Stellenbosch University, South Africa - New scientific seminar series will feature high-level science and encourage collaboration

Title:

New scientific seminar series will feature high-level science and encourage collaboration

 

Author:

Ilse Bigalke

 

Published:

Stellenbosch University, 9 February 2022

https://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=8899

 

From the news article:

A new seminar series covering a wide range of topics related to epidemics and genomics was launched at the Tygerberg campus during the first week of February 2022.  

 

World-renowned bioinformatician Prof Tulio de Oliveira, who was involved in identifying the Beta variant of SARS-CoV-2 in South Africa and heads CERI (an SU based consortium focussed on epidemic response and innovation that will be launched later this year), presented the first seminar.

Stellenbosch University, South Africa - Prof Robinson elected as president of South African Education Research Association (SAERA)

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Prof Robinson elected as president of SAERA

 

Author:

Sandra Mulder

 

Published:

Stellenbosch University, 23 November 2021

https://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=8775

 

From the article:

Stellenbosch University's (SU) Prof Maureen Robinson has been elected president of the South African Education Research Association (SAERA).  

 

Robinson is one of the founding members of SAERA, which was launched in 2013. The organisation's main aim is to professionalise, cohere and improve educational research and academic work in South Africa.

 

Stellenbosch University, South Africa - SU Students rule the roost at SA Mathematics Olympiad for universities

Title:

SU Students rule the roost at SA Mathematics Olympiad for universities

 

Published:

Stellenbosch University, 2 September 2021

http://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=8535

 

From the article:

For the fifth year in a row, Stellenbosch University (SU) engineering student Ralph McDougall made it into the Hall of Fame of the ASSA South African Tertiary Mathematics Olympiad (SATMO).

 

Stellenbosch University (SU), South Africa - Introducing Stellenbosch University’s new logo [Video, 13 April 2021 - 1:55]

Title of video:

Introducing Stellenbosch University's new logo

Published:

Stellenbosch University via YouTube, 13 April 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWrfmQJXeZY

Duration:

1:55

From the video description:

We are pleased to introduce a new logo for Stellenbosch University (SU), which represents our vision to be “Africa's leading research-intensive university, globally recognised as excellent, inclusive and innovative, where we advance knowledge in service of society”. 

Stellenbosch University (SU), South Africa - Violin gets African tone thanks to SU professor

Title:
Violin gets African tone thanks to SU professor

Published:
Stellenbosch University (SU), 15 July 2020
http://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=7497

From the article:
Over the years, Stellenbosch University (SU) has been at the forefront of creating unique educational courses that are instrumental in educating the country's future scientists.

Prof Martina Meincken from the Department of Forest and Wood Science is one such scientist who has come up with a unique project to show that wood science is not just about building materials, but can also be used to create beautiful music.

Stellenbosch University (SU), South Africa - SU launches African Data Science Academy

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SU launches African Data Science Academy

Published:
Stellenbosch University (SU), 2 June 2020
http://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=7405

From the article:
With the vision to be a world-class institution for data science and computational thinking in and for Africa, Stellenbosch University (SU) established and launched the School for Data Science and Computational Thinking in July 2019.

The school has been hard at work to facilitate non-conventional, trans-faculty approaches to teaching and research in data science and computational thinking at the university in an interdisciplinary way.

The school has now established the African Data Science Academy (ADSA) to carry out the school's mission to facilitate human capacity building in data science and computational thinking at the University, nationally in South Africa, across Africa and globally. It develops and presents open courses offered by the school as well as bespoke courses developed for our industry and academic partners.

Stellenbosch University, South Africa, 28 May 2020 - Stories of the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic can help us today

Title:
Stories of the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic can help us today

Published:
Stellenbosch University, 28 May 2020
http://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=7394

From the article:
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.

The study, “Analysing the spread and severity of the 1918 Spanish flu", aims to analyse the effect of the flu by transcribing records of the Spanish Flu pandemic in South Africa. These records – consisting of, amongst others, death certificates and news clips of 1918 – provide insights into how the flu spread, how the government tried to prevent the spread of the virus and who died from the pandemic.

Stellenbosch University (SU), South Africa - Stellenbosch University mourns death of professor after surgery

Title:
Stellenbosch University mourns death of professor after surgery

Published:
IOL, 20 May 2020
https://www.iol.co.za/capetimes/news/stellenbosch-university-mourns-death-of-professor-after-surgery-48195000

From the article:
Professor Mary-Anne Plaatjies-Van Huffel, the first black woman to be promoted to full professor at the Faculty of Theology at Stellenbosch University, died yesterday following complications after surgery.

Note:
Our deepest sympaties go out to the family of Professor Mary-Anne Plaatjies-Van Huffel.

Stellenbosch University (SU) - SU's water optimisation project recognised internationally​

Title:
SU's water optimisation project recognised internationally

Author:
Petro Mostert

Published:
Stellenbosch University (SU), 14 May 2020
http://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=7352

From the article:
"Stellenbosch University's (SU) sustainable water optimisation project was the runner-up in this year's International Sustainability Campus Network's (ISCN) awards 2020."

Stellenbosch University (SU), South Africa - Maths Identity project helps learners with reasoning​​​​

Title:
Maths Identity project helps learners with reasoning

Published:
Stellenbosch University (SU), 6 May 2020

From the article:
"Stellenbosch University's (SU) Maths Identity project helps primary school learners with mathematic reasoning and stimulates positive attitude towards mathematics."

To read this article:
http://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=7318