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CAF divisional manager on the The Analytical Scientist Power List 2020
Page Content: In October 2020, leading industry publication The Analytical Scientist announced the release of its annual Power List. The Power List celebrates the tremendous range of talent, ingenuity...
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Rethinking resilience in the era of COVID-19
Page Content: With October being Mental Health Awareness Month in South Africa, Stellenbosch University's Unit for Psychotherapeutic Support Services (UPSS) is hosting online webinars, facilitated by...
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Proposed alternative economic strategy could change SA for the better
Page Content: An alternative economic strategy for South Africa, proposed by Dr Nthabiseng Moleko and Prof Mark Swilling, could see South Africa’s gross domestic product (GDP) doubling in 10 years,...
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Forward together against gender-based violence
Page Content: Dear member of the Stellenbosch University (SU) communityI am pleased to announce that the joint working groups established last year to combat gender-based violence (GBV) at our...
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Prof Michael le Cordeur receives prestige award for the promotion of Afrikaans
Page Content: Prof Michael le Cordeur is one of the winners of the Neville Alexander prestige awards for his lifelong commitment to promote Afrikaans. Click on the links below to read the...
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Dealing with Depression? Mental Health Awareness Month 2020
Page Content: According to the World Health Organisation, depression is a common illness worldwide, with more than 264 million people affected. Depression may become a serious health condition if one...
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#Researchforimpact: Campus-based suicide prevention urgently needed at...
Page Content: The need for effective campus-based suicide prevention programmes at universities was highlighted in a study conducted by a team of researchers in SU's Department of Psychology and...
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Enigineering, Science and AgriSciences students victorious at SU’s FameLab heat
Page Content: Thabani Mtsi, a Master's student in Civil Engineering at Stellenbosch University (SU), won the SU heat of the 2020 national FameLab science communication and public speaking...
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International visiting scholarship awarded to Mawethu Nyakatya
Page Content: Stellenbosch University (SU) staff member Mawethu Nyakatya was recently awarded with the international Visiting Professor of Community-Engaged Scholarship at the University of Central...
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Research dives deep to understand climate impacts on whales
Page Content: Three South African universities are involved in a world-first research project that aims to understand how changes in the ocean influence the recovery of humpback whale populations in...
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Prof Karen Esler promoted to distinguished professor
Page Content: Plant ecologist Prof Karen Esler of the Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology has been promoted to the position of distinguished professor – and in the process she has become...
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World Food Day: Build sustainable food systems
Page Content: Friday (16 October) is World Food Day. In opinion pieces for the media, experts at Stellenbosch University highlight the importance of building sustainable food systems, especially during...
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SU announces latest group of distinguished professors
Page Content: In pursuit of Stellenbosch University's (SU) commitment to academic excellence and in recognition of SU academics who have reached the pinnacle of achievement in their university...
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SU professor receives award for the promotion of Afrikaans
Page Content: Prof Michael le Cordeur from Stellenbosch University (SU) was recently honoured for his lifelong and outstanding service to the Afrikaans language community. The Afrikaans Language...
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Social and environmental justice can help eradicate poverty
Page Content: On Saturday (17 October), the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty was observed. In an opinion piece for Daily Maverick, Dr Chris Jones (Unit for Moral Leadership) writes...
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EMS launches top online lecturer competition
Page Content: The Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences has announced that the Faculty will be recognizing its best online lecturers of 2020, as nominated by students in an online poll. This...
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International Open Access Week: focus on Open Data
Page Content: International Open Access Week is an annual scholarly communication event which focuses on Open Access and related topics and takes place every year in the last week of October. The...
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Innovative Covid-19 treatment saves lives and healthcare resources
Page Content: In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, doctors at Tygerberg Hospital implemented a daring, lesser-known treatment that not only bypassed the imminent ventilator shortage caused by the...
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Can tea really lower your blood sugar?
Page Content: Much more research is needed to determine if tea is effective as a treatment to reduce high blood sugar and to help manage diabetes, argue Drs Hanél Sadie-Van Gijsen & Liske...
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Quintin the robot connects isolated Covid-19 patients with families
Page Content: Quintin the robot, who has been assisting physicians at Tygerberg Hospital's Covid-19 intensive care unit (ICU), is now also helping to put concerned family members in touch with ICU...
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