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French knighthood in agriculture for SU wine researcher
The French government has bestowed a ceremonial knighthood, the Chevalier dans l'Ordre du Mérite Agricole (Knight in the Order of Agricultural Merit), upon wine microbiologist Prof Benoit Divol. He is an associate professor in the...
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Top SU researchers receive NRF awards
Seven prominent researchers at Stellenbosch University (SU) were honoured by the National Research Foundation (NRF) at the recent annual NRF Awards. The awards recognise and celebrate South African research excellence that advances science...
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National Children’s Day: Children deserve an education in a safe, healthy environment
National Children's Day is celebrated annually on the first Saturday in November. In an opinion piece for Daily Maverick, Dr Chris Jones (Unit for Moral Leadership) writes that pit latrines and a lack of access to water in schools prevent...
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Economics lecturer Le Roux Burrows says good-bye after 37 years
Come 2022, economics lecturer Mr Le Roux Burrows will no longer take on that daily drive from his home in Kleinmond to Stellenbosch University. Instead, he will now embark on other, less-travelled roads − both literally and figuratively...
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SU launches COVID-19 pop-up vaccination sites
The first of more than 10 COVID-19 pop-up vaccination sites was launched on Monday (8 November 2021) on the main campus of Stellenbosch University (SU). Unvaccinated students and staff can now be jabbed before the end of the examinations...
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Apherese: effective treatment for Long-COVID?
A team of researchers from Stellenbosch University's (SU) Department of Physiological Sciences are on their way to Mülheim in Germany to collaborate with and receive training from Dr Beate Jaeger, a medical doctor pioneering the use of...
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SU students top of the class in 2021 Wits Maths Competition
Four undergraduate students from Stellenbosch University made it into the top 10 of the annual University of the Witwatersrand Mathematics Competition, with Ralph McDougall, a third year electrical and electronic engineering student...
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Stellenbosch-Tygerberg team first in SA to perform revolutionary prostate procedure
A revolutionary procedure to relieve male urinary problems that was successfully performed for the first time in South Africa by a team from Stellenbosch University (SU) and the Tygerberg Academic Hospital last week, offers hope to the...
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Africa’s governments must help protect subsea cable infrastructure for better cyber defense
October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month. In an opinion piece for the Mail & Guardian, Prof Francois Vreÿ (Security Institute for Governance and Leadership in Africa) writes that Africa's governments must work together to protect subsea...
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Ainsley Moos named new chair of SU Council
Mr Ainsley Moos, a member of the executive team of the financial services company African Rainbow Capital (ARC), has been appointed as the new Chair of the Council of Stellenbosch University (SU). He has served on the Council since 2014 and...