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Engineering, Science and AgriSciences students victorious at SU’s FameLab heat
Thabani Mtsi, a Master's student in Civil Engineering at Stellenbosch University (SU), won the SU heat of the 2021 national FameLab science communication and public speaking competition. The virtual event took place on Wednesday (14...
Prof Karen Esler promoted to distinguished professor
Plant ecologist Prof Karen Esler of the Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology has been promoted to the position of distinguished professor – and in the process she has become the first woman to receive the honour in the Faculty...
World Food Day: Build sustainable food systems
Friday (16 October) is World Food Day. In opinion pieces for the media, experts at Stellenbosch University highlight the importance of building sustainable food systems, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Click on the links below to...
SU announces latest group of distinguished professors
In pursuit of Stellenbosch University's (SU) commitment to academic excellence and in recognition of SU academics who have reached the pinnacle of achievement in their university careers, the institution has conferred the title of...
SU professor receives award for the promotion of Afrikaans
Prof Michael le Cordeur from Stellenbosch University (SU) was recently honoured for his lifelong and outstanding service to the Afrikaans language community. The Afrikaans Language Museum and Monument (ATM), in association with the Stigting...
Social and environmental justice can help eradicate poverty
On Saturday (17 October), the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty was observed. In an opinion piece for Daily Maverick, Dr Chris Jones (Unit for Moral Leadership) writes that we need to achieve social and environmental justice...
EMS launches top online lecturer competition
The Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences has announced that the Faculty will be recognizing its best online lecturers of 2020, as nominated by students in an online poll. This faculty initiative follows an extremely challenging...
Research abounds at the FMHS
Some of the top-tier research that have placed the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) among the World University Rankings' 150 top health sciences institutions were on display at the Faculty's 67 th Annual Academic Day (AAD)...
International Open Access Week: focus on Open Data
International Open Access Week is an annual scholarly communication event which focuses on Open Access and related topics and takes place every year in the last week of October. The theme for this year's Open Access week is “Open with...
Quintin the robot connects isolated Covid-19 patients with families
Quintin the robot, who has been assisting physicians at Tygerberg Hospital's Covid-19 intensive care unit (ICU), is now also helping to put concerned family members in touch with ICU patients that have had to be isolated – and in some cases...