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HIV also targets the brain
Stellenbosch University (SU) researchers have discovered that the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) directly impacts the brain in the early stages of the infection. It has long been known that many people with HIV also experience negative...
Spivak: “We should pray to be haunted by the other”
Prof Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak reflects on globalisation, the role of universities in educating students and planning for failure at IPSA's recent Gender, Politics and the State conference at Stellenbosch University. “We should pray to be...
Philosophy professor makes contribution to UNESCO's declaration on climate change ethics
Recently the 195 member states of the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) adopted a Declaration of Ethical Principles in Relation to Climate Change at its 39 th session in...
CRUISE graduate appointed as new Statistician-General of SA
Mr Risenga Maluleke, a graduate of the Centre for Regional and Urban Innovation and Statistical Exploration (CRUISE) which is situated in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Stellenbosch University (SU), has been appointed as the...
Professor makes contribution to UNESCO's declaration on climate change ethics
Recently the 195 member states of the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) adopted a Declaration of Ethical Principles in Relation to Climate Change at its 39 th session in...
Economic geology student receives prize for best poster at South African Raman Workshop
Lebogang Babedi received the prize for the best poster presentation at the South African Raman Workshop, held in Stellenbosch, 27-28 December. Lebogang is studying the effects of trace element substitutions into sphalerite crystal structure...
Stellenbosch University Graduation Ceremonies - December 2017
Stellenbosch University will award 5 720 degrees, certificates and diplomas at eight graduation ceremonies in the Coertzenburg Centre this week. It is 420 qualifications more than in December 2016, and 700 more than in December 2015. The...
Maties swimmers in Mexico for World Para Swimming Champs
Other people might regard Mexico as the perfect after-exam holiday destination, but for Maties Parasport's Alani Ferreira it will be the place where the year's hard work and dedication will be put to the test. This first-year BCom...
SU unveils Huis Simon Nkoli House
On World Aids Day (01 December 2017), revered anti-apartheid and HIV/AIDS activist Simon Nkoli's name and legacy became part of Stellenbosch University (SU). The university officially unveiled Huis Simon Nkoli House, after it was decided...
First Collembola collection and identification workshop in South Africa.
Due to an increased interest in this arthropod group, the IPM Initiative at the Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology hosted a Collembola collection and identification workshop. This understudied group is being used more...