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"What Lies Beneath Table Mountain..."

​What Lies Beneath Table Mountain or All Models are Wrong, but Some are Useful inaugural lecture - Prof. Alex Kisters After two years, the Faculty of Science...

"Chameleon" of the dragonfly world quickly changes colour when temperatures change

The Spesbona damselfly is one of the few "chameleons" of the dragonfly world and quite unique to the insect world at that. Both the male and female of this...

SU launches new postgraduate diploma for agronomists

Enquiring minds in the seed or fertilizer industry, or those who wish to expand their knowledge of crops and fertilizer management can now consider doing a new...

Enthoven reflects on state of democracy and economy at memorial lecture

​Dr Adrian Enthoven emphasised the importance of 'thriving businesses' and social cohesion for South Africa's growth, at the Frederik Van Zyl Slabbert (FVZS)...

New Vice-Rector plans to build on SU reputation

"It is very important to listen to what people say, to get to know the institution and to form a good concept of everybody's needs and expectations." These are...

Advances in medical research bring new ethical challenges

Technological advances in health sciences have brought with them new and complex ethical challenges that we need to deal with. This was one of the viewpoints of...

International HIV-network benefits from local expertise

Years of hard work and dedication to individuals, families and communities affected by HIV, were rewarded when Ms Joan Coetzee was elected as international co...

Science communication becoming more popular

Science communication is becoming more popular all over the world with countries, universities and research institutions spending big chunks of their budgets to...

'Reimagining Matie Identity' to explore identities on SU campus

A week of events, films and dialogues aimed at seeking alternative ways to understand identity at Stellenbosch University (SU), is held this week (8-12 August...

Letters of Stone captures heavy burden of knowing

If ever a book's title could appropriately capture its contents, Steven Robins' Letters of Stone seems to have succeeded in doing so perfectly. Like the...
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