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Reimagining vision
Research by PhD student Kruti Naik could change the way eye infections and conditions are treated
29 August 2025
Professor Imraan Valodia joins Extraordinary Global Committee on Wealth Inequality
South Africa’s historic G20 Presidency has taken a bold step in addressing one of the world’s most pressing challenges: global inequality.
28 August 2025
Uncovering links between depression and hypertension in African populations
Dr Vivien Chebii receives Wellcome Early Career Award to study whether mental illness and cardiometabolic disorders share genetic pathways.
28 August 2025
Next-generation ‘molecular scissors’ may offer hope for chronic hepatitis B sufferers
The genetic blueprint of the hepatitis B virus (HBV) could be permanently inactivated with newly engineered TALENs.
27 August 2025
Reimagining vision
Research by PhD student Kruti Naik could change the way eye infections and conditions are treated
29 August 2025
Professor Imraan Valodia joins Extraordinary Global Committee on Wealth Inequality
South Africa’s historic G20 Presidency has taken a bold step in addressing one of the world’s most pressing challenges: global inequality.
28 August 2025
Uncovering links between depression and hypertension in African populations
Dr Vivien Chebii receives Wellcome Early Career Award to study whether mental illness and cardiometabolic disorders share genetic pathways.
28 August 2025
Next-generation ‘molecular scissors’ may offer hope for chronic hepatitis B sufferers
The genetic blueprint of the hepatitis B virus (HBV) could be permanently inactivated with newly engineered TALENs.
27 August 2025
Shaping quantum light for a more secure future
At Wits University’s Structured Light Laboratory, researchers are harnessing light to drive breakthroughs in secure communication, imaging, and quantum technology. Led by Distinguished Professor Andrew Forbes from the School of Physics, the lab operates at the intersection of classical optics, quantum physics, and artificial intelligence.
WATCH NOWProfessor Andrew Forbes breaks new ground with a topological approach to quantum communication that could transform computing. Professor Bruce Rubidge unveils the Karoo Origins fossil centre, home to the globally acclaimed Rubidge Collection. The FALF programme marks five years of advancing female academic leadership, and Wits researchers celebrate top honours at the 2025 NRF Awards with prestigious ratings. Prof. Imraan Valodia, the Pro VC for Climate, Sustainability, and Inequality hosted the fourth Inter Faculty Symposium which saw Wits academics, researchers and postgraduate students engage on research and projects that impact on society for good.
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EventsAll Events
29Aug
Great Balls of Fire: Explaining the NQWEBA Bolide and Meteorite Fall of August 2024Wits Anglo American Digital Dome13:15
30Aug
Walkabout of Serge Alain Nitegeka’s exhibition Black SubjectsWits Art Museum12:00
01Sep
Afro-ADVAC 2025Hybrid Event08:30
01Sep
Inaugural Lecture of Professor Demitri ConstantinouHybrid Event17:00
Straight From the ‘Gram