Imagine walking alone down a long, dark corridor of an old building, late at night. Every creak of a floorboard sets your nerves on edge and every shadow looks threatening. Now imagine experiencing that anxiety and paranoia all day, every...

The council of the SA Academy of Science and Arts awarded a number of big prizes earlier this year, and Dr Willem Anker and Prof Louise Viljoen of the Afrikaans and Dutch Department were among the winners. For his novel Buys: 'n Grensroman...

Stellenbosch University (SU) has, like all other universities today, experienced protest action as part of the national campaign for fee-free university education. Management remains committed to financial support for poor and working-class...

The vast majority of students at Stellenbosch University are in favour of completing the academic year without a shut-down. A survey among all Stellenbosch University students indicated that 93,92% (8 7 88 students) support the University's...

In a first for Africa, a correlative nano-imaging platform has been established at Stellenbosch University's Central Analytical Facilities (CAF) with the acquisition of a new state-of-the-art electron microscope. The new Zeiss MERLIN field...

A researcher at Stellenbosch University (SU) is using a research award to investigate a new treatment method that will hopefully help to better control the symptoms of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). Prof Christine Lochner, from the...

​Academics of Stellenbosch University have once again been honoured by the "Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns" (South African Academy for Science and Art), for their contributions to these fields. A ceremony was held on Friday (7 October 2016)...

In April this year an 84-year-old woman was brought to the Stellenbosch Biokinetics Centre by her daughter with the request that a biokineticist help develop her mother's mobility and physical strength. The patient was diagnosed with...

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