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A joyful celebration filled with blessings for SU’s 13th Rector and Vice-Chancellor

The informal celebration of the inauguration of Stellenbosch University’s (SU) new Rector and Vice-Chancellor, Prof Deresh Ramjugernath, started on a festive...
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Zoleka needs you to help her get to Comrades The rest, she can definitely do on her own!

Zoleka needs you to help her get to Comrades The rest, she can definitely do on her own!

​​Just before her 40th birthday in 2022, Zoleka Keva decided to start running to get into shape for the big celebrations ahead. Little did she know that two...

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Celebrating and unpacking the contribution of non-profit organisations to society

Celebrating and unpacking the contribution of non-profit organisations to society

The Department of Business Management, within the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, recently held a Non-profit Symposium to honour the enormous...

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A Day in the Life: Lisinda de Jager

A Day in the Life: Lisinda de Jager

Serving as the cluster education coordinator at the Division of Student Affairs and resident Head of Heemstede, Lisinda de Jager plays a pivotal role in shaping...

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SU’s Prof Kanshukan Rajaratnam to bring an ‘African voice’ to UN’s global summit on AI for Good

SU’s Prof Kanshukan Rajaratnam to bring an ‘African voice’ to UN’s global summit on AI for Good

​Prof Kanshukan Rajaratnam, Director of Stellenbosch University's School for Data Science and Computational Thinking, has been invited to participate in an...

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World Family Doctor Day: Family doctors keep people healthy on unhealthy planet

World Family Doctor Day: Family doctors keep people healthy on unhealthy planet

​World Family Doctor Day was observed on 19 May. In an opinion piece for the Daily Maverick, Prof Bob Mash from the Department of Family and Emergency Medicine...

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SU awarded R28 million grant to investigate immune systems of HIV-positive mothers, newborns

SU awarded R28 million grant to investigate immune systems of HIV-positive mothers, newborns

​​​Prof Clive Gray from the Division of Immunology in the Biomedical Research Institute at Stellenbosch University (SU) has been awarded a R28 million grant...

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