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SU graduate wants to share her passion for science
When Felecia Wells was only five years old, she used to love flipping through her dad's massive biology book and being sucked into a different world. Even though she could not fully read yet, flipping through her father's book sparked an...
FMHS experts deliberate advantages of Covid-19 vaccine
The dark Covid-19 narrative has turned a lot more positive by the development of several vaccine options. This is a development that has to be celebrated, said Prof Jimmy Volmink, Dean of Stellenbosch University's Faculty of Medicine and...
Young PhD-graduate in physiological sciences already has 15 publications
With 250 citations from 15 research papers published in peer reviewed journals, Dr Martin Page has certainly earned the honour of walking over the stage when he receives his doctoral degree in Physiological Sciences from Stellenbosch...
Lenine Liebenberg joins CERI: A game-changer in mucosal immunology
Stellenbosch University's (SU) Centre for Epidemic Response and Innovation (CERI) is proud to welcome a new luminary to its ranks, Prof Lenine Liebenberg, as Chief Researcher in Mucosal Immunology. This addition marks a significant...
SU honours globally renowned mathematician
Stellenbosch University (SU) bestowed an honorary doctorate on globally renowned mathematician Professor Batmanathan Dayanand Reddy on Thursday (1 April 2021) at SU's March graduation. Reddy received the degree Doctor of Science (DSc)...
Building a healthier world!
April 7 of each year marks the celebration of World Health Day. This day is aimed to create awareness on specific health topics highlighted around the world. “Health" on SU Campus will mean something completely different when compared to...
Safe and Sound: Invest Now in Resilient Occupational Health and Safety Systems!
The International Labour Organization estimates that 2.34 million people die each year from work-related accidents or diseases. A further 317 million suffer from work-related injuries. The human cost of this daily hardship is vast, and the...
Accurate quantification of cell dynamics possible with new software tool
Engineers and scientists from Stellenbosch University have developed a visualisation tool that can automatically localise and quantify specific cellular processes such as mitochondrial fission and fusion – and that in three-dimensional...
Maties remains committed to inclusive multilingualism
In an opinion editorial on News24 , SU Rector Prof Wim de Villiers, says that language – more particularly Afrikaans – at SU has again been hotly discussed recently. He asks if there really is a problem or whether is it opportunism for...
Will Covid-19 speed up the automation of work?
Will Covid-19 accelerate the automation of work? This is the question Dr Daniel le Roux (Department of Information Science) tried to answer in a recent opinion piece published on Mail & Guardian's ThoughtLeader platform. Read the article...