​​Stellenbosch University's (SU) Professor Douglas (Doug) E Rawlings (68), one of South Africa's foremost microbiologists, passed away over the weekend (2 May 2020) after suffering a heart attack. Rawlings, one of the first molecular...

Quintin the robot, who has been assisting physicians at Tygerberg Hospital's Covid-19 intensive care unit (ICU), is now also helping to put concerned family members in touch with ICU patients that have had to be isolated – and in some cases...

“Sitting is the new smoking" – this buzz phrase, comparing an extended amount of sitting to the harmful long-term effects of smoking, is by no means exaggerated. To combat this, standing desks have steadily gained popularity at the...

​Valdene Southon is far more than just an assistant at Stellenbosch University's (SU) Campus Health Service. She plays a pivotal role that extends far beyond the typical bounds of administrative work. With a background in law and a knack...

Staff and students at Stellenbosch University's (SU) Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) have worked their socks off to prepare for #CrazySocks4Docs (#CS4D) day, which takes place on Friday 3 June 2022. The #CrazySocks4Docs...

​​“We've been busy," Prof Johann Mouton remarked at a recent conference marking the 30th anniversary of Stellenbosch University's Centre for Research on Evaluation, Science and Technology (CREST). With that, the Director of the Centre...

For the seventh time this year, more than two hundred women of SU's RC Operations and Finance accepted Prof Stan du Plessis, our COO's invitation to came together on Women's Day to celebrate together. This year, SU's Facilities Management...

​When Mary Grace Katusiime, a PhD student in the Department of Medical Virology of Stellenbosch University's Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, was awarded the Margaret McNamara Grant recently, she felt that she had been recognised as...

​​Stellenbosch University's Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) is proud to be part of the #CrazySocks4Docs campaign in South Africa – a drive to raise awareness and give moral support to medical and health professionals battling...

A love for the people she works with and a desire to see them making healthy choices to prevent and control chronic diseases, is what motivated Dr Darcelle Schouw to focus her PhD studies on running a workplace health promotion programme at...