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SU’s Welgevallen Cellar receives five silver medals in Veritas awards
Despite a challenging year for the country's wine industry, Stellenbosch University's Welgevallen wine cellar received silver Veritas awards for all five the wines entered in this year's competition. The five wines are: 2019 Die Laan...
SU Master's thesis in taxation wins SAIPA's competition
Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences alumna Frances Burger recently emerged as the winner of the 2020 South African Institute of Professional Accountants' (SAIPA's) Tax Thesis Competition in the Master's degree category. Her thesis...
Prof Tulio de Oliveira makes vital contribution in battle against pandemics
World-renowned bioinformatician Prof Tulio de Oliveira, Director of the Centre for Epidemic Response and Innovation (CERI) in the School for Data Science and Computational Thinking at Stellenbosch University (SU), delivered his inaugural...
An interest in the small and seemingly ugly: Prof Carol Simon
For International Polychaete Day in the middle of the year, Prof Carol Simon of the Department of Botany and Zoology created a poster on bait species that South African anglers use. The exercise combined two of her passions: photography...
16 FMHS undergraduate students present at international conference
In a “first" for the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS), 16 undergraduate students presented their work at the International Conference for Undergraduate Research (ICUR) which ran from 29-30 September. The presentations covered...
Keeping an eye on diabetes during the pandemic
November is Diabetes Awareness Month. In opinion pieces for the media, experts at Stellenbosch University highlight some of the diabetes-related issues that should be given more attention during the pandemic. Click on the links below to...
New BDatSci degree at SU a reality in 2021
Stellenbosch University has announced that the University will offer a four-year Bachelor degree in Data Science with a truly multi-disciplinary nature based on inter-faculty collaboration. With this announcement, SU has joined the global...
Navy ‘indispensable power instrument in the hands of policy-makers’
Navies must be seen as indispensable power instruments in the hands of policy-makers to successfully negotiate and secure the shifting naval and maritime security landscapes of the 21st century, write Prof Francois Vreÿ & Captain Mark...
COVID-19 Collateral Damage: When hand sanitisers become a double-edged sword
Moisturisers can help to prevent hand eczema caused by some hand sanitisers, write Suretha Kannenberg, Sergio Alves & Allison Arendse (Division of Dermatology) in a recent opinion piece for Health24. Read the article below or click here...
DRD contributes to TReMOR in Research Management
The Division for Research Development (DRD) continues to contribute to the professionalisation of Research Managers and Administrators in Southern Africa and beyond through a recently acquired project entitled: TReMOR (Toolkit for Early...