This year, Rare Disease Day is celebrated on 29 February, the rarest day on the calendar. Rare diseases in Africa are receiving a welcome boost with the establishment of an Africa/Europe Cluster of Research Excellence called “Genomics for...

As deputy director of High Performance at Maties Sport, Sean Surmon is passionate about helping student-athletes achieve their sporting goals. As we kicked off May commemorating Workers' Day, we dedicate this series of articles to our staff...

​The International Day of Women and Girls in Science was celebrated on Sunday 11 February. In an opinion piece for the Mail & Guardian, Prof Sibusiso Moyo (Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research, Innovation and Postgraduate Studies) writes...

Gestél Kuyler is a qualified polymer scientist, research manager of the Klumperman Research Group, co-inventor of Nanosene’s core technology developed during her PhD research (patent pending) and CEO of Nanosene (Pty) Ltd.

Broad Biome Survey: Research across the Fynbos and Karoo biomes (2023–2025) explored parasite diversity within three endemic South African rodent species. Scientific Discovery: Laboratory analysis and microscopy led to the identification of...

As deputy director of High Performance at Maties Sport, Sean Surmon is passionate about helping student-athletes achieve their sporting goals. As we kicked off May commemorating Workers’ Day, we dedicate this series of articles to our staff...

​​​​​​On 28 July the Faculty of Education bid farewell to Prof Johan Malan, who acted as dean for the past 15 months. In these 15 months he steered the faculty through a restructuring process which secured its future. His experience led him...

SU alumnus Dalton Odendaal talked to undergraduate students at the Alumni Relations Office's second Careers Café about how his passion for sports and law allowed him to follow a rewarding legal career in sports marketing. He may call...

​World-renowned bioinformatician Prof Tulio de Oliveira, Director of the Centre for Epidemic Response and Innovation (CERI) in the School for Data Science and Computational Thinking at Stellenbosch University (SU), delivered his inaugural...

​​​The institutional theme at Stellenbosch University (SU) for May this year is “Connected to Africa" and on 25 May we celebrate Africa Day with the rest of the world. Africa Day is the annual commemoration of the foundation of the...