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Envisaging early detection for childhood retinoblastoma
Wits research team initiates a study exploring the use of AI for early detection of eye cancer.
30 September 2026
Call for the WHO to declare the climate crisis a public health emergency of international concern
Researchers urge WHO to act now while coordinated action can still reduce harm and to place the health and wellbeing of people and planet first.
30 September 2026
Wits commands global stage at 81st UN General Assembly
The University took a leading role in the Joint Presidential Roundtable on Education, Skills and Jobs through South-South Cooperation.
30 September 2026
Envisaging early detection for childhood retinoblastoma
Wits research team initiates a study exploring the use of AI for early detection of eye cancer.
30 September 2026
Call for the WHO to declare the climate crisis a public health emergency of international concern
Researchers urge WHO to act now while coordinated action can still reduce harm and to place the health and wellbeing of people and planet first.
30 September 2026
Wits commands global stage at 81st UN General Assembly
The University took a leading role in the Joint Presidential Roundtable on Education, Skills and Jobs through South-South Cooperation.
30 September 2026
Wits engineering students gain access to specialised aerospace training and research through a new partnership in France. Professor David Phaho takes up a new Wits Innovation Chair focused on turning research into practical solutions. New research on Little Foot reveals how human ancestors moved from climbing trees to spending more time on the ground. Wits PhD student Chérien Roux is developing guidelines to help cancer patients use exercise safely during treatment and Wits’ LINK Centre and CRASA partner to strengthen digital policy, research and skills across southern Africa.
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Wits University is committed to the responsible, ethical and innovative use of AI with academic integrity at its centre. The purpose of this policy is to provide academic and professional and support staff (staff), and students with contextually valued practices regarding the fair and productive use of AI in advancing research, innovation, learning, teaching, course design and assessment of student learning at the University.
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