Book celebrates 100 years of natural sciences at SU
A book which traces the steps of the first pioneers who laid the foundations for training and research in various disciplines in the natural sciences at...
ARMSCOR and SU to collaborate
Armscor has signed an agreement with SU to develop a Virtual Defence Engagement Programme and a Laser Defence Programme over the next three years.
The...
Automatic conversion of Afrikaans text to braille now possible
The conversion of Afrikaans text to braille – and vice versa – can now be done at the click of a mouse.
This is thanks to a program developed by a computer...
More than 600 BSc graduates capped
A chancellor's award and more than 600 BSc degrees were on the menu at the Faculty of Science's graduation ceremony that took place on Monday 4 December 2017.
P...
Innovation in science teaching at SoTL 2017
The Faculty of Science had a total of 12 presentations at the annual Stellenbosch Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) conference this year, with earth...
Science faculty honours top student
Ms Jana Botha, a postgraduate student in chemistry, is the recipient of the Faculty of Science's Dean's medal for continuous excellent performance.
The medal...
New science team aims to reduce extinctions
Stellenbosch University scientists will collaborate with Conservation International (CI) and another five top international universities around the globe to...
The search for knowledge and understanding in the sciences and humanities
There is much in the hard sciences that we do not understand or may never know. So writes Prof. Doug Rawlings, former acting-dean of the Faculty of Science and...
BSc lecturers: inspiring, challenging but never dull
Three lecturers from the Department of Mathematical Sciences were lauded for their inspirational lectures by six top performing first-year students during the...
New advisory board for Science Faculty
The newly-established advisory board of the Faculty of Science at Stellenbosch University met for the first time on Friday 4 March 2016 at the Stellenbosch...