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Stellenbosch University well represented to secure win of best PhD presentation at IMSG 2019
From the 13th to 16th January 2019 the University of the Witwatersrand hosted the 11th Igneous & Metamorphic Studies Group Meeting at Kopjeskraal Guest Farm in Parys. (https://www.wits.ac.za/geosci…)Stellenbosch...
SciMathUS opens door for NRF researcher
When Gerald Maarman was in high school, he dreamed of becoming a medical doctor. However, when he completed his matric in 2002, his final Grade 12 results were not good enough to get him into university. But although his dream seemed like...
PanACEA fellowship advances pharmacometric research
“I feel honoured and encouraged". That is how Dr Ahmed Abulfathi, a consultant clinical pharmacologist at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Science's Division of Clinical Pharmacology, described his feelings on learning that he had been...
This is how we can stop violence and rape, says US employees and students
In support of the World Council of Churches's (WCC) worldwide movement, the Gender Unit of the Faculty of Theology at Stellenbosch University, launched its own Thursdays in Black campaign on February 7. The protest movement against all...
Nachega awarded AAS fellowship
Prof Jean Nachega was recently honoured by the African Academy of Science (AAS) when he was accepted as a fellow. Nachega is the Director of the Centre for Infectious Diseases, and an extraordinary professor in the Department of Medicine at...
Faculty launches OPTIMUS enhancement programme
Top undergraduate achievers of the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences attended the launch of the OPTIMUS programme for 2019 on Monday afternoon (11 February 2019). The OPTIMUS programme is aimed at providing development...
Pneumonia-causing bacteria lurk in water heater
Bacteria that could cause severe pneumonia (Legionnaires' disease) may be lurking in your water heater or geyser, a new study at Stellenbosch University (SU) found. “Our research highlights the connection between heating regimes (when and...
Stellenbosch University receives R4 million to start Centre for Africa Entrepreneurship
The spotlight will fall on entrepreneurial innovation and growth on the African continent at a new centre for entrepreneurship to be established at Stellenbosch University (SU). The Centre will be known as the Allan Gray Centre for...
Restoring community: A concept in action
Stellenbosch University has formally stated that it “acknowledges its contribution to the injustices of the past, and therefore commits itself to appropriate redress and development initiatives" (Prof. W. de Villiers, Rector: Stellenbosch...
Quantum dots used to track flowers’ pollen
A pollination biologist from Stellenbosch University is using quantum dots to track the fate of individual pollen grains. This is breaking new ground in a field of research that has been hampered by the lack of a universal method to track...