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Fossil trace rock’s glory restored after 58 years

Fossil trace rock’s glory restored after 58 years

​​Nearly 60 years after the “Rock with the tortoise tracks" was removed from a farm in the Sandveld region to be exhibited in the foyer of the Chamber of Mines...

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Winner of Dean’s medal believes in determination, consistency and hard work

Winner of Dean’s medal believes in determination, consistency and hard work

​​Matthew Greenwood, a postgraduate student in genetics, is the recipient of the Faculty of Science's Dean's medal for continuous excellent performance.

The...

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SU offers exciting new interdisciplinary study options in the natural sciences

SU offers exciting new interdisciplinary study options in the natural sciences

​​​The Faculty of Science at Stellenbosch University has expanded its offering to include from 2020 a more interdisciplinary approach for those students who...

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JT Morrison medal for top MSc student in Applied Mathematics

JT Morrison medal for top MSc student in Applied Mathematics

The 2018 John Todd Morrison-medal for the best MSc-student in Applied Mathematics in SU's Faculty of Science was awarded to Jacoline van Jaarsveld, a former...

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Major skills boost for TVET Colleges

Major skills boost for TVET Colleges

​Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Colleges in South Africa received a major boost with the launch of an international partnership to...

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More black South Africans are donating blood

More black South Africans are donating blood

​​The South African National Blood Service (SANBS) has succeeded in increasing the proportion of donations from black South Africans fivefold, from 43 269 in...

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Physiology students boasts with 6 out of 8 awards

Physiology students boasts with 6 out of 8 awards

Postgraduate students in the Department of Physiological Sciences made a near clean-sweep when they walked away with six of the eight awards during the first...

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Sisters both awarded degrees in polymer science

Sisters both awarded degrees in polymer science

The Harmzen-sisters from Melkbosstrand not only shared the same science teacher at the Bloemhof High School for Girls, but this week they were awarded a PhD-...

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Deadly cryptococcal fungi in public spaces, warn researchers

Deadly cryptococcal fungi in public spaces, warn researchers

Large populations of potentially deadly cryptococcal fungi have been found on woody debris collected from old trees in two public areas in the centre of Cape...

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Teamwork leads to PhD and MSc in mathematics

Teamwork leads to PhD and MSc in mathematics

Academic perseverance and teamwork at home paved the way for a couple originally from Madagascar, to both completing postgraduate degrees in mathematics from...

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