| Implications for SU residences under level 3 risk adjustment | http://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=7400 | | Implications for SU residences under level 3 risk adjustment | Prof Stan du Plessis: Chair: Institutional Committee for Business Continuity | As a country we will soon move to risk level 3 and it is understandable that the recent announcement of this risk adjustment has resulted in additional questions for our students. Despite relaxing of the restrictions on movement, universities must still a |
| CS4D 2020: Caring for our carers in the time of COVID-19 | http://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=7399 | | CS4D 2020: Caring for our carers in the time of COVID-19 | FMHS Management / FGGW-bestuur | If COVID-19 was a war, our health workers would have been in the firing line. |
| The CST Lockdown Webinars | http://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=7398 | | The CST Lockdown Webinars | SPL Media Reporter | The CST Lockdown Webinars |
| Dr Roomaney – one of 51 SA academics selected for advancement programme | http://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=7397 | | Dr Roomaney – one of 51 SA academics selected for advancement programme | Lynne Rippenaar-Moses | Dr Rizwana Roomaney, a lecturer in the Psychology Department at Stellenbosch University, has been selected as one of 51 black academics from across South Africa to participate in the Black Academics Advancement Programme in 2020. |
| 'Extraordinary academic' receives Schumann medal | http://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=7396 | | 'Extraordinary academic' receives Schumann medal | Daniel Bugan | 'Extraordinary academic' receives Schumann medal |
| Urgent mental health intervention needed during COVID-19 pandemic | http://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=7395 | | Urgent mental health intervention needed during COVID-19 pandemic | Soraya Seedat | The COVID-19 pandemic has damaged the mental well-being of many people. This damage may be hard to reverse without prompt action. |
| Stories of the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic can help us today | http://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=7394 | | Stories of the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic can help us today | Corporate Communication/Sandra Mulder | A research project at Stellenbosch University (SU) that commenced in 2018, the centenary year of the Spanish Influenza, has gained much more relevance today with the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| TygerMatie’s data ‘skeem’ ensures no student gets left behind | http://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=7393 | | TygerMatie’s data ‘skeem’ ensures no student gets left behind | Sue Segar | In yet another example of students pulling together in a time of need, fifth-year medical student Sibongumezi Mtshali has started a campaign to help students from underprivileged backgrounds buy data to access their online studies during the lockdown. |
| Lockdown and a lack of cigarettes for World No Tobacco Day | http://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=7391 | | Lockdown and a lack of cigarettes for World No Tobacco Day | Dr. Lynne Julie | Tobacco kills more than 8 million people globally every year. More than 7 million of these deaths are from direct tobacco use and around 1.2 million are due to non-smokers being exposed to second-hand smoke. |
| Dr Neill Goosen first full-time Director of ARUA Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Energy | http://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=7390 | | Dr Neill Goosen first full-time Director of ARUA Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Energy | Liesel Koch | The first full-time Director of the ARUA Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Energy, Dr Neill Goosen, started his term in January 2020. Dr Goosen says: “Stellenbosch University is part of the African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) launched in 2015. |
