Michael Schmeisser of the Department of Horticultural Science is the second lecturer in the Faculty of AgriSciences in as many years to be awarded a Teaching Fellowship from Stellenbosch University. The Fellowship will for the next three...
Open Dialogue series on race
Studies in Historical Trauma and Transformation is hosting a series of open conversations on race. These public conversations will be led by coloured, black and white women who have maintained sustained conversations about race and racism...
Are we really smarter than birds?
Are humans and other mammals really smarter than birds? Well not really according to Prof Onur Güntürkün Professor for Biopsychology at the Ruhr-University in Bochum, Germany and also a fellow of the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced...
Venda family celebrates PhD in biochemistry
Dr Ndivhuwo Muneri, a former learner from LTT Murunwa Private School in Louis Trichardt, had to overcome more than one obstacle before she earned her PhD in biochemistry from Stellenbosch University on Thursday 16 March 2017. "Ndo livhuwa...
Maties Sport places spotlight on water sport codes on World Water Day
The world celebrated World Water Day (22 March) this week and Maties Sport put the spotlight on its water-based sport codes. On a positive note, the Maties Water Polo team did Maties Sport proud by winning bronze at the SA National Aquatic...
African scientists a step closer to testing for TB in a matter of minutes
This article was originally published on The Conversation . Read the original article . Tuberculosis ranks alongside HIV/AIDS as a leading cause of death worldwide. According to the World Health Organisation , 1.5 million people died...
TB research: Battling the Hydra
Prof Paul van Helden talks about tuberculosis (TB ) the way a military strategist might speak about an adversary. During more than 25 years of research he has come to know the disease intimately and has been instrumental in changing the...
Gey van Pittius at the helm of research committee
Prof Nico Gey van Pittius, Vice Dean: Research at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) at Stellenbosch University (SU), has recently been appointed as chairperson of the Provincial Health Research Committee (PHRC) of the...
Former Matie's sheep farm first in SA with official international organic certification
Involvement of Stellenbosch University's Sustainable Agriculture research group helps in certification process Meat from the sheep farm Elandsfontein near Britstown in the Northern Cape Karoo is the first to be officially certified and...