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Renowned SU art and book restorer dies

Henri Wirth, well-known art and book restorer, passed away on 1 June 2019. Henri became a legend in his lifetime. Through his excellent work some of South...

Gamification has the potential to improve student engagement, student success

Gamification or the application of game elements such as points, badges, leader boards and levels in online learning activities can motivate students to be more...

Our #storiesmatter - Youth Day lecture

The stories our generation of South Africans are telling and the stories we are living, do not add up – we need new stories, according to Ms Lovelyn Nwadeyi...

Humboldt Research Award to Prof Guy Midgley

Prof Guy Midgley, a leading expert in the field of biodiversity and global change science at Stellenbosch University, has been awarded the prestigious Humboldt...

First regional Extended Degree Programme (EDP) seminar held at SU

​​​​​The first in a series of four regional EDP seminars aimed at the four universities in the Western Cape took place at Stellenbosch University (SU) on 30 May...

Four SU researchers competing for NSTF Awards

​​Four researchers from Stellenbosch University (SU) will compete as finalists at the annual National Science and Technology Forum (NSTF)/South32 Awards. The...

Unique SA dataset reveals number of HIV deaths before antiretrovirals

A unique dataset has enabled scientists to better estimate the number of HIV-infected South Africans who had died by 2009 before ARVs became available publicly...

Record number of SU finalists competing for NSTF Awards

Stellenbosch University (SU) has smashed its own record for the number of finalists from the institution competing at the annual National Science and Technology...

FMHS hosts new SAMRC research unit on Genomics of Brain Disorders

The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) recently established a new Extramural Unit (EMU) for research on the Genomics of Brain Disorders at the...

Herbst follows in brother’s footsteps by also being SU’s best horticultural science student

Herbst van der Merwe is this year's recipient of the HORTGRO Science/Daan Strydom Award for the best final year student in Horticultural Science at Stellenbosch...
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