ATKV’s Cultural Executive Director to speak at SU’s Human Rights Day celebration
Dr Danny Titus, Executive Director: Culture of the ATKV is the guest speaker at Stellenbosch University’s Human Rights Day celebration held on 17 March. Dr Titus, well-known academic and human rights...
View ArticleWhy Wilgenhof stands so ‘skew’
Stellenbosch University’s Wordfest (Woordfees) is full of surprises – such as an explanation for Wilgenhof’s unusual orientation in relation to the street. This residence stands diagonally on the...
View ArticleUSB-ED launches new centre for sustainable business
The leading companies of the future will be those that are serious about sustainability and who prioritise it as such. Companies are increasingly finding themselves in an environment with limited...
View ArticleJournalism Department to inaugurate new MEDIAFRIKA Building
The Journalism Department at Stellenbosch University (SU) inaugurated its new MEDIAFRIKA Building on Tuesday night which coincided with its annual celebration of students graduating in the Department....
View ArticleStellenbosch University honours Marlene Dumas
Stellenbosch University (SU) awarded an honorary degree on Wednesday to the internationally celebrated artist Marlene Dumas at the graduation ceremony of the Faculties of AgriSciences and Economic and...
View ArticleYoung leader, this is your time
Learn how you can benefit from the Frederik Van Zyl Slabbert (FVZS) Institute for Student Leadership Development by attending its launch seminar on ‘Pragmatic and Ethical Leadership’ on TUESDAY 29...
View ArticleSouth Africans must get to know each other says ATKV Director: Culture
South Africans do not know each other and have stereotypical images of one another. We should get rid of these images but in order to do that, South Africans must have open and honest conversations....
View ArticleComputer scientist wins African award for HIV research
Prof Konrad Scheffler, a Stellenbosch University (SU) computer scientist who uses his expertise in bioinformatics to analyze the evolution of HIV, is one of three researchers who have been honoured...
View ArticleSilver medal for chemical biologist working on drug resistant bacteria
Chemical biologist Prof Erick Strauss from the Department of Biochemistry at Stellenbosch University has received the Beckman Coulter Silver Medal from the South African Society for Biochemistry and...
View ArticleChildren benefit from Aids research at SU
Steady progress is being made in the fight against the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) among children. This is according to Prof Mark Cotton, Head of the Division of Paediatric Infectious Diseases...
View ArticleExcellence in Management Training at Stellenbosch University’s SPL
The School of Public Leadership (SPL) at Stellenbosch University (SU) has reason to be proud – its Honours Programme in Public and Development Management achieved its best ever success rate the past...
View ArticleThe Pied Piper of Hamelin comes to the HB Thom
A brand new Afrikaans version of the popular tale, The Pied Piper of Hamelin, will be playing in the HB Thom Theatre from tomorrow onwards. The production is presented by the Drama Department and can...
View ArticleMaties crowned as campus winners in ATKV debate competition
Maties again showed that they have the gift of the gab when they were crowned campus winners at the annual ATKV debate competition last week. On 8 April it was once again time for the ATKV Universities...
View ArticleMathematical ecologist’s potential as researcher recognised
When he started his studies in China in the 1990s, Dr Cang Hui was quite set on becoming an applied mathematician. However, an academic mentor in his third year, who happened to be a biomathematician,...
View ArticleBiomining expert to receive SA award for research excellence
A world leader on the use of microorganisms in biomining activities, Stellenbosch University (SU) microbiologist Prof Doug Rawlings, is to receive the 2011 Havenga Prize for Life Sciences from the...
View ArticleHard work pays off for top SPL student
Dumisani Sondlo decided on the first day that he started studying towards his honours degree at the School of Public Leadership (SPL) at Stellenbosch University that he wanted to be the top student...
View ArticleSU Polymer science student receives award in Nepal
If you are interested in how to combine wood and plastics successfully, Tiaan Basson, a doctoral research student in polymer science at Stellenbosch University can be a valuable source of information....
View ArticleEquip students with moral responsibility, says SU dean
To care for other people means you have a moral responsibility toward them, said Professor Yusef Waghid, Dean of the Faculty of Education at Stellenbosch University (SU) on Wednesday (20 April). He...
View ArticleFeast of choir music in celebration of an icon
Hercules Pieter van der Westhuizen, or “Oom Pieter” to many, celebrated his 80th birthday on January 18, 2011. To celebrate this special milestone with this well-known and beloved organist and...
View ArticleSU’s SPL helps municipalities manage their finances
More than 500 municipal employees in the Western Cape involved in financial management have since September 2010 been enrolled for municipal minimum competency training by Stellenbosch University’s...
View ArticleWomen must stand together to obtain success – message at Alumni Relations...
In order for women to break through the glass ceiling a lot sooner, they need to cultivate a deeper sense of self-confidence and start looking out for themselves. This was one of the messages that came...
View ArticleMaties from near and far come to celebrate 75th anniversary of SU Choir
Nearly a hundred years of beautiful singing voices, excellence and dedication was celebrated this weekend with two special reunion concerts commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Stellenbosch...
View ArticleFour researchers at SU scoop sought-after fellowships
Four researchers of Stellenbosch University (SU) were winners of a recent fellowship competition by the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) based in Brooklyn, New York. Only nine fellowships were...
View ArticleBuya Schools Theatre Festival spotlights hidden theatre
Hidden Theatre. This is what Johan Esterhuizen of the Department of Drama at Stellenbosch University (SU) calls most of what is happening across the country in terms of theatre productions at school...
View ArticleLimpopo whizz kid among top Stellenbosch students
Most people tend to think that students on the Extended Degree Programme are part of a lower performing group. Enos Lekala wants to prove that students on this programme can excel. The Social Dynamics...
View ArticleUniversities should assist first-generation students
Dr Ludolph Botha, Senior Director: Student and Academic Support at Stellenbosch University, writes in the Sunday Independent that first-generation students are now overtaking the number of...
View ArticleGenes hold key to cure
Professor Jonathan Carr, Head of the Division of Neurology at Tygerberg Hospital and Stellenbosch University, writes in the Mail & Guardian that the cure for Parkinson’s disease is going to be a...
View ArticleVisual Arts student receives Skye Foundation Scholarship
Abri de Swardt, who last year received the Rector’s Award for Excellent Achievement in The Arts and Social Sciences, has just heard that he has also received the Skye Foundation Scholarship. This...
View ArticleSKA will help reverse African brain drain, Rector says in Australia
“The fact that the bulk of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) will be built in Africa, will help us reverse the brain drain from the continent,” Stellenbosch University Rector and Vice-Chancellor Prof...
View ArticleState intervention needed to protect children against ‘junk food’
The government must step in and take action when the health of children is jeopardised by negative lifestyle influences, Lize Mills, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Private Law at Stellenbosch...
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