| 'Six months of COVID-19, and the challenges that still lie ahead' | https://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=7475 | | 'Six months of COVID-19, and the challenges that still lie ahead' | Wim de Villiers | Message of the Rector to members of the SU community: "Our race has only just begun" |
| Disinfection tunnels for Covid-19 have negligible benefit and are potentially dangerous | https://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=7474 | | Disinfection tunnels for Covid-19 have negligible benefit and are potentially dangerous | Shaheen Mehtar, Shabir A Madhi & Marc Mendelson | Having communicated with a number of companies who are marketing and selling these, we have yet to get a straight answer regarding what basis they market these products on and what evidence exists on its effectiveness in preventing Covid-19 infection. |
| ‘Everyone can make a difference’ | https://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=7473 | | ‘Everyone can make a difference’ | Development & Alumni / Ontwikkeling & Alumni | As a young boy growing up in the Eastern Cape, Sven Weidner always wanted to lend a helping hand to those in need. He believes that no effort is too small to make a change. |
| New podcast highlights SU research | https://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=7472 | | New podcast highlights SU research | Corporate Communication/Korporatiewe Kommunikasie [Rozanne Engel] | Stellenbosch University (SU) has recently launched a new podcast channel highlighting current topics and innovative research done at the University. |
| Book launched that explores the lasting effects of race and racism in SA society | https://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=7470 | | Book launched that explores the lasting effects of race and racism in SA society | USB | USB hosts book launch for 'Fault Lines' that explores the lasting effects of race and racism in South African |
| Maties expert assists COVID-19 task force to make sports events safer | https://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=7469 | | Maties expert assists COVID-19 task force to make sports events safer | FMHS Marketing & Communication / FGGW Bemarking & Kommunikasie | A sports and exercise medicine expert from SU is a member of a high-level international task force that has developed a free online tool to help event organisers to assess and mitigate the COVID-19 risk during endurance sports events. |
| Matie Education students motivate matrics around the country | https://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=7468 | | Matie Education students motivate matrics around the country | William Sezoe | Education students from the Stellenbosch University (SU) have recently released a Matric Survival Guide with tips and advice to assist the class of 2020. |
| Cigarette ban objections shrouded in murky history of tobacco | https://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=7467 | | Cigarette ban objections shrouded in murky history of tobacco | Elijah Doro | The murky political history of tobacco offers the opportunity to dispassionately unpack the puritanical, moral, industrial protectionist and scientific arguments for and against the cigarette ban. |
| Resuming the national school nutrition programme is a vital test for children’s socio-economic rights | https://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=7466 | | Resuming the national school nutrition programme is a vital test for children’s socio-economic rights | Sandra Liebenberg | The outcome of the case concerning children’s rights to food and basic education, to be argued before the Gauteng North High Court on Thursday, will shape the terrain for achieving effective accountability for socio-economic rights in SA for years |
| MobiLex: Multilingual Glossary Project | https://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=7465 | | MobiLex: Multilingual Glossary Project | Dr Michele van der Merwe | The SU Faculty of Education’s glossary project resulted in an open-access cell phone application, called MobiLex. |
