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SU leads new gender-transformative sexual and reproductive health intervention study
Prof Sarah Skeen from Stellenbosch University's Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences recently received a research grant to the value of £638 050 (R12,5 million) from the United Kingdom's Medical Research Council. Skeen, the Co-Director...
Wole Soyinka: Nobel laureate charms SU audience with razor-sharp wit and wisdom
There are a number of things Wole Soyinka dislikes – one of which is social media. And he's also not keen on people trespassing on his secluded forest property in Nigeria where at the ripe age of 89, he's still a prolific writer and...
Participation in first-ever online Maties Open Day exceeds all expectations
Stellenbosch University (SU)'s first online Open Day attracted more than 23 238 prospective students, parents, guardians and other interested individuals who participated in the live online event on Saturday (17 April 2021). This number of...
Thys Visser Commemorative Lecture
This year, the biennial Thys Visser Commemorative Lecture hosted by the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, will be given by Prof Emmanuel Akyeampong of the Center for African Studies at Harvard University in the USA. The...
SU’s Guy Midgley one of Reuters’ most influential climate scientists
Stellenbosch University's Prof Guy Midgley is one of four South African scientists listed on the Reuters Hot List of the top 1000 most influential climate change scientists in the world. Prof Midgley is number 180 on the list, together...
Why the fire on Cape Town's iconic Table Mountain was particularly devastating
Following the recent destructive fire on Table Mountain, Dr Alanna Rebelo , postdoctoral researcher at Stellenbosch University (SU), and Prof Karen Joan Esler , head of SU's Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, published an...
Prof Blitz blazes new trails
After Prof Julia Blitz graduated as a medical doctor at Wits University in 1982, she decided to become a family physician. But, along the way, her career gradually started going in a new direction in the latter part of her professional...
Risk of a 'third wave'
22 April 2021 Dear colleagues and students The Institutional Committee for Business Continuity (ICBC) of Stellenbosch University (SU) met on Wednesday 21 April 2021. We received updates from the medical advisory committee and the seven...
SU to launch new School for Climate Studies
In what promises to be a groundbreaking initiative in the battle against climate change, Stellenbosch University (SU) has announced the establishment of a new School for Climate Studies, which will be officially launched in June 2021. The...
MGD advancing student-driven engaged citizenship
“Stellenbosch University's Vision 2040 clearly states the university's objective to become one of Africa's leading research universities and to be globally recognised as an excellent, inclusive, and innovative institution where...