What we did in 2024
Our research impacted humans, animals and machines, while our students’ side hustles drove innovation, and our scholars deepened our knowledge.
20 December 2024
Looking back at 2024 with the Wits Innovation Centre
It was a year of establishment and growth for the Wits Innovation Centre (WIC) as it broke new ground to coordinate and encourage innovation across Wits.
20 December 2024
Why it’s a good idea to make alcohol more expensive – health economist
South Africa wants to introduce an excise tax on alcohol to make sure no alcoholic drink can be sold below a certain price.
19 December 2024
Five essential reads: How fossil tracks reveal SA's ancient coastlines
Tracks and traces from long ago are preserved in cemented dune surfaces.
13 December 2024
The Wits Innovation Centre (WIC) lies at the heart of the University’s innovation ecosystem that seeks to develop an ‘innovation mindset’ across all disciplines and boundaries. This is where brilliant minds come together to create, collaborate, and drive multidisciplinary innovation that leads to impactful solutions. #WitsInnovation | #InnovationForGood
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Wits was the first South African university to have a nuclear accelerator, to test radar, to have a computer, to study building materials, to produce a systematic climatological atlas of southern Africa, to achieve a successful graft of plastic cornea, and the first African university to have access to a quantum computer. These are just some of our 'firsts'.
A cross-faculty, cross-discipline centre to promote postgraduate students focused on enhancing the postgraduate experience and promoting postgraduate research.
For 100 years, Wits has nurtured innovators, discoverers, problem-solvers, activists, artists, critical thinkers, and thought leaders - all who punch above their weight.
The Research and Innovation Office drives a number of initiatives that aim to grow future generations of scholars publishing research with impact.
The Internationalisation and Strategic Partnership Office partners with universities, research entities, government, and many others in pursuit of solutions to impact society for good.
Wits is pursuing eight priority areas that will have a major impact on our society. For Good.
