Prof Jimmy Volmink receives highest honour from SAMRC | https://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=8042 | | Prof Jimmy Volmink receives highest honour from SAMRC | FMHS Marketing & Communications / FGGW Bemarking & Kommunikasie – Wilma Stassen | The South African Medical Research Council has bestowed its most prestigious award on Prof Jimmy Volmink, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, for his “exceptional lifelong contribution to medical research and public health." |
FMHS launches first postgraduate toxicology diploma in Africa | https://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=8012 | | FMHS launches first postgraduate toxicology diploma in Africa | FMHS Marketing & Communications / FGGW Bemarking & Kommunikasie – Anina Visser | In January 2021, Stellenbosch University’s Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) launched a new postgraduate diploma in Medical Toxicology. |
Let’s celebrate the first one | https://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=8007 | | Let’s celebrate the first one | Susan Lotz, Kim Wallmach & Zandile Kondowe | It’s most probably the language in which you’d swear when you get a very sudden fright. Chances are that you also dream in this language. If you’re lucky, you’ll know nursery rhymes in it, and maybe even a few archaic idioms and made-up words… |
SharkSafe recognised as a top ocean innovator | https://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=7985 | | SharkSafe recognised as a top ocean innovator | Innovus | SharkSafe Barrier™, an Innovus spinout company from Stellenbosch University, was recognised by the World Economic Forum's digital platform UpLink as one of its top ocean innovators. |
Cancer, Covid-19 and community resilience | https://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=7970 | | Cancer, Covid-19 and community resilience | Prof Vikash Sewram - African Cancer Institute | World Cancer Day spearheaded by the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) takes place every year on 4 February and is a unifying initiative under which the global community comes together to elevate the profile of cancer in a positive manner. |
US and Paul Roos Gymnasium to develop indoor cricket facility and multipurpose sports field together | https://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=7968 | | US and Paul Roos Gymnasium to develop indoor cricket facility and multipurpose sports field together | Operations and Finance | US and Paul Roos Gymnasium to develop indoor cricket facility and multipurpose sports field together |
Normalisation of drone use raises new challenges for international law | https://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=7960 | | Normalisation of drone use raises new challenges for international law | Corporate Communication & Marketing / Korporatiewe Kommunikasie & Bemarking [Alec Basson] | Drone-enabled surveillance is fast becoming all-pervasive, having moved rapidly from military combat to other areas of law enforcement and migration control. This raises new challenges for international law. |
All the best for 2021 | https://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=7942 | | All the best for 2021 | Wim de Villiers | How time flies! The new year is already a week old, so let me without delay wish you all the best for 2021. This is no glib talk – if the last 12 months have taught us anything, it is to truly appreciate the preciousness of life. May this year be good to |
Never too old: 2nd doctorate for Prof Leslie Swartz | https://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=7930 | | Never too old: 2nd doctorate for Prof Leslie Swartz | Corporate Communication & Marketing / Korporatiewe Kommunikasie & Bemarking [Alec Basson] | Prof Leslie Swartz, a distinguished Professor of Psychology at Stellenbosch University (SU), received his second PhD on Monday 14 December 2020 during SU’s December graduation week, exactly thirty years after obtaining his first PhD. |
Study calls for improved legislation to protect water from mining pollution | https://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=7920 | | Study calls for improved legislation to protect water from mining pollution | Corporate Communication & Marketing / Korporatiewe Kommunikasie & Bemarking [Alec Basson] | In her recent doctorate in Public Law, Dr Marianca Louw points out that South Africa needs improved environmental, water and mining legislation to prevent our freshwater resources from being polluted by mining activities, particularly acid mine drainage. |