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MA Day for Afrikaans and Dutch students
On Monday 13 June, eight MA students in the Department of Afrikaans and Dutch showcased their research and their progress over the past six months by giving oral presentations on their research proposals. The presentations form part of a...
'I seized the opportunity'
Othmar Vorster SciMathUS class of 2017 Degree Programme: BScHons in Earth Sciences 2021 I am Othmar Vorster, originally from Kakamas, but moved to Aggeneys in the Bushmanland region of the Northern Cape at a young age. I was always an...
Three FMHS researcher-clinicians benefit from Discovery Awards
Three clinicians and researchers from the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences have received prestigious Discovery Foundation Awards for their work ranging from reproductive health to gynaecological oncology and rural mental health...
Count the real cost of malnutrition on a country’s economy, says Prof Simba Sibanda
Too many food-related policies in Africa end up being nothing more than mere wish lists. These need to be turned into actionable pieces of legislation that are supported with adequate funding on a national and sub-national level. This will...
Why it is important to talk about women in the mathematical sciences
Do the female brain and psyche bring another perspective, another way of doing to the table? What can we learn from women role models in the fields of mathematics, applied mathematics and computer science? These were the opening questions...
SU Museum wins award for promoting multilingualism
Stellenbosch University Museum has been awarded the 2022 National PanSALB (Pan South African Language Board) Multilingualism Award for using and promoting multilingualism at a higher education institute. The SU Museum accepted this...
Sport science wants to make a difference to humanity, says new department head
In 1936, the German physician Ernst Jokl joined Stellenbosch University and established the first department of physical education in South Africa. That pioneering journey continued this year with the appointment of Prof Wayne Derman as...
Jury still out on mitochondrial transplantation as treatment for pulmonary hypertension
Pulmonary hypertension (high blood pressure that affects arteries in the lungs) is a fatal disease that affects approximately 75 million people globally. Mitochondrial transplantation has been touted as a possible treatment option, but the...
SU FMHS strongly condemns racist incident
Dear Colleague and Student Stellenbosch University’s (SU) Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) strongly condemns the malicious, hurtful and racist behaviour captured on a cell phone video in the Huis Marais residence on the...
Titan of activism, jurisprudence, and academia returns to Stellenbosch
Justice Edwin Cameron will be installed as Stellenbosch University’s 15th Chancellor on 18 May 2022. Click here to view the event, which will be live streamed from 17h00. Stellenbosch University (SU) Chancellor Justice Edwin Cameron is a...