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Anglo American’s iconic building handover
Anglo American’s iconic building to become Wits Business School’s Centre for Entrepreneurship. In 2022, Wits University and Anglo American also partnered to upgrade the Johannesburg Planetarium, situated on the university’s city campus, into a world-class digital hub.
Anglo American’s iconic building to become Wits Business School’s Centre for Entrepreneurship. In 2022, Wits University and Anglo American also partnered to upgrade the Johannesburg Planetarium, situated on the university’s city campus, into a world-class digital hub.
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We are in the field to see how Rhisotope are inserted into the horns of 20 rhinos in an attempt to deter end users from consuming rhino horn, and to ensure that the horns get picked up at border crossings. We meet the researchers who are enhancing the BCG vaccine through gene-editing to fight tuberculosis. Grade 11 learners investigate a gas explosion in the annual Wits Integrated Experience and new research examines the health risks of heat exposure on pregnant women and children. Also learn why your password should never be 12345! Read more at www.wits.ac.za/news.

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Our Impact For Good

Our research output has doubled in the past five years and offers new ways to impact society for good, as well as astounding ‘moonshot moments’ that give us hope and inspiration. #WitsForGood. At Wits, we produce publications of the highest quality and we work hard to sustain the interplay between teaching and research.

434

National Research Foundation (NRF) rated researchers of whom 26 are A-rated.

97%

of Wits authored publications are international journals.

17%

Increase in Wits Research output over the past five years and 72% over the last 10 years.

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Specialised research entities are active in Wits.

 

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