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A demonstration in the Immersive Technology Lab at SU's Library
Image by: Stefan Els

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SU opens Africa’s first immersive technology lab

Imagine standing beneath a star-filled night sky rendered in real time or watching a lecturer guide students through the inner workings of the human brain at...
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Bone Marrow Donor Day together with Maties Gymnasium

Bone Marrow Donor Day together with Maties Gymnasium

Together with the South African Bone Marrow registry, Maties Gymnasium invites you to a become a much needed bone marrow donor. 

Blood cancer can be cured by a...

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Nominations open for Vice-president of Convocation

Nominations open for Vice-president of Convocation

​​Members of Stellenbosch University's Convocation have been invited to nominate a member to serve as Vice-President for a term of three years after the...

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Cost-effective monitoring system can help with management of invasive plants

Cost-effective monitoring system can help with management of invasive plants

The severe ecological and socio-economic impact of invasive alien plants in South Africa has led to extensive research and mitigation strategies in the field...

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Prof Rong-Jie Wang helps to improve SA’s energy efficiency, power generation capacity

Prof Rong-Jie Wang helps to improve SA’s energy efficiency, power generation capacity

​Prof Rong-Jie Wang from the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Stellenbosch University recently delivered his inaugural lecture titled...

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Gold fingerprinting using laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

Gold fingerprinting using laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

Gold fingerprinting is the identification of different origins of gold through specific element associations, resul­ting in a characteristic chemical signa...

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Prof Naudé receives honorary title from European university

Prof Naudé receives honorary title from European university

​​​Prof Piet Naudé, Emeritus Professor of Ethics at the Stellenbosch Business School (SBS), has received an honorary title from the Technical University of...

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