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Wits philosopher elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Lucy Allais, Professor of Philosophy at Wits and at Johns Hopkins University, is the first female South African philosopher to join the Academy.
29 July 2025
Climate change significantly worsened deadly 2022 Durban floods
New study formally and scientifically attributes the extreme nature of the floods to climate change.
28 July 2025
Towering kindness during Mandela Challenge
Kindness didn’t just show up, it stood tall as Witsies marked Mandela Month with contributions of canned food towards the Wits Food Bank.
28 July 2025
Witsies champion community change on global stage
Two Wits students were selected to participate in the 2025 Get Engaged Student Action and Youth Leadership Conference in Vilnius, Lithuania.
25 July 2025
Wits philosopher elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Lucy Allais, Professor of Philosophy at Wits and at Johns Hopkins University, is the first female South African philosopher to join the Academy.
29 July 2025
Climate change significantly worsened deadly 2022 Durban floods
New study formally and scientifically attributes the extreme nature of the floods to climate change.
28 July 2025
Towering kindness during Mandela Challenge
Kindness didn’t just show up, it stood tall as Witsies marked Mandela Month with contributions of canned food towards the Wits Food Bank.
28 July 2025
Witsies champion community change on global stage
Two Wits students were selected to participate in the 2025 Get Engaged Student Action and Youth Leadership Conference in Vilnius, Lithuania.
25 July 2025
SmartSpot boosts safe, rapid TB diagnostics
In a small yet highly innovative laboratory in Braamfontein, Professor Bavesh Kana and his team are quietly revolutionising the global response to tuberculosis (TB). As Head of the Centre of Excellence for Biomedical TB Research, Kana leads a research group that developed SmartSpot, a diagnostic innovation that has enhanced TB testing in South Africa and around the world.
WATCH NOWWitsies marked Mandela Month with generous food donations to the Wits Food Bank and Wits AI expert Prof. Benjamin Rosman was named a CIFAR Fellow for his work in machine learning. Grade 12 learners got hands-on with ancient fossils in workshops and Wits academics raised red flags about a US-brokered DRC-Rwanda peace deal putting Africa’s critical minerals at risk. Meet Wits students Ntlahla Sikwana and Tessa Tshuma who represented Wits at a global youth leadership conference in Lithuania.
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EventsAll Events
29Jul
Critical Thinking in Health: Decolonising Health Systems and Epidemiology Wits School of Public Health Resource Centre 12:30
29Jul
Global Change Institute Monthly SeminarGlobal Change Institute, 2nd Floor Flame Station Building 13:00
29Jul
Inaugural Lecture of Professor Ziyaad DangorMarie Curie Lecture Theatre, Medical School, Parktown, Wits University16:30
01Aug
COSMOCENO @ the Wits Anglo American Digital DomeThe Wits Anglo American Digital Dome12:00
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