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Stellenbosch University
Focus and be present, says recipient of Rector's Award
Alexander O'Riordan can think of nothing more satisfying than to close his chapter at Stellenbosch University (SU) with the 2021 Rector's Award of Excellent Achievement. O'Riordan, one of the 82 recipients of this this annual award, was...
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Technological advances helping in the fight against emerging infections
The recent progress in diagnostics and vaccine development will remain essential in the fight against current and future emerging infectious diseases. This is one of the viewpoints of Prof Gert Uves van Zyl (National Health Laboratory...
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Major GC Africa research grant for discovery of new antimicrobial agents
Prof Erick Strauss, a specialist in chemical biology in the Department of Biochemistry in the Faculty of Science, have received a grant of R1.4 million over the next three years to explore a unique approach for the discovery of new...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...