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SU to implement a wastewater surveillance platform to detect Covid-19 outbreaks on campus

SU to implement a wastewater surveillance platform to detect Covid-19 outbreaks on campus By IOL Reporter Share STELLENBOSCH University (SU) has announced that it plans to implement a wastewater-based surveillance platform to detect outbreaks of SARS-CoV-2 on two of its campuses. This comes as the country battles a third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. The wastewater-based surveillance platform has been developed in collaboration with researchers from the University of Bath, in partnership with the South African Medical Research Council (MRC), and funded by the UK’s Newton Fund. The campus-based platform will be supported by a grant from Professor Eugene Cloete, the Vice-Rector: Research, Innovation and Postgraduate Studies.

Stellenbosch University to launch new School for Climate Studies

Stellenbosch University to launch new School for Climate Studies By IOL Reporter Share STELLENBOSCH University (SU) has launched a new School for Climate Studies, which will be officially open in June 2021. The inception of the school follows the university’s determination to fight against climate change. “The school will create transdisciplinary capacity to combine the climate-related knowledge systems of SU’s faculties, the public sector’s climate policies and initiatives, the private sector’s climate redress and innovation capacities and the social impact mission of SU in both academic and applied ways – all in support of the transition to a climate-resilient society and a low-carbon economy,” the university’s statement said.

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