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Cape Town’s economically vulnerable hit harder by first Covid-19 wave
The stark inequalities within the South African population were brought to the fore in a new study by Stellenbosch University (SU) researchers that shows that poorer communities were much harder hit by the first wave of the Covid-19...
Learning and Teaching Enhancement Virtual Seminar: Dr Margaret Blackie (25 March 2021)
Learning and Teaching Enhancement Virtual Seminar: 25 March 2021 You are invited to the first seminar of the 2021 Virtual Learning and Teaching Enhancement Seminars under the auspices of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (L&T), Prof Deresh...
Ubuntu Dialogues Programme gets new manager
“This appointment as manager of the Ubuntu Dialogues project is an opportunity to think creatively about ways in which institutional spaces like museums and universities could be used to facilitate and mediate conversations about the...
SPL INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY SEMINAR
Dear Colleague, The SPL cordially invite you to commemorate International Women's Day Monday 8 March 2021, with the Honourable Minister of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation Dr Lindiwe N Sisulu on the theme " Women in leadership...
World Wildlife Day: Mapping alien trees to protect our forests
Wednesday (3 March) is World Wildlife Day. In an opinion piece for News24 Dr Alanna Rebelo and Mr Nicholas Coertze (Conservation Ecology and Entomology) make the point that we need to map alien trees to protect our forests. Read the...
SU researchers and local film company create awareness around endangered humpback dolphins
One of South Africa's least known but most endangered dolphin species, the humpback dolphin, is the focus of a short documentary film that was released online by Homebrew Films on World Wildlife Day (3 March 2021). The film “ The Sound of...
Trauernicht honoured for advancing medical physics in Africa
Dr Chris Trauernicht, Head of the Division of Medical Physics at Stellenbosch University (SU), has scooped up the prestigious International Day of Medical Physics (IDMP) award for 2020 for his substantial contributions to medical physics...
New appointment to deepen SU Museum’s work on Social Justice
Dr Geraldine Frieslaar was recently appointed as the first ever Curator of Research, Dialogue and Social Justice at the Stellenbosch University (SU) Museum. Her role will be at the intersection of academic and public scholarship where a key...
#IdeasForChange Food Security Challenge: Elevating Stellenbosch's Future
Stellenbosch Network's fifth edition of its #IdeasForChange Challenge will focus on revolutionizing the way we think about food security to inspire innovative ideas and encourage entrepreneurship in our community. Submit your ideas to stand...
Sustainable wild meat sector could boost economic development, biodiversity
A sustainable wild meat sector could help to enhance rural livelihoods and to promote sustainable land management and biodiversity, argues Dr Francis Vorhies from Stellenbosch University's African Wildlife Economy Institute in an opinion...