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Stellenbosch University
Science faculty bids farewell to first female dean in its history
In February 2014, Prof. Louise Warnich made history when she was appointed as the first female Dean of the Faculty of Science at Stellenbosch University. For the past decade she was at the helm steering staff and students through the...
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Remarkable engineering student pursues her dreams despite life-changing incident
Jay-Dee Meyer, an Electrical and Electronic Engineering student from Stellenbosch University (SU), will graduate in March despite a life-altering accident just before her final year. Hailing from Johannesburg, she and her family moved to...
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Dr Holmes-Watts accomplishes a dream 20 years in the making
Graduating with a PhD from Stellenbosch University (SU) on 25 March was an emotional day for many reasons for Dr Tania Holmes-Watts. Her co-supervisor and role model Dr Cyrill Walters sadly passed away in December last year. In one of her...
Stellenbosch University
First group of successful Future Professors celebrated
A gathering of a group of top South African academics at the University of Mpumalanga in March signalled the successful culmination of the first and second stage of the Department of Higher Education and Training's (DHET) innovative...
Stellenbosch University
Prof Homi Bhabha and William Kentridge offer riveting insights in conversation at SU
Two phenomenal minds dazzled a Stellenbosch audience recently when they spent 90 minutes in awe of the intellectual and creative gymnastics of the renowned scholar Prof Homi Bhabha and the acclaimed artist William Kentridge. Entitled “The...
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Future professors at SU get a big boost with SUNRISE
A cutting-edge programme to support top academics in their journey to becoming professors was recently introduced at Stellenbosch University (SU). The launch of the initiative celebrated the start of the SUNRISE (Stellenbosch University...
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App offers hope to PTSD sufferers in SA
Many South Africans who are exposed to trauma and suffer from posttraumatic stress order (PTSD) do not always receive the treatment they need to deal with crippling and disabling flashbacks, nightmares, stress, and anxiety. They don't...
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A PhD at 25, a job overseas and wedding bells for gifted food scientist
The first few months of 2024 will always be a memorable milestone in Dr Jana van Rooyen's life. Not only did she obtain a PhD in Food Science at Stellenbosch University (SU) at 25, but she also moved abroad, started a new job and...
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A focus on pursuing and sharing knowledge
After about three years leading the Africa Centre team as interim director, Dr Munya Saruchera is stepping down to focus more of his time and energy on teaching, research and collaboration. (And, as a happy consequence, his garden.) Let’s...
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Master’s student overcomes several obstacles to graduate with distinction in the field that ‘chose her’
For someone who initially thought speech therapy involved teaching people how to write speeches, Ntokozo Ndlovu has excelled in this field, graduating from Stellenbosch University (SU) during it's March graduation series with a master's...