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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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Strengthening Science Communication: Stellenbosch Students Participate in VIU Spring School

Strengthening Science Communication: Stellenbosch Students Participate in VIU Spring School

Empowering researchers with communication and engagement skills is essential to transform scientific discoveries into public understanding, trust, and...

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Freedom Day: Experts focus on moral leadership, moral imagination and religion

Freedom Day: Experts focus on moral leadership, moral imagination and religion

​South Africans celebrated Freedom Day on 27 April. In opinion pieces for the media, experts at Stellenbosch University emphasised the importance of moral...

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New research chair at SU to impact the blue economy

New research chair at SU to impact the blue economy

​​​Prof Annie Bekker from Stellenbosch University’s (SU’s) Department of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering has been awarded the DSTI/NRF-SAIMI SARChI...

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Maties Sport Annual Report 2024: Celebrating Impact, Inspiring the Future

Maties Sport Annual Report 2024: Celebrating Impact, Inspiring the Future

Maties Sport is proud to share our 2024 Annual Report, capturing a year of remarkable growth, resilience, tough times, and achievement across all spheres of...

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New 'data science HQ' is a space for collaboration and exploration

New 'data science HQ' is a space for collaboration and exploration

More than five years since it was launched, Stellenbosch University's globally renowned School for Data Science and Computational Thinking has a new home at the...

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Stellenbosch University's Botanical Garden, bucking the global trend

Stellenbosch University's Botanical Garden, bucking the global trend

​​​As Autumn approaches, the Haemanthus pumilio, a critically endangered species and one of the “paintbrush lilies", will flower in the Stellenbosch...

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