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Media release
New study shows editing grapevine DNA could boost resistance to disease and drought
Media release
With deep SU ties, Louis du Preez takes up role on University Council
When Louis du Preez arrived at Stellenbosch University (SU) in 1990, it was his first visit to the town. Fresh from completing his compulsory military service...
Events
Dr Ela Gandhi calls for nonviolence in an age of power politics
Stellenbosch University (SU) had the rare honour of hosting Hon Dr Ela Gandhi, granddaughter of Kasturba and Mahatma Gandhi, for the fourth session (17 March)...
Media release
Sport sustained hope for prisoners on Robben Island, PhD study shows
Robben Island is mostly associated with the suffering, brutality and isolation endured by political prisoners who fought against Apartheid. What is often...
Media release
Learning leadership from horses at SU
Leadership lessons at Stellenbosch University (SU) sometimes happen beyond lecture halls and meeting rooms.
Instead, they unfold in the university’s paddocks...
Education
New cohort of Future Professors receive a warm welcome at introductory conference
At a time when universities worldwide are grappling with rapid technological change, evolving knowledge economies and shifting public expectations, a group of...
Opinion and features
South Africa’s organ shortage: Time to act
World Kidney Day is marked each year on 12 March. In an opinion piece for the Weekend Argus, Prof Yazied Chothia from the Division of Nephrology writes that a...