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Rees honoured with 2025 Dr Lee Jong-wook prize
Professor Helen Rees received the coveted World Health Organizations prize for her “outstanding contribution to public health”.
27 May 2025
The incredible web of connection
From stinkbug pizzas to slithering snakes, the annual Yebo Gogga exhibition was a hit.
23 May 2025
Leveraging global partnerships to drive African sustainable futures research
The Sustainability Symposium brought together the 24 Mastercard Foundation WESAF Fellows, their supervisors from both Wits and Edinburgh.
23 May 2025
Rees honoured with 2025 Dr Lee Jong-wook prize
Professor Helen Rees received the coveted World Health Organizations prize for her “outstanding contribution to public health”.
27 May 2025
The incredible web of connection
From stinkbug pizzas to slithering snakes, the annual Yebo Gogga exhibition was a hit.
23 May 2025
Leveraging global partnerships to drive African sustainable futures research
The Sustainability Symposium brought together the 24 Mastercard Foundation WESAF Fellows, their supervisors from both Wits and Edinburgh.
23 May 2025
Puff adders emerge as unlikely heroes in crop protection, offering a natural rodent control solution. Wits scientists make a cancer breakthrough, identifying two new breast cancer genes in Black South African women. The University secures a major AI climate grant from the Bezos Earth Fund to advance forecasting across Africa. Yebo Gogga 2025 dazzles with interactive exhibits on nature’s wild wonders, and a new Lancet report co-authored by Wits warns that climate change, conflict, and digital disruption threaten adolescent health progress.
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