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Researchers developing cellphone app that detects TB
Stellenbosch University (SU) scientists are developing a mobile application (app) that will be able to distinguish a cough caused by tuberculosis (TB), from non-TB-related coughs. This innovation will be used as a screening tool to...
Statement - Convocation election process
Stellenbosch University (SU) confirms that on the afternoon of 20 March 2024, a complaint of non-compliance with the Procedure to nominate and elect the Convocation Executive Committee (the Procedure), with specific reference to the use of...
Human Rights Day 2024: Meaningful progress in 30 years, much work ahead
South Africans celebrated Human Rights Day on 21 March. In opinion pieces for the media, experts at Stellenbosch University argue that we while have made significant progress regarding human rights in the country over the last 30 years...
Maties brave the extremes of Antarctica for groundbreaking research
Being dwarfed by a 30-metre-high ice shelf, making a braai in sub-zero temperatures, and attempting to sleep when the sun never sets were some of the many matchless experiences enjoyed by three students from Stellenbosch University (SU)...
Remarkable engineering student pursues her dreams despite life-changing incident
Jay-Dee Meyer, an Electrical and Electronic Engineering student from Stellenbosch University (SU), will graduate in March despite a life-altering accident just before her final year. Hailing from Johannesburg, she and her family moved to...
First group of successful Future Professors celebrated
A gathering of a group of top South African academics at the University of Mpumalanga in March signalled the successful culmination of the first and second stage of the Department of Higher Education and Training's (DHET) innovative...
Prof Homi Bhabha and William Kentridge offer riveting insights in conversation at SU
Two phenomenal minds dazzled a Stellenbosch audience recently when they spent 90 minutes in awe of the intellectual and creative gymnastics of the renowned scholar Prof Homi Bhabha and the acclaimed artist William Kentridge. Entitled “The...
Future professors at SU get a big boost with SUNRISE
A cutting-edge programme to support top academics in their journey to becoming professors was recently introduced at Stellenbosch University (SU). The launch of the initiative celebrated the start of the SUNRISE (Stellenbosch University...
App offers hope to PTSD sufferers in SA
Many South Africans who are exposed to trauma and suffer from posttraumatic stress order (PTSD) do not always receive the treatment they need to deal with crippling and disabling flashbacks, nightmares, stress, and anxiety. They don't...
A PhD at 25, a job overseas and wedding bells for gifted food scientist
The first few months of 2024 will always be a memorable milestone in Dr Jana van Rooyen's life. Not only did she obtain a PhD in Food Science at Stellenbosch University (SU) at 25, but she also moved abroad, started a new job and...