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#CS4D2022: FMHS staff and students rally to curb mental illness stigma in healthcare
Staff and students at Stellenbosch University's (SU) Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) have worked their socks off to prepare for #CrazySocks4Docs (#CS4D) day, which takes place on Friday 3 June 2022. The #CrazySocks4Docs...
HELTASA "[un] Conference" 2023
HELTASA (Un)Conference 2023 Highlights The 2023 HELTASA (Un)Conference, hosted by Northwest University (NWU) at their Vanderbijlpark campus, took place from 24 to 26 October. The (un)conference was a hybrid event with 212 in-person...
Farewell to Liana Roos, office manager extraordinaire
On 31 May the Department of Afrikaans and Dutch said farewell to Mrs Liana Roos, who took up a position at the Bureau of the Woordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal after 16 years at the Department. Liana joined the Department in 2006 from the...
Exam updates
Click the below links for updates on the May/June 2022 examination period.Update: Exam concession and ex gratia payment: English / isiXhosa / Afrikaans 26 May 2022 Examination period delayed by one week - update from the Registrar: English...
National Child Protection Week: SA’s children deserve better
The annual National Child Protection Week is being commemorated from 29 May to 5 June. In opinion pieces for the media, experts at Stellenbosch University argue that we need more than just policies, legislation and campaigns to protect...
Prof Volmink awarded honorary doctorate for pioneering role in evidence-based medicine
The former Dean of Stellenbosch University's Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS), Prof Jimmy Volmink, has received many honours during a long and illustrious career. Canada's McMaster University added to this list recently when...
Stellenbosch law professor uncorks insights on criminal liability
Prof Shannon Hoctor from the Department of Public Law in the Faculty of Law at Stellenbosch University delivered his inaugural lecture on Thursday 2 November 2023. The title of his lecture was “Sharpening the subjective element of criminal...
Van Zyl takes the reins as head of pathology
As a junior doctor, Professor Gert van Zyl was struck by the difference that antiretroviral therapy made to the quality of life of HIV patients. This realisation sparked a curiosity and passion for research that is relevant to the South...
World Oceans Day: Interesting facts about alien species, worms and seagrass
The annual World Oceans Day was celebrated on 8 June. In opinion pieces* for The Conversation, marine genomics and biology experts in the Department of Botany and Zoology at Stellenbosch University shared a few interesting facts about...
Avatar against food waste in the citrus industry
Researchers at Empa’s Biomimetical Membranes and Textiles laboratory in Switzerland, with the help of horticulturalists from Stellenbosch University in South Africa, have developed a so-called “digital twin” for citrus fruit. The virtual...