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PhD student wins first international Anders Bäckström Prize
The Rev Mwawi Chilongozi, a PhD in Theology student at Stellenbosch University (SU), has won the international Anders Bäckström Prize, to be awarded for the first time during the conference of the International Society for the Research and...
Parliament congratulates SU on turning 100
Parliament has congratulated Stellenbosch University (SU) on marking its Centenary this year, “recognising the University's contribution as a national asset and its resolute, steady progress in terms of promoting multilingualism...
#WomenofSU: Tracking diabetes
Finding the right biochemical tests to detect diabetes mellitus earlier can reduce the heavy burden of this disease on the healthcare system and local communities. Globally, diabetes is rising at an alarming rate due to the obesity...
Clean sweep for female scientists at WISA
In a first for Stellenbosch University, three of the institution's eminent female scientists made a clean sweep in the same category at the annual South African Women in Science Awards (WISA) ceremony in Polokwane on Thursday (23 August...
Successful first fintechathon at SU
Stellenbosch University (SU), in partnership with LaunchLab and Innovus, held a successful first fintech-themed hackathon recently. According to Camille de Villiers, Technology Transfer Officer at Innovus, the judges were very impressed...
R2.9m grant for first-ever postgraduate programme in fire engineering
Stellenbosch University's Fire Engineering Research Unit (FireSUN) has received a financial injection of R2.9 million that will be used to develop Africa's first-ever postgraduate programme in fire engineering - ultimately providing the...
Called to be a role model
Just over a decade ago, Prof Soraya Bardien was looking for a challenge. Her expertise in human genetics had already served as something of an academic passport to studying everything from an eye disease at the University of Cape Town, to...
South Africa is paying a heavy price for dysfunctional local government
The article, South Africa is paying a heavy price for dysfunctional local government, by Dirk Brand, Extraordinary Senior Lecturer at the School of Public Leadership, Stellenbosch University, was published on 3 September 2018 in The...
Artificial Intelligence in Africa promoted with Deep Learning Indaba conference
More than 500 participants from 30 African and 19 international countries will converge at Stellenbosch University next week for one of the largest Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning teaching events in the world. The Deep...
Rural healthcare often neglected – SU expert
We need to pay more attention to the context of rural communities, if we wish to make a difference to the healthcare of people in these areas. This was one of the viewpoints of Prof Ian Couper, Director of the Ukwanda Centre for Rural...