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Human gut microbiome
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Media release

Gut health: why food alone won’t fix childhood stunting

Prof. Thulani Makhalanyane, holder of the NRF-SU research chair in African Microbiome Innovation in the Department of Microbiology, and Prof. Ronelle Burger...
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Trevolin Pillay is the first Deaf student to graduate with a BScHons in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

Media release

Deaf student graduates with BSc Honours degree

Deaf with a capital D and proud of it!

It is with this attitude that Trevolin Pillay will walk over the stage this week to be capped with a BSc Honours degree in...

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Just weeks after being announced a recipient of the coveted Rhodes Scholarship, Kerry Porrill was awarded Stellenbosch University’s top honour – the Chancellor’s Medal (2025).

Awards and milestones

Brilliant mathematics achiever honoured with SU’s prestigious Chancellor’s Medal

Just weeks after being announced a recipient of the coveted Rhodes Scholarship, Kerry Porrill was awarded Stellenbosch University’s top honour – the Chancellor...

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Mariétta van den Worm and Suzette Els from the Faculty of Science's management team will retire at the end of 2025

Institutional news

Their footprints lie deep in Faculty of Science’s history

Mariétta van den Worm, Director: Faculty Management, and Suzette Els, Personal Assistant to the Dean, have been with the Faculty of Science and Stellenbosch...

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A view of the library on the Stellenbosch campus.

Institutional news

SU secures leading positions in 2025 Shanghai Subject Rankings

If you are interested in studying Food Science & Technology, Biotechnology, Communication, Biological Sciences or Agricultural Sciences in South Africa, look no...

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Sedimentary rocks of the West Congo Belt hold hidden ore resources for metals like copper, zinc, and vanadium.

Natural and mathematical sciences

Research grant will unlock critical mineral potential in Central Africa

A major new research initiative will shed light on one of Africa’s least understood yet promising mineral provinces, the West Congo Belt (WCB), extending for...

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Exposed dinosaur eggshell fragments at Teel Ulaan Chaltsai, Eastern Gobi Basin

Media release

Dinosaur eggshells unlock a new way to tell time in the fossil record

An international team of geologists and paleontologists is pioneering a groundbreaking methodology to reliably determine the age of fossil-bearing rocks — by...

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