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Award-winning SU students encouraged to do new things
In celebration of excellence, a total of 92 Stellenbosch University (SU) students were honoured at the annual Rector's Awards for Excellent Achievement on Wednesday night (30 October 2019). The evening focussed on students who excelled...
Extinct species rediscovered in Winterhoek Mountains, after 200 years
One of the first recorded species to have been lost to forestry and agriculture in the Western Cape in the 1800s, a type of fountain bush from the pea family that used to grow next to mountain streams in the Tulbagh region, have been...
SU entomologists part of major effort to keep fruit flies in Europe at bay
Insect experts from the Stellenbosch University Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology are part of a large-scale research project involving experts from 15 countries. It aims to develop the science and technology needed to...
International Conference and Summit to explore civil society and business's role in social justice
Over two days in October, national leaders drawn from academia, government, business, civil society, the diplomatic community and experts from around the world will meet in Cape Town to shed fresh light on the role of business and civil...
Fruit industry legend passes away
A legendary figure in the fruit industry, Koos Lötter, passed away on 29 October 2019 in Stellenbosch, at the age of 92 years old. The Department of Horticultural Science at Stellenbosch University expressed its sympathies towards Lötter's...
SU’s Language Learning Hub continues to thrive
In 2018, Stellenbosch University (SU) launched a new Language Learning Hub to support the multilingual aspirations of individual students and help promote cultural diversity. A year later the Hub continues to thrive as more and more...
2019 SoTL Conference affirms why teaching matters
“This is our own conference, by Stellenbosch University for Stellenbosch University staff. This is all about trying to become more and more excellent in our teaching, researching and practicing in a way that is of interest in learning and...
Netball big winner at 2019 Maties Sport Awards
Maties Netball walked away with various accolades at the 2019 Maties Sport Awards, including team of the year, coach of the year and sportswoman of the year. Netball player Jo Prins and cricket player David Bedingham were named Maties Sport...
It’s only because I dared, says Songezo Mabece
“I dared. I had nothing to lose. I gave myself a chance. Here where you are sitting now, you are sitting on a no, but you can also be put in a different position to where you are now if you dare to ask. It's only because I dared," said Law...
Asking ‘why’ while doing maths
The story goes that physicist Albert Einstein lamented not having a solid enough mathematical grounding with which to fully explain some of the ideas he was working on in later life. This Einstein anecdote made such an impression on Prof...