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Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke inspires incarcerated
The SU Ubuntu Learning community, in collaboration with the Ex-Cell project, recently hosted an online talk by Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke for incarcerated individuals at the Drakenstein and Brandvlei correctional facilities. The...
How SA went from vaccine desperation to vaccine hesitancy
Just ten months ago, South Africans were desperate to gain access to Covid-19 vaccinations and there was a sense of hopelessness that the country would not receive vaccines in time to stem the third and fourth waves of the pandemic. Fast...
Climate change: are fishes migrating to colder waters?
Are commercially-important fish species adapting to warmer waters in our oceans, or are they moving to cooler areas, thereby becoming locally extinct? The answer to this important question can have major impacts for the sustainability of...
SU chemist awarded career-changing Pivot fellowship
Dr Katherine de Villiers from the Department of Chemistry and Polymer Science at Stellenbosch University (SU) is one of only seven scientists worldwide who have been awarded the Simons Foundation's coveted Pivot Fellowship for 2024...
The CLT at SU is the home to the Telematic Services state-of-the-art interactive broadcast studio
Telematics is the blending of information and telecommunication technologies to convey information over large networks. This allows for students, irrespective of their locality, to interact with lecturers in fully interactive virtual...
Paleo-climate simulations of Namibia’s quiver tree populations show significant range shift over past 22 000 y
Going 22 000 years into the past and projecting 50 years into the future, ecologists from Stellenbosch University (SU) simulated the paleo- and future geographic range of arid South Africa and Namibia's iconic quiver tree, Aloidendron...
New handbook focuses on fertilisation of citrus trees in SA
Issues such as the nutritional needs of citrus trees, the sampling and interpretation of soil, leaf and water samples, the fertilisation of bearing and non-bearing trees, and symptoms of nutrient deficiency are all tackled in a new manual...
SU-based mentorship programme focus of television documentary
The Stellenbosch University-based mentorship programme Rachel's Angels will be the focus of a documentary that will be broadcast on VIA TV this November. The hour-long documentary, Rachel's Angels: Inspirasiestories, will celebrate the...
Better food, nutrition can help prevent non-communicable diseases
Africa Day for Food and Nutrition Security was celebrated on 30 October. In an opinion piece for Cape Times, Dr Matsepo Ramaboli from the African Microbiome Institute writes that Africans in urban areas need better food and nutrition to...
2021 Stellenbosch University (SU) Virtual SoTL Conference 8 - 10 Nov
The 2021 Stellenbosch University (SU) Virtual SoTL Conference is almost here, and we are looking forward to next Monday to Wednesday, with much excitement. Click here for your clickable Virtual Conference Pack. The conference will take...