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IPB’s winning science team a boost to technical terminology
Two MSc students from the Institute for Plant Biotechnology (IPB) of the Department of Genetics at Stellenbosch University (SU), Melt Hugo and Janto Pieters (under the guidance of their supervisors, Drs Shaun Peters and Bianke Loedolff)...
FMHS welcomes 357 graduates to the medical profession
More than 350 medical and health science students graduated from Stellenbosch University (SU) this week. At the oath taking ceremonies for students from the undergraduate programmes, the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences...
A fighter for change
Siobhan Clulow (22) from Durbanville soon learnt in her teens that life does not always pan out according to plan. At age 17, she was diagnosed with Keratitis, a rare eye disease that causes inflammation in the cornea and leads to a loss of...
Physical challenge doesn’t stymie physiotherapist
Liesl James always dreamed of becoming a physiotherapist. “I wanted to study physiotherapy for as long as I can remember," she recalls. Her dream was, however, born in different circumstances than most. Liesl was diagnosed with left...
Teamwork leads to PhD and MSc in mathematics
Academic perseverance and teamwork at home paved the way for a couple originally from Madagascar, to both completing postgraduate degrees in mathematics from Stellenbosch University (SU) in 2017. Dr Valisoa Razanajatovo Misanantenaina...
Eminent FMHS researcher earns coveted Chancellor’s Award
Two decades of eminent research has earned Professor Soraya Seedat Stellenbosch University's coveted Chancellor's Award for Research. Seedat is a distinguished professor in psychiatry and the Executive Head of the Department of Psychiatry...
More than 600 BSc graduates capped
A chancellor's award and more than 600 BSc degrees were on the menu at the Faculty of Science's graduation ceremony that took place on Monday 4 December 2017. Prof Len Barbour, a world-leader in solid-state supramolecular chemistry and one...
SU’s #SU99 target ‘upgraded’ to R999 999
Stellenbosch University's pre-centenary fundraising campaign #SU99, aimed at alleviating student debt, has a new target. Recent generous donations to support the cause of alleviating student debt at Stellenbosch University exceeded the...
Support the #SU99 campaign and help alleviate student debt
While most South Africans are impatiently waiting to take a break from the daily grind, our soon-to-be graduates are eager to start their journey into the world of work. Sadly, the stress of graduating with debt is overwhelming for many...
Deadly cryptococcal fungi in public spaces, warn researchers
Large populations of potentially deadly cryptococcal fungi have been found on woody debris collected from old trees in two public areas in the centre of Cape Town and the Northern Cape, South Africa. After tuberculosis, cryptococcal...