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SU launches IMPACT Open-Air Laboratory

The Hans Merensky Chair in Advanced Modelling of Eucalypt Growth and Wood Formation (or EucXylo) at Stellenbosch University (SU) officially opened its IMPACT...

Global Hunger Crisis in Focus at SU’s 2024 International Social Justice Conference and Social Justice Summit

As the world confronts the devastating reality that nearly 2.4 billion people – almost 30% of the global population – lack adequate access to food, 1...

SU Professor appointed director of global vaccine research network

Professor Samantha Sampson, a renowned tuberculosis (TB) researcher from Stellenbosch University (SU), has been appointed as the Director of the VALIDATE...

Symposium urges shift from charity to constitutional right in tackling hunger crisis

While millions of South Africans are going hungry, tonnes of food are wasted annually. The country needs to move beyond the notion of “charity", to the...

Adaptive capacity of plants in drylands and deserts is “globally exceptional”

What do we know about how plants adapted to extreme climates in the desert regions of our world? And how are these plants going to respond to emerging threats...

Podcast: ‘We have to grapple to learn’: Talking Transformative Assessment with Dr Sharon Malan

Dr Sharon Malan, programme lead of the EMS Faculty's Extended Curriculum Programme, was recently interviewed on the talks@stellenboschuni podcast where she...

"Africa, Our Home" – fostering Internationalisation through culture at Stellenbosch University

Stellenbosch University (SU) students celebrated the richness of diversity of its student body at a recent Cultural Evening, held on Friday, 6 September 2024...

Special outreach to promote child health

A sticker on your forehead, jumping on one leg or given a chance to marvel at your disposable gloves – everything has been put in place to make a unique health...

International Literacy Day: Literacy a critical component of learning

International Literacy Day was celebrated on Sunday 8 September. In opinion pieces for the media, Drs Hanelie Adendorff (Centre for Teaching and Learning) and...

Nobel laureate delivers powerful message about constitutionalism at FVZS Lecture

The recent 12th annual Frederik Van Zyl-Slabbert Honorary Lecture was an emotional rollercoaster for the audience in the packed Endler Hall on the main campus...