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Antibiotic-resistant sepsis still claiming newborn lives in Africa
A new European-African collaboration to improve the way infections in newborns are treated was launched recently. The project, SNIP-AFRICA, aims to reduce mortality among neonates in hospital with sepsis in Africa, in an era of increasing...
EMS staff receive SU excellence awards
Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences (EMS) staff were honoured as recipients of the Stellenbosch University's Chancellor's Award and its Teaching and Research Excellence Awards at separate award ceremonies in the City of Oaks...
‘SU committed to inclusivity and equality’
“If you want to grow, embrace diversity. It is an indispensable component of excellence." With these words Stellenbosch University's Vice-Rector: Learning & Teaching, Prof Arnold Schoonwinkel, welcomed SU's more than 5 000 newcomer students...
Continued renewal improves students' learning experience
Excellent news for the Faculty's students is that the first phase of the CGW Schumann Building Renewal Project – the upgrading of three undergraduate lecture halls on the ground floor by Stellenbosch University's Facilities Management...
‘Robot’ helps Tygerberg specialists on ward rounds during pandemic
Intensive-care specialists at Tygerberg Hospital have a new infection-resistant 'colleague' helping them do ward rounds on Covid-19 patients. “Quintin" – as 'he' is affectionately called – is a Double Robotic 'robot' that has been...
Moeletsi Mbeki engages with SU students on state failure and upcoming 2024 elections
Moeletsi Mbeki, the outspoken scholar, journalist, political economist and analyst, is not one to beat around the bush when it comes to a key social issues affecting South African citizens today. At a recent 2024 Pre-Elections Business...
Tawanda breaks new ground with Sustainable Agriculture PhD
In 2014 Stellenbosch University (SU) initiated a new postgraduate programme in Sustainable Agriculture. Tawanda Marandure was among the programme's first intake of MSc students – and also became its first graduate. He is again leading the...
Covid-19 opens a window of opportunity for mass testing for other diseases
The article Covid-19 opens a window of opportunity to roll out mass testing for other diseases by Vuyiseka Dubula and Tracey Naledi was published in the Maverick Citizen of the Daily Maverickon 15 April 2020: Mass screening and testing...
Safe chemical kills hitchhiker pest, preserves fruit quality
Fruit export companies and farmers in the Western Cape don't just have to deal with the financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic; they also have to do battle with the grain chinch bug which has become a thorn in their side. Considered a...
National survey of student mental health launched
Students often face many mental health problems and don't always get the support they need. And with the disruptions and uncertainties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, chances are their mental disorders could get worse. To assess the mental...