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Reimagining student life and success on campus

​​​Advancing student life and success is at the heart of meeting one of Stellenbosch University's goals to provide a transformative student experience. This can...

Periperi U/UNDP course boosts disaster risk capacity in Sahel

​Periperi U, an African universities partnership aimed at building local disaster risk management capacity, recently hosted a four-week online course on climate...

Drones and elephants: this is the way to go

​Stellenbosch University (SU) researchers have been involved in the first ever paper to be published containing practical guidelines and a suggested ethical...

Dr Daniels makes history in SA viticultural circles

When Andries Daniels receives his doctorate in the Faculty of AgriSciences at Stellenbosch University (SU) in mid-December, he will become the first black South...

Postdoctoral fellow puzzled by genetics of invasive beetle

​Geneticist Dr Anandi Bierman, a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology at Stellenbosch University (SU) is one of many...

A journey in winemaking: from harvest hand to PhD in hand

​Thirty years ago, Dr Anton Nel started off his career in the wine world as a laboratory assistant and a harvest hand. Now, at the age of 52, he has obtained a...

Deaf student's accomplishment a first for SU

​​When Ilzé Aäron, a Deaf student from Paarl, graduated with her BEd Foundation Phase degree at the December 2021 graduation, she was the first ever...

'No end to the fountain of knowledge' for 83-year-old doctoral graduate

​​​​​When 83-year-old Antoinette Swart received her PhD in Ancient Cultures this week, it was the sixth degree she had obtained from Stellenbosch University (SU...

Realigning algorithm of her life results in MA for artist

​​​For Rosemary Lapping-Sellars, a Master's graduate in Visual Arts, the completion of her qualification is a culmination of a lifetime as an artist. Lapping...

Dr Ronita Mahilall aims to bring prominence to palliative care and spiritual care work

When Dr Ronita Mahilall, Chief Executive Officer of St Luke's Combined Hospices in Cape Town, lost her beloved husband and son 14 years ago, she searched for...
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