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Senate adopts motion on transforming research and science at SU
The Stellenbosch University (SU) Senate has thrown its weight behind a “focused and concerted long-term institutional response" to the issues brought to the fore by the recent controversial journal article on race and cognition by five SU...
Get into the rhythm, your heart rhythm!
South Africa is celebrating World Heart Rhythm week from 4-10 June 2019. A heart rhythm problem often presents with palpitations. So, what exactly are palpitations? Heart palpitations are the feelings of having a fast beating, fluttering or...
New divisional head takes futuristic approach to public health
Through innovation, ingenuity and collaboration Prof René English intends to tackle some of the challenges facing public health, now and in the future. English, a medically trained doctor with a PhD in Medicine, a specialist qualification...
Alumni now protégés of the Winemakers’ Guild
Four alumni of the Department of Viticulture and Oenology have been included in the Cape Winemakers' Guild Protégé Programme. They are oenologists Victoria Davis from Paarl, Michael Topkin from Simon's Town and Kelsey Shungking from...
University and Municipality take hands to help the destitute
The challenges facing destitute people on the streets of Stellenbosch came under the spotlight at a recent meeting of the Rector-Mayor Forum, a joint structure that facilitates collaboration between Stellenbosch University (SU) and...
Arts Faculty helps secure grant to build capacity for early career scholars in Africa
The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Stellenbosch University has helped secure a grant of R13.6 million from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for the newly developed Building Capacity for Early Career Humanities Scholars in Africa...
Engaged teaching and learning of system dynamics using LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® at SPL’s Sustainable Development Pr
How can we ignite our imagination in articulation of sustainability issues using LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY®? In the 2019 System Dynamics Modelling 771 module, Professor Josephine Musango, the Coordinator and facilitator of the module, invited Dr...
SU researchers explore the human microbiome
Researchers at Stellenbosch University's (SU) newly established African Microbiome Institute will be explorers entering a largely undiscovered world – the human microbiome. Acting as Director of the Institute is Prof Stephen O'Keefe, an...
Herbst follows in brother’s footsteps by also being SU’s best horticultural science student
Herbst van der Merwe is this year's recipient of the HORTGRO Science/Daan Strydom Award for the best final year student in Horticultural Science at Stellenbosch University (SU). The announcement was made at the HORTGRO Science Technical...
Stellenbosch medical students use tech to turn the tide on organ donor shortage
A tech-savvy group of Stellenbosch University medical students are harnessing the power of algorithms and artificial intelligence (AI) to raise much-needed awareness of organ donation in South Africa. This initiative is being driven by...