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Don’t throw away those Cannabis leaves – they are packed with rare compounds

Analytical chemists from Stellenbosch University (SU) have provided the first evidence of a rare class of phenolics, called flavoalkaloids, in Cannabis leaves...

Social Impact Duck Race to make a difference

​A plastic duck race to support two meaningful causes is organised by the Social Impact Committee of the Faculty of Education. The whole campus, as well as...

NRF Awards honours four Stellenbosch University A-rated researchers

​Stellenbosch University (SU) once again celebrates its eminent researchers who were honoured at the annual National Research Foundation (NRF) Awards. Profs...

Dr Ruenda Loots empowers changemakers with experiential learning

This Women's Month, we're celebrating the academic staff at Stellenbosch University (SU) who are shaping minds and inspiring excellence through their teaching...

Alcohol ban linked to fewer Cape Town fires – SU study

​New research from Stellenbosch University (SU) shows that there is a strong correlation between alcohol consumption and residential fire incidents. ​ ​The...

Meet the 2025 cohort of Matiepreneurs headed for EDHE Intervarsity Regionals

​​Seven student entrepreneurs from Stellenbosch University (SU) have advanced to the regional round of the 2025 Entrepreneurship Development in Higher Education...

Women’s Day highlights key challenges

​Forced marriages, sexual corruption, and polycystic ovary syndrome. These are some of the issues that experts at Stellenbosch University highlighted in opinion...

PhD student awarded prestigious scholarship for research on electric minibus taxis

​Mienke Knipe, a doctoral student in transport economics at Stellenbosch University, has recently been awarded the prestigious Lee Schipper Memorial Scholarship...

Driving change in science and society

​Continuing with the FMHS Women's Month Series, we spotlight Maambele Khosa. At just 29 years of age, she exemplifies the power of purposeful leadership across...

Prof Ruojuan Zheng: Creating Access, Cultivating Confidence

​For Professor Ruojuan Zheng, co-director of the Confucius Institute at Stellenbosch University (CISU), access is not a passive concept. It's something to be...
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