This month, our newsletter focuses on climate change. Much of our Responsibility Centre’s work lies in campus operations, where we can shape how utilities are used and how the environment is cared for.

​Manager of the Institute for Futures Research (IFR) Heilet Bertrand is always thinking ahead to keep clients updated on future trends and developments. Having completed a master's degree in Futures Studies, Bertrand says her job at the...

​Along with the rest of the country, Stellenbosch University (SU) closely followed the President's address earlier tonight, paying particular attention to the implications for our remaining graduation ceremonies taking place in the Endler...

Prof Bert Klumperman from Stellenbosch University's Department of Chemistry and Polymer Science has been awarded a grant of R18 million by the Wellcome Trust to develop next-generation polymers for the successful isolation of membrane...

South Africa's SA Agulhas II polar supply and research vessel has returned from its annual winter cruise to the Southern Ocean (SCALE). Four engineering students from Stellenbosch University were on board, along with a group of SU earth...

​​For the first time in history, Nobel Symposia will be held outside Sweden – and will be organised in Stellenbosch, through a partnership between the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS) and Stellenbosch University. Did you...

Maties Hockey once again expanded its hockey offering by adding a third astroturf to their facility and officially welcomed athletes to their grounds in August this year. This astroturf became a reality, thanks to the valuable partnership...

​​A novel antibacterial lipopeptide produced by the bacterium Serratia marcescens has been shown to be highly effective in killing Staphylococcus aureus – one of the most important pathogens occurring in humans. Staphylococcus aureus is one...

​Nduduzo Makhathini, a Master's student at Stellenbosch University (SU), has won 'best jazz album' at the South African Music Awards (SAMAs) that took place on Saturday (27 May) at Sun City. He received the award for his latest work, Inner...

​​In reflecting on 2022, most people would probably view it as the year in which they tried to return to a sense of normality and the way of life they knew before the global COVID-19 pandemic. While 2020 and 2021 had been years of...