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Robert Kotze honoured for role in Confucius Institute at SU
During a recent virtual event hosted from Beijing, China, Robert Kotze, senior director of Stellenbosch University (SU) International, was awarded a long-service medal in recognition of his involvement in supporting the work of the...
SU Teaching Fellowships 2022
SU Teaching Fellowships 2022 Teaching fellowships were initiated at Stellenbosch University (SU) in 2009 with a twofold aim: to provide an opportunity for outstanding academics to develop their teaching expertise, and to stimulate the...
Everyone should have access to mental health services
October is Mental Health Awareness Month. In observance of World Mental Health Day (Sunday 10 October), experts at Stellenbosch University wrote opinion pieces* for the media in which they pointed out why all people living with a mental...
Two Maties among Africa’s top law students
Two law students from Stellenbosch University (SU) were recently named runners-up in the Christof Heyns African Human Rights Moot Court competition, placing their law faculty among the top four in Africa. Megan Roos, an LLB student who is...
Kickoff for new football partnership
Stellenbosch University (SU) and the Stellenbosch Academy of Sport (SAS) have embarked on a multiyear collaboration to develop football players, football career opportunities as well as social cohesion in the Stellenbosch and broader...
Social justice takes centre stage at Anton Lubowski Memorial Lecture
The third annual Anton Lubowski Memorial Lecture took place on 28 September 2021 at the Stellenbosch University (SU) Alumni Club at Die Stal, and online. The annual lecture is presented to honour the memory of Anton Theodor Eberhard August...
Rector's Awards celebrate student excellence through adversity
A total of 82 top Stellenbosch University (SU) students were recently honoured with Rector's Awards for excellence in academics, leadership, social impact, culture, sport and service provision. The awards ceremony, which was hosted online...
STIAS fellow Abdulrazak Gurnah wins Nobel Prize for Literature
The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2021 has been awarded to Tanzanian novelist and fellow of the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS) Abdulrazak Gurnah “for his uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of...
First global estimate of importance of pollinators for seed production in plants
About 175 000 plant species – half of all flowering plants – mostly or completely rely on animal pollinators to make seeds and so to reproduce. Declines in pollinators could therefore cause major disruptions in natural ecosystems, including...
Meet Prof Dieter, the data detective
Prof Dieter von Fintel from the Department of Economics in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences at Stellenbosch University delivered his inaugural lecture on Tuesday (17 October 2023). The title of his lecture was “People, place...