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Prof Hassan Mahomed provides leadership in Province’s COVID-19 battle
The COVID-19 pandemic has posed major challenges to public health medicine specialists. For Extraordinary Professor Hassan Mahomed, who has been at the forefront of coordinating the response in the Western Cape, it has been an especially...
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#WomenofSU: Balancing the scale on unequal gender norms
With a research background in child and adolescent mental health and development, Prof Sarah Skeen, associate professor and co-director of the Institute for Life Course Health Research at the Department of Global Health, has been at the...
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COVID Diaries is 'an archive of women's voices' amid the pandemic
Two Stellenbosch University (SU) academics are the driving forces behind a new book containing a collection of 35 creative essays through which various South African women describe how the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic impacted...
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Beating the heat: opening the climate change forecasting toolbox
It is not easy to predict how animals – from insects to fish – are going to respond to climate change and especially extremes of temperature. This lack of understanding hinders our ability to predict the vulnerability of these animals to...
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Top performers in chemistry and polymer science
The top performers in the Department of Chemistry and Polymer Science were rewarded for their hard work during 2019 and 2020 during an online awards ceremony on Friday 13 August 2021. Michael-Phillip Smith and Emile de Wet received the...
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#WomenofSU: Enhancing access to justice for women, LGBTQ and gender-diverse people
Women, LGBTQ and gender-diverse people face many obstacles when they seek justice for crimes such as rape, assault or police brutality. They need all the support they can get to access the courts and to receive a fair trial, says Prof...
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Stellenbosch University amplifies efforts to ease burden of student debt
Stellenbosch University (SU) is intensifying its efforts to ensure that no student is denied access to higher education based on their financial struggles. The SU has therefore teamed up with the Feenix online crowdfunding platform to...
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Years of training ensures alumna a spot on SA's Olympic hockey team
Tarryn Glasby became the youngest person to be selected to represent South Africa in the U21 South African national hockey team at the Junior World Cup in India in 2013. Since then, there have been many exciting developments in Glasby's...
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Tradition and science collaborate to help identify edible grasshoppers
Most people would probably turn up their noses at a dish of grasshoppers, but residents in Limpopo's rural communities love to tuck into these insects, which are a key part of their diet and cultural traditions. And they have different...
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FMHS research and achievements showcased at academic day
The Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) at Stellenbosch University can take a bow for the profound impact its wide-ranging, cutting-edge research has had on the national and global levels. This was the message from outgoing FMHS...