Stories
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and our exceptional people.
Opinion and features
World Oceans Day: Ocean conservation matters for people and ecosystems
Media release
Many factors drive changes in human-wildlife relationships
Human populations are expanding and encroaching further into wildlife habitats, leading to dynamic and evolving relationships between humans and wildlife. As...
Media release
Geoscience for everyone: word bank of geological terms in all South Africa’s eleven spoken languages
The Mineralogical Association of South Africa (MinSA) is proud to announce the successful completion of a pioneering lexicography exercise that has collated...
Impact
Rulanzen Martin brings heart, humour and technical skill to SU’s web team
From helping shape and maintain one of SU’s most important digital gateways to perfecting Cape Malay curries after hours, Rulanzen Martin brings equal measures...
Medicine and health
Stellenbosch University scientists respond to Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda
Scientists at Stellenbosch University (SU) Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) have rapidly mobilised to support efforts to understand and contain...
Institutional news
South Africa must invest in concentrated solar power – Prof Craig McGregor
Prof Craig McGregor of the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering delivered his inaugural lecture on Tuesday 19 May...
Events
Researchers urged to keep human judgement at the centre of AI-driven science
As artificial intelligence (AI) rapidly reshapes universities and research institutions across the world, Stellenbosch University’s (SU) annual Library Research...