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March/April 2020 graduation week cancelled as precaution
Stellenbosch University (SU) constituted a Contingency Committee a month ago to coordinate the University’s preparedness for a possible local corona virus (COVID-19) outbreak. On Wednesday 11 March 2020 the World Health Organisation...
COVID-19: SU institutes important precautionary measures
15 March 2020 COVID-19: Update on Lectures Lectures will continue at Stellenbosch University during the period of discussions between the Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology, Vice-Chancellors of universities and...
PhD student awarded for excellence in partnership with CDC
A PhD student with Stellenbosch University (SU) recently received the 2022 Centre for Global Health Partnership (External Group) award by the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This accolade was bestowed on Dr Caroline...
SU spin-out makes beauty world spin with one of 100 best inventions
A Stellenbosch University (SU) spin-out company is behind a nanofiber cosmetics product, which was selected by Time magazine as one of the 100 best inventions of 2019. The Stellenbosch Nanofiber Company (SNC) has revealed that it is working...
Three FMHS researchers receive ‘Women in Science’ award
Three FMHS researchers recently did Stellenbosch University proud when they each received a 2019 L'Oréal-UNESCO for Women in Science sub-Saharan African award. They are Carine Kunsevi-Kilola and Georgina Nyawo, who are both PhD students...
OPTIMUS Programme boosts top undergraduate achievers
Excellence and achievement were celebrated as the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences (EMS) welcomed the top second- and third-year students in the faculty to the launch of the 2020 OPTIMUS programme at a cocktail event on Monday...
Understanding STIs
In South Africa, sexually transmitted infections (STIs) remain a big problem, even though most of the infections can be cured. The fear of being stigmatised is one of the many reasons why people are reluctant to seek medical treatment for...
Arrival of Covid-19 in Africa only a matter of time, warns epidemiologist
We can expect to know within the next month whether the novel corona virus has found its way to Africa. In the meantime, all efforts to halt or slow the spread of the virus are still our best line of defense. So says Prof Juliet Pulliam, an...
CTL Blog
The Centre for Teaching and Learning (CTL) is pleased to announce a series of blog posts on the theme “(Your) teaching matters @ SU’’. We aim to contribute to the teaching and learning in higher education dialogue as thought leaders and...
Corona Virus: Updates and Management
The Corona virus has been all over the media in recent weeks and for good reason. The virus is relatively new and therefore, guidelines change daily as we learn more and more about it. To date (12/02), this is what we know; however, next...