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Department of Chemical Engineering
Thaakira Jabaar wins ‘Best Oral Presentation’ at GCCE2024
Stellenbosch University master’s student Thaakira Jabaar won the Best Oral Presentation award at the 2024 Global Congress of Chemical Engineering for her research on developing localized decay factors for paper waste, a vital step toward...
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“The world is your oyster” – Welcoming message to new USB SBA participants
The 18 new participants of the Small Business Academy (SBA) Development Programme were welcomed at USB last week. Guy Harris, CEO of the South African Institute for Entrepreneurship, was the guest speaker. "The world is your oyster. South...
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IPB represented at ICAR
Arabidopsis thaliana is a well-studied biological model; the first plant species of which the full genome was sequenced and used on a regular basis to determine gene function and unravel complex physiological pathways in plants. Working on...
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New Forest Research Unit
The Department of Forest and Wood Science has formed a strategic and fully funded partnership with SAPPI, Mondi and York through the formation of a specialised Forestry Operations Research Unit (FOR). It is headed by Simon Ackerman, former...
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Older people at risk for malnutrition
Ageing is associated with changes in nutrient requirements and dietary habits, which increase the risk of nutritional deficits, especially in poor communities and food insecure households. In poorer communities elderly people...
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World Hepatitis Day 2019
World Hepatitis Day 2019 takes place on July 28th. This date was chosen because it is the birthday of Nobel-prize winning scientist Dr Baruch Blumberg, who discovered hepatitis B virus (HBV) and developed a diagnostic test and vaccine for...
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PhD graduate’s groundbreaking research will shape second language teaching and learning in future
Dr Valentin Uwizeyimana, who is the first student from Rwanda in the Graduate School of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Stellenbosch University (SU), officially accepted his doctoral degree on 13 December for the groundbreaking...
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BER celebrates 80 years of excellence
The Bureau for Economic Research’s highly respected economic analysis and forecasting services have made it a household name in South Africa and an invaluable partner to both business and government. Eighty years ago, on 15 January 1944...
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Communication from Council (25 March 2019)
The Council of Stellenbosch University (SU) met on Monday 25 March 2019. This was our first gathering for the year as well as for SU's second century. Having turned 100 in 2018, the institution is now confidently embarking on the future...
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Africa’s democratic road under the spotlight at SASCA seminar
The Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS), on Wednesday 18 September 2019 hosted former South African Finance Minister, Trevor Manuel, as keynote speaker at the Seventh Stellenbosch Annual Seminar on Constitutionalism in Africa...