Excellence and collaboration take centre stage at EMS 2025 Research Day

Excellence and collaboration take centre stage at EMS 2025 Research Day

The newly-established advisory board of the Faculty of Science at Stellenbosch University met for the first time on Friday 4 March 2016 at the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Studies (STIAS). Prof. Pieter Swart, Vice-Dean: Research...

​A special honour was bestowed upon Prof Riaan Rudman of the School of Accountancy in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences at Stellenbosch University (SU) recently. He received the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants...

​A complex cellular process called autophagy is the topic of a major new textbook which encapsulates over 30 years of research in this growing field of study. Autophagy is a process in which worn out, toxic or degraded cellular components...

​S’lindile Thabede studied somatology after high school and worked as a therapist in skin and body care for several years. This month, just over a decade after she left that profession, she graduated with a doctorate in theology at...

When 22-year-old Marcel Adams graduated with a BEd degree (cum laude) from Stellenbosch University (SU) at the Faculty of Education's December graduation , it was much more than an academic achievement. His degree also bears testimony to...

As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads across the world, many countries have gone into lockdown, with only essential service businesses and workers allowed to operate and move around. Most businesses have closed their offices and employees who...

This blog explores the development of an autonomous sailboat designed to navigate and operate independently over long distances using wind power. The research presents a practical, open-source approach by converting a commercially available...

As part of the SIAN 2026 programme, the workshop explored the tension between scientific empiricism and diplomatic storytelling. While science speaks through data, diplomacy is driven by how issues are framed, raising the critical question...