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Are we really smarter than birds?

Are humans and other mammals really smarter than birds? Well not really according to Prof Onur Güntürkün Professor for Biopsychology at the Ruhr-University in...

Open Dialogue series on race

Studies in Historical Trauma and Transformation is hosting a series of open conversations on race. These public conversations will be led by coloured, black and...

Horticulturalist receives SU teaching fellowship

Dr Michael Schmeisser of the Department of Horticultural Science is the second lecturer in the Faculty of AgriSciences in as many years to be awarded a Teaching...

Transformative potential of technology in SA schools: Opportunities and challenges

The transformative potential of technology in South African schools was the topic of the Faculty of Education's talk during Stellenbosch University's recent...

Higher Education institutions team up to take on fundraising challenges

Seeking out proactive collaboration and designing approaches to shared institutional fundraising challenges were some of the issues discussed at the first...

Animal TB research holds clues for human health

​​​Tuberculosis (TB) is a global threat to both humans and wildlife and research undertaken at Stellenbosch University (SU) on the group of organisms that cause...

Socio-economic rights still not a reality for many South Africans

On Tuesday (21 March 2017), South Africans celebrate Human Rights Day. In opinion pieces in the media, Dr Chris Jones (Practical Theology and Missiology) and...

Remember the victims of Esidimeni on Human Rights Day

​ South Africa celebrates Human Rights Day on 21 March to commemorate the sacrifices that were made during the struggle for democracy. More than two decades...

Students present isiXhosa Cultural Production

​Various elements of the culture of the amaXhosa were celebrated in the first ever isiXhosa Cultural Production presented by Education students at Stellenbosch...

Den Bosch chairs find new home

​At the end of last year the Centre for Student Development and Counselling donated chairs from the Den Bosch facility to the Bruckner de Villiers Primary...
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