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Nolene Singh receives award for innovation management
A staff member of Stellenbosch University (SU) received national acclaim on Thursday (31 May 2018) for her contribution to innovation management in Southern Africa. Nolene Singh, Manager of Technology Transfer at SU's technology transfer...
Human rights take centre stage at Africa Day symposium
Africa Day is an opportunity to celebrate our African identity and to rediscover what it means to be African, Dr Leslie van Rooi recently told delegates at an Africa Day symposium at Stellenbosch University's (SU) Faculty of Medicine and...
NASA to send helicopter to Mars
The space agency NASA plans to send a small helicopter to Mars in 2020 in the continued quest for life on the red planet, said Dr Japie van Zyl of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology on Monday (4 June...
SU celebrates World Environment Day
Today (05 June) marks World Environment Day, an initiative started by the United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) in 1974. Over the years, it has grown to become a global platform for public outreach, widely celebrated in over...
Ukwanda offers crucial research platform
“You can do research anywhere. All the world is a laboratory to the inquiring mind," Prof Nulda Beyers said, quoting the famous physician Martin Fischer in her keynote address at the Ukwanda Centre for Rural Health's research day. In her...
Innovative new SU module promotes diversity among students
“Both in South Africa and at Stellenbosch University, we come from a divided past, which makes it vital for our teaching and curricula to be designed to cater for our students' diverse histories and different experiences of gender, culture...
Press statement by SACoMD
The South African Committee of Medical Deans (SACoMD) is an association formed to facilitate the collective interaction of the Medical Deans with other stakeholders in the country on academic matters related to health sciences education...
Keep Tygerberg safe
My name is Nicholas Saal and I am part of the Tygerberg Campus Security team. Any feedback or suggestions? You can find us on the basement level of the Clinical Building, call 021 938 9507 or send a WhatsApp message to 082 808 2333. Years...
Exceptional honour for SU Botanical Garden
Botanic Gardens Conservation International ( BGCI), internationally known for its efforts in securing plant diversity for the well-being of people and the planet, has accredited the Stellenbosch University (SU) Botanical Garden – only the...
Keeping tabs on genetically modified crops
Genetic engineering and plant breeding techniques are used in biofortification programmes to improve the nutritional quality of African cereals such as sorghum and pearl millet. Apart from being important food sources for many poor people...