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Double USSA win for Maties Water Polo
A fiercely contested USSA Water Polo final between neighbouring rivals UCT and Maties Sport culminated in victory for the Stellenbosch University host side, with both the men's and women's teams taking the titles. Maties won the women's...
Search for new drugs motivates Malawian biochemist’s doctoral studies
An interest in the discovery of new drugs to combat the scourge of infectious diseases in Malawi, has inspired Dr Collins Edward Jana since 2008 to persist in his efforts to finally obtain a PhD in Biochemistry from Stellenbosch University...
Maties’ PhD tackles theory of neural network design
Why do certain approaches work better than others when designing and training deep neural networks? With this question in mind, a PhD Computer Science student from Stellenbosch leveraged his background in mathematical statistics to provide...
Sarah Selkirk awarded prestigious S2A3 medal for best MSc student at SU
An MSc student in Mathematics, Sarah Selkirk, is the worthy recipient of the prestigious S 2A 3 medal for the best MSc student at Stellenbosch University (SU) in the natural, engineering and medical sciences. The S 2A 3 Masters Medals...
Bongani’s legacy will live on long after his departure from SU campus
Although Bongani Mapumulo, an honours graduate, has completed his journey at Stellenbosch University (SU) and will now bid the campus farewell to pursue a career, his legacy of making SU a better place for persons with disabilities will...
New School of Accountancy director covets top ranking
With Stellenbosch University (SU) stalwart Prof Pieter von Wielligh recently being appointed the new director of the School of Accountancy, it should come as no surprise to discover that this dyed-in-the-wool Matie is dead set on...
Climate change research and action urgently needed, says GAUC
Calls were made for climate change research, advocacy and action to be taken at the first COP25 conference hosted this week by the Global Alliance of Universities on Climate (GAUC) at the China Pavilion in Madrid, Spain. Stellenbosch...
2019 SU Research Excellence Awards
The annual Research Excellence Award ceremony was held at STIAS on 5 December 2019. The awards were presented to SU researchers who made the biggest contribution to accredited publications (based on audited publication statistics of the...
HIV prevention project in Zimbabwe utilizes PrEP to empower men in the fight against HIV
Zimbabwe, like many other countries in sub-Saharan Africa, faces the harsh reality of the HIV epidemic. With a substantial portion of the population affected by the virus, innovative approaches are urgently needed to combat its devastating...
More than 600 degrees in the natural sciences awarded at SU’s December graduation
Dressed in traditional Zulu-attire, Maties student Menzi Ngcamphalalala today proudly walked across the stage to receive his MSc degree in Mathematics. He was one of the more than 600 graduate and postgraduate students in the natural...