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International Women’s Day: Female early-career academics in Africa need more mentoring opportunities

​Climbing the higher education ladder isn't always easy for Africa's female early-career academics. They're often hamstrung by a lack of mentoring, research...

SU researchers, Incubate.bio team up to understand neurodegenerative diseases

An international partnership between Stellenbosch University (SU) researchers and Incubate.bio, an early-stage European biotech company, has the potential for...

SU economics student Tiaan de Swardt aces budget speech competition

​Economics students Tiaan de Swardt and Ryan Young continued the tradition of excellence at Stellenbosch University (SU) when they were awarded top prizes in...

Students celebrate the joy of texts

VER[r]AS, the student society of the Department of Afrikaans and Dutch, launched the 2021 edition of Penseel on Wednesday 2 March. Twenty eight poets and short...

MIT honour for SU’s Centre for Epidemic Response and Innovation

​The Centre for Epidemic Response and Innovation (CERI) at Stellenbosch University (SU) recently received international acclaim when its work on identifying and...

World Wildlife Day: UN promotes the sustainable use of endangered species

Wednesday (3 March) is World Wildlife Day. In an opinion piece for Daily Maverick, Deborah Vorhies and Francis Vorhies (African Wildlife Economy Institute)...

Elephants: ambassadors in the quest to save Africa’s ancient wildlife corridors

​​To elephant expert Dr Katharina von Dürckheim, being in the bush is her “true north". She has pursued this passion as a wildlife scientist, wildlife editor...

Wolfgang Preiser—co-discoverer of SARS-CoV-2 variants

Professor Wolfgang Preiser, head of the Division of Medical Virology at Stellenbosch University's Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS), was recently...

SU chemist awarded R18 million from Wellcome Trust

Prof Bert Klumperman from Stellenbosch University's Department of Chemistry and Polymer Science has been awarded a grant of R18 million by the Wellcome Trust to...

Rector roadshows for school principals

​On Thursday, 24 February 2022, Prof Wim de Villiers, Rector and Vice-Chancellor, in partnership with the Centre for Student Recruitment and Career Advice (CSR)...
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