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Agricultural pioneer receives honorary degree from SU
Thomas Dreyer (Tommie) van Zyl, a prominent thought leader and innovator in South Africa’s agriculture sector, was awarded an honorary degree by his alma mater Stellenbosch University (SU) at its December graduation. He received the...
PhD graduate addresses gender-based violence
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...
SU cements relationships with leading European universities
In November, Stellenbosch University (SU) hosted the The Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities on the Stellenbosch campus for knowledge exchange and to discuss further collaboration. Representatives from the Universities of...
German vice chancellor ‘very impressed’ with SU’s research, facilities
A delegation of high-level German visitors, including the German Vice Chancellor, recently met with top Stellenbosch University (SU) scientists at the new state-of-the-art Biomedical Research Institute (BMRI) at the university's Tygerberg...
EMS lecturers recognised at entrepreneurship awards
Three Stellenbosch University Academics were recently recognised for their contribution to Entrepreneurship Learning and Teaching in the Higher Education sector of South Africa at the Entrepreneurship Development in Higher Education (EDHE)...
Alex Muthua wants to help improve facial recognition technology
Facial recognition technology is used in many different areas – from airports, retail stores, healthcare, law enforcement and marketing to banks – to identify people through images and videos of their faces. However, a drawback of this...
Gradlinc: addressing South Africa's graduate unemployment crisis with a simple solution
An innovative graduate career development platform — Gradlinc — was launched at the beginning of Stellenbosch University's 2022 graduation week on 5 December 2022. Gradlinc is a must-needed solution to connect employers, graduates, and...
Dietetics graduate’s own life experience will help others
About 13 years ago, Mikyle Rodrigues was a terrified ten-year-old who had been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes and was in hospital with pancreatic failure. The only person who seemed to understand him and who made him feel smart and...
Let’s do IT
Message from Joe Smit, Acting Chief Director Information Technology Like every other year @IT, 2023 was indeed full of surprises, challenges, and changes. For many of the IT staff members, it was probably a rough year. The rapid pace of...
PhD graduate focuses on mental health care in children
When Dr Anusha Lachman, head of the Clinical Unit Child Psychiatry at Tygerberg Hospital, graduated with her PhD in Psychiatry on 6 December, she felt more committed than ever to continue contributing to the field of child psychiatry in...