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Children with hearing problems: why acting early can make all the difference Unidentified or late identified hearing impairment has significant implications for the speech-language, cognitive and scholastic development of the child. 3 March 2025

Listening, speaking, learning, thriving Therapy offered by the University Speech and Hearing Clinic enables communication and advances societal good. 3 March 2025

Researchers to examine the impact of support provided to deaf children Wits and its UK partner are to investigate the impact of support provided to deaf infants and children in South Africa. 3 March 2025

Study shows type 2 diabetes doubled in sub-Saharan Africa in 6 years Poorly controlled type 2 diabetes can, over time, increase the risk of heart and kidney disease and lead to eye, vascular and nerve damage. 27 February 2025

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03Mar

GCI Seminar: Water security and climate change in Africa-past, future and presentGround Floor Meeting Room, Liberty Flame Station Building, Braamfontein13:00

05Mar

The Paris agreement at a crossroads: Pathways to a sustainable future Senate Room16:00

06Mar

Frantz Fanon: Combat Breathing Political Science Seminar Room 32, Robert Sobukwe Building.12:00

07Mar

Experience the inaugural Wits Standard Bank Piano Festival!The Chris Seabrooke Music Hall19:00

Wits In 60 Seconds

In this episode, we explore how Type 2 Diabetes is rising twice as fast in sub-Saharan Africa according to research published Lancet Global Health. Wits is enhancing research through acquiring cutting-edge equipment. Remember to book your seat to attend a public lecture by Sir David King at Wits to discuss The Paris Agreement and Pathways to a Sustainable Future. Wits academics benefit from the Carnegie-funded EMCAT programme for career advancement, and a Wits student delegation explores innovation and leadership in China.

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Attractions on Wits Campuses

History, heritage and science at Wits

Origins Centre: Houses Paleoanthropological and Archaeological material, as well the largest rock engraving archive on the continent. Visitors to the Origins Centre follow a path of hominin innovation that began over 2 million years ago.

Wits Art Museum (WAM): Houses 9 000 of the world’s largest and finest collections of African art and is a rich resource for research and training.

Tshimologong Digital Innovation Precinct: Facilitates the incubation of start-ups, the commercialisation of research and the development of high-level digital skills for students, working professionals and unemployed youth.

The Life Sciences Museum: The only natural history museum in Johannesburg. A multifaceted, modern museum with research and teaching laboratories, a large herbarium, and live plants and animals, skeletons, models and preserved specimens.

The Adler Museum of Medicine: Preserves the history of the health sciences in southern Africa, and supplements the educational activities of the University, by means of collections, research, teaching, exhibitions and publications.

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