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Inspiring alumnae launch new network for Matie women
Stellenbosch University's Development and Alumni Relations Division on Wednesday (26 August 2020) launched a new initiative that aims to enable networking among Matie women from diverse backgrounds and industries around the world. Known as...
Resolving cryptic stratigraphy in the Ecca Group
Paper citation: Walters, S.W and Tucker, R.T. 2020. Resolving cryptic stratigraphy in the Ecca Group, Karoo Basin, South Africa: Elucidating the Ripon and Laingsburg depocenters. Journal of African Earth Science, https://doi.org/10.1016/j...
Unique PhD project recognised with Inclusive Health Research award
She refers to herself as a “daughter of the Cape Flats with South African running through my veins" and it was a beautiful culmination of hard work, passion and insight that recently landed Lynn Hendricks, lecturer in the Department of...
Public health expert measures up Western Cape’s Covid-19 response
The Covid-19 pandemic has been a stern reminder of the serious need to address the underlying vulnerabilities within South African society that are responsible for an inequitable distribution of diseases. This was the view put forward by...
British Ecological Society award for SA climate change researcher
The British Ecological Society's Marsh award for climate change research has been awarded to Professor Wendy Foden, a world-leading researcher in climate change vulnerability assessments of threatened species. According to a media release...
Staff Assembly (5 August 2020): answers to your questions
Questions and answers Due to the COVID-19 pandemic Stellenbosch University held its first virtual Staff Assembly on 5 August 2020. Staff members posed an array of questions, but not all questions could be answered during the meeting...
#Researchforimpact: COVID-19 and its human rights dimensions
South Africa, along with many countries across the globe, is adopting far-reaching measures to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic. These have entailed many restrictions on fundamental civil and political liberties such as freedom of movement...
Top awards for SU chemists
Three chemists from Stellenbosch University have been recognised by the South African Chemical Institute (SACI) for their contribution to chemistry research, teaching and learning in South Africa. Prof Selwyn Mapolie was selected as a SACI...
SU among world’s best for research excellence and innovation
Stellenbosch University (SU) is recognised locally and abroad for its research excellence and innovation. This has been confirmed once again by the latest Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings for 2021 that is released...
It’s possible to decolonise science
The decolonisation of science is possible, but then we must begin to recognise the influence of cultural heritage and Western modernity on the way science is being taught, write Drs Margaret Blackie (Department of Chemistry and Polymer...