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The Maties Netball Club will play host to the USSA Netball Championships at Coetzenburg during the period 28 June to 2 July. The tournament will see South Africa’s top university netball teams compete for the title of national university champions. A total of 35 teams will be competing in four tiers, and matches will be [...]

Library induction Part 1 Venue: E-classroom (JS Gericke Library) Date: 23 July Language: English Time: 8:30-10:30 Instructor: Naomi Visser or Carine Tymbios Target group: post-graduate students and new researchers Type: Hands-on training Booking form: http://sun.ac.za.libcal.com/event.php?id=84784 Library induction Part 2 Venue: E-classroom (JS Gericke Library) Date: 23 July Language: English Time: 11:00-13:00 Instructor: Lucia Schoombee, Elbie [...]

The Postgraduate and International Office (PGIO) of Stellenbosch University (SU) was the first department on Thursday, 21 June, to move back into the refurbished RW Wilcocks Building. Construction work on the Wilcocks was completed and the building handed over to the University in April. The Wilcocks underwent refurbishments after most of its interior was destroyed [...]

Two learners from Kayamandi High School, who participated in a science fair in China because of their involvement in the Eskom Expo for Young Scientists, were recently guests of the Department of Chemistry and Polymer Science at Stellenbosch University. Abongile Hlaleleni and Khumbulani Ntshidi gave a short presentation about their research project, and gave an [...]

Mr. Jonas Bovijn, fifth year MB,ChB student of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, has won a prestigious invitation to the New England Journal of Medicine’s symposium to celebrate its 200th Anniversary. The Dialogues in Medicine, to be held in Boston on 22 June this year, will explore how medicine has interfaced with society [...]

“Inspirational” and “passionate” are how colleagues of microbiologist Prof Leon Dicks and human geneticist Prof Valerie Corfield describes these two Stellenbosch University academics who were named as category winners in the National Science and Technology Forum (NSTF) BHP Billiton Awards held in Gauteng last night (21 June 2012). The awards celebrate outstanding contributions to Science, [...]

Twenty athletes of Stellenbosch University (SU) will be part of the South African team participating in the 2012 Paralympic Games, starting at the end of August in London. The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) announced the South African team on Wednesday (20 June). A total of 62 athletes from South Africa will [...]

Be part of no new HIV infections on campus. Have you heard friends and fellow students talking about HIV and gender issues on campus without having their facts straight? Does your residence / society / department reflect social awareness leadership around HIV and gender? Here is the ideal opportunity for you to become part of [...]

After working and lecturing in the new MEDIAFRIKA building for 15 months, Prof Lizette Rabe, former Chair of the Department of Journalism, says that the building meets the demands that the digital era makes on a journalism school. Ever since her appointment as Chair of the Department in 2001, she submitted a plan every year [...]

Prof Lee A Wallis of the Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences will be presenting his inaugural  lecture on Monday, 30 July 2012. Title: Healthcare in Africa: State of Emergency? Date: Monday, 30 July 2012 Time: 17:00 for 17:30 Venue: JN de Villiers Boardroom Division of the Dean 1st Floor, Clinical Building Tygerberg [...]

The Centre for Health Professions Education at the Tygerberg Campus has three computers for sale (interdepartmental): 1.    Dell GX620 (2007) Selling price: R500.00 2.    Dell 330/LCD (2008) x2 Selling price: R1550.00 each. For more enquiries regarding the above please contact Dr A Louw / Ms L Daniels at tel: 021 938 9054.

PhD student:  Renate Louw Title:  The effects of synthetic progestins on interleukin (IL)–12 and IL-10 in ectocervical epithelial cells. Promotor:  Dr Donita Africander MSc student:  Darryl R Michaels Title:  On Modelling the Citric Acid Cycle in Plant Leaves. Supervisor:  Prof Johann Rohwer Date:  Thursday, 21 June 2012 Time:  09:00 Venue:  Biochemistry Seminar Room A111, JC [...]

Many cases of theft inside hostels are reported at the Campus Security Services after the end of the holidays. Students are advised to take valuable items such as laptops, radios and cameras home. Vehicles left behind on Stellenbosch campus must be locked properly and students should refrain from leaving valuable items inside vehicles. Students who [...]

Personnel are urged to be vigilant of unknown and/or suspicious people entering campus buildings during the recess. Campus Security Services has made the following suggestions: Keep your personal property safe Offices should be locked at all times when vacant. All windows should be closed, especially those on the ground floor, even those fitted with burglar [...]

In an opinion piece published in the Sunday Independent on Sunday 17 June 2012, Ziyanda Stuurman, member of the Students’ Representative Council of Stellenbosch University writes: “The youth of today must map out their own destiny, using the values of freedom, human dignity and equality to guide them.” She argues that these values must guide [...]