| Report highlights challenges in health education | http://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=5723 | | Report highlights challenges in health education | FMHS Marketing & Communication / FGGW Bemarking & Kommunikasie | A comprehensive report detailing the challenges faced in the training of health professionals was recently released. |
| Keeping opportunism in business in check | http://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=5722 | | Keeping opportunism in business in check | Corporate Communication / Korporatiewe Kommunikasie [Alec Basson] | Opportunistic behaviour in business reduces trust, commitment, cooperation, relational ties and knowledge sharing, and also increases conflict and transaction cost. |
| Key aspects of University-Community Collaboration | http://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=5721 | | Key aspects of University-Community Collaboration | Joanne Williams | The Division for Social Impact recently held a workshop to discuss key aspects of University-Community Collaboration with Professor Thomas Bryer from the School of Public Administration at the University of Central Florida. |
| FMHS psychiatrist attends Nobel event | http://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=5720 | | FMHS psychiatrist attends Nobel event | Jackie Pienaar-Brink | Dr Eileen Thomas (35), a doctoral student in the Department of Psychiatry at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Scienes, has been chosen to attend the 68th Nobel Prizewinners' Event. |
| Masters student Stephan Dunn has been awarded the prestigious Haughton Award by the GSSA | http://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=5719 | | Masters student Stephan Dunn has been awarded the prestigious Haughton Award by the GSSA | B von der Heyden | The Haughton Award is bestowed annually to the student that submits the bets B.Sc. Honours thesis in the field of Earth Sciences. Stephan’s thesis investigated the geochemical controls of secondary (new) gold growth in gold nuggets collected from a river |
| New executive committee of the Institutional Forum | http://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=5718 | | New executive committee of the Institutional Forum | Corporate Communication/ Korporatiewe Kommunikasie | The newly elected executive committee of the Institutional Forum (IF) will play a pivotal role in ensuring that Stellenbosch University (SU) is anchored in creating and sustaining an environment of inclusivity, transformation, innovation, and maintaining |
| Wishing international business students bon voyage! | http://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=5717 | | Wishing international business students bon voyage! | Ronél Beukes | The 3rd-year BCom (Int Buss) class will soon leave for an exchange semester at a foreign university. |
| SU scientists compete for prestigious NSTF/South32 Awards | http://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=5716 | | SU scientists compete for prestigious NSTF/South32 Awards | Corporate Communication / Korporatiewe Kommunikasie [Alec Basson] | Stellenbosch University (SU) will again be well represented at the 2017/ 2018 National Science and Technology Forum (NSTF)/South32 Awards. With six researchers among the finalists, SU stands a good chance of bagging a few awards. |
| Photo novel about tik abuse now developed even further | http://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=5715 | | Photo novel about tik abuse now developed even further | Pia Nänny | Six months after Dr Burt Davis received his doctoral degree by designing a photo novel dealing with the health risks of using tik, he is hard at work to develop the booklet further to make it even more useful. |
| Better implants key to repair damaged knees | http://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=5713 | | Better implants key to repair damaged knees | Corporate Communication / Korporatiewe Kommunikasie [Alec Basson] | Knee implants that are patient-specific, anatomically accurate, reproduce normal knee motion and are ultimately repeatable can facilitate natural joint movement after an operation. |
