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‘Engineering is a team sport’, says top student
Marina Kamper and Jana Rossouw, who respectively received their BEng cum laude in Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, are the top-performing undergraduate students in their departments. Marina achieved a final average of 85.5%, while...
After 34 years dedicated to insects, Elleunorah receives her PhD about thrips
Have you ever shaken a chrysanthemum over your hand and seen tiny dark or straw-coloured lines of no more than 1,5mm squirming? Those are very likely to be thrips. When viewed under a microscope, you will see that they have tiny bladders...
Dean of Military Science receives African Award
Prof Sam Tshehla, Dean of the Faculty of Military Science at Stellenbosch University (SU), was honoured with the Africa Education Leadership Award as Best Professor in Military Science in Mauritius on Tuesday (7 December 2016). Tshehla...
SU graduation: a family affair
Graduation was a family affair for a number of Stellenbosch University graduates this year, as they shared this milestone with parents or siblings. Anita Jonker and her son Johannes Jonker not only handed in their theses on the same day...
Student-athletes show success in studies and sport is possible
In August Justine Palframan became an Olympian when she competed in the 200m and 400m at the Olympic Games in Rio. In October she was named Maties Sport's Sportswoman of the Year for 2016. And on Friday, 6 December, she became a Matie...
Grant helps recruit future brain researchers
"Ongoing research indicates that mental illness is associated with the brain's structure, chemistry and function, and that mental illness indeed has a biological basis," says Janine Roos. Roos is the director of the Mental Health...
Let's talk about language
Some of the most significant premises of Stellenbosch University's 2016 Language Policy are that language should promote access to SU and also support the academic and career success of students and staff. SU's Language Policy is often...
Two decades of number theory at SU
Mathematicians from all over the world descended on Stellenbosch University during January 2017 to participate in the tenth Number Theory conference, presented bi-annualy since 1997 by Stellenbosch University (SU) and the African Institute...
Jordaan honoured for contribution to dermatology
When Prof Faffa Jordaan tired of after-midnight home visits for non-emergency matters after three years as a GP, he decided to specialise in dermatology. "And I haven't regretted it since," he says. His peers recently rewarded this...
Staff members learn isiXhosa to make Arts environment more accessible
Towards the end of last year, a group of 25 staff members from various departments in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences completed the very first isiXhosa short course presented by the Department of African Languages. According to Dr...