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'SciMathUS helped me to believe in my dreams'
Fundeka Ndyoki says SciMathUS helped her to believe in herself and her dreams. Today this alumna, who obtained an MSc Food Science degree from Stellenbosch University, trains and guides staff and external workers towards timely and...
Alumna Erin Christie captains SA’s Olympic hockey team
South African national hockey player and Stellenbosch University (SU) alumna, Erin Christie (née Hunter), has made 59 international appearances for South Africa. Now she is representing South Africa at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan...
Why vaccines, and not ivermectin, will be our only possible way out of the pandemic
Vaccines, and not ivermectin, will be our only possible way out of the pandemic, argues Dr Hanél Sadie-Van Gijsen from the Centre for Cardio-metabolic Research in Africa (CARMA) in an opinion piece for TimesLive (2 Augustus 2021). Read the...
A second fiddle of note
Wood scientists at Stellenbosch University (SU) have done it again: they have helped to craft another violin from indigenous African trees. It is only the second such instrument in the world. The work was completed with the help of a...
Indicators to measure a university stretch far and wide
Within the context of a global knowledge economy, universities' reputations are indeed important. But the criteria and indicators by which that reputation is measured extend widely - from rankings to funding - writes PROF HESTER Klopper in...
I am here, let me speak!
Remarkable women. They have marched hand-in-hand through the ages. They walked with hope and knew that what they were about to do could change their current reality and those of future generations. They used their presence and their silence...
Digital Wellbeing: Raising Awareness
The worldwide COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the digitalisation of our work, social and learning environments at an unexpected rate. All over the world people’s agility were put to the test since March 2020 and many in-person events had to...
DRD Research for Impact Focus: Meet our Distinguished Professors
In 2014 Stellenbosch University started a programme where our top researchers are honoured with Distinguished Professorships. The title was created to recognise academics who have reached the pinnacle of achievement in their university...
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...
#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...