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Guests of honour at the Career Day for Law Students
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Career Day inspires future lawyers to carry Mandela’s legacy forward

Three decades after South Africa adopted one of the world’s most progressive constitutions, more than 150 aspiring lawyers gathered at Stellenbosch University...
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Record number of PhD-graduates in chemistry and polymer science

Record number of PhD-graduates in chemistry and polymer science

​PhD-graduates in Chemistry and Polymer Science dominated the stage during the Faculty of Science's April 2022 graduation ceremony this week.

For the 2021...

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Lunch event for retired lecturers

Lunch event for retired lecturers

​​​​On 15 March 2022 we hosted a lunch event for retired lecturers from the Department of Forest and Wood Science​. Apart from the local emeriti, a few...

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SU honours Novartis president; global leader in oil & gas energy sector

SU honours Novartis president; global leader in oil & gas energy sector

​​​Stellenbosch University (SU) bestowed honorary doctorates on the president of the Novartis Foundation in the United States, Dr Patrice Matchaba, and Andries...

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Art graduate's illustrations address past injustices

Art graduate's illustrations address past injustices

Karla Koopstad used an experience which is a tender subject for her family (and many others) as inspiration for her MA in Art Education project – a set of...

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Brain tumours couldn’t hold this PhD graduate back

Brain tumours couldn’t hold this PhD graduate back

​Every now and then you meet someone with a truly inspirational life story. One such person is Dr Amy Martin from Durbanville. Her world was turned upside down...

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PhD maps genome of critical endangered African wild dog

PhD maps genome of critical endangered African wild dog

​​​When Christina Meiring graduates with a PhD in Molecular Biology today (5 April) it will mark the completion of the first large-scale investigation of the...

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