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2019 SU Research Excellence Awards
The annual Research Excellence Award ceremony was held at STIAS on 5 December 2019. The awards were presented to SU researchers who made the biggest contribution to accredited publications (based on audited publication statistics of the...
Zim friends receive their PhDs together after researching grapevine diseases
Two classmates from Bulawayo who studied together at Zimbabwe's Midlands State University in their undergraduate years both received their PhD degrees in agriculture from Stellenbosch University yesterday. Interestingly, the newly capped...
Students to engage with global peers about socially responsive universities
On 11 March 2021, Stellenbosch University (SU) students will be able to virtually join their peers on the African continent and abroad to talk about the role that socially responsive universities play in society. The student Social Impact...
Large Class Pedagogies
Report: Faculty of Education “Large Classes” Workshop: 2 June 2023 Workshop Topic Large Class Pedagogies Presenters Drs Hanelie Adendorff and Anthea Jacobs, Ms Johara Khan and Charmaine van der Merwe, and Mr Sim Ntwasa While the Faculty of...
Friendship Bench should support HIV-positive Zimbaweans with PSTD
Zimbaweans living with HIV also suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), often because of stigma, and are in desperate need of dedicated mental health services to help them cope. This is one of the findings of a new study at...
New head of Nuclear Medicine geared to find solutions to benefit South Africans
Twenty-five years after starting as a junior registrar in the Division of Nuclear Medicine, Professor James Warwick was recently appointed as the new head of the division, a promotion which he has described as an “exciting next step"...
Entomopathogenic Nematodes for Vine Mealybug Control
The vine mealybug, Planococcus ficus, is a major pest of South African grapevines. Sooty moulds grow on honeydew excreted by the mealybugs, disfiguring fruit and making them unsuitable for export or sale within the highly selective table...
SU researcher receives prestigious international award
Stellenbosch University (SU) alumnus and research associate at the Department of Systematic Theology and Ecclesiology Dr Calvin D Ullrich recently received a prestigious international award for early career scholars, the Manfred...
FMHS graduates urged to advance health as a human right
Prof Jimmy Volmink, outgoing Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) at Stellenbosch University, sent the Faculty's newly-graduated healthcare workers on their way with a challenge to care for patients not only using the...
SU launches new postgraduate diploma for agronomists
Enquiring minds in the seed or fertilizer industry, or those who wish to expand their knowledge of crops and fertilizer management can now consider doing a new postgraduate diploma in Agronomy at Stellenbosch University (SU). It will be...