#WitsUniversity
Save the date for the 9th Mandelstam Theoretical Physics School and Workshop, taking place at WITS, JHB, from 7–13 Jan 2027.
The school will explore Recent Developments in Finite N and Emergent Gravity.
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#Mandelstam2027 #TheoreticalPhysics #EmergentGravity #WitsUniversity #NITheCS
November 2, 2026 at 2:31 PM
📢The countdown is almost over!

The Public Interest Law Gathering (PILG) 2026 takes place on 26 and 27 October at WitsUniversity bringing together Public interest and CSOs to engage on the challenges facing human rights and constitutional democracy in SA.
October 24, 2026 at 7:42 AM
TOMORROW: SEMINAR by Kelsey Glennon from @WitsUniversity, invited by @pnovik.bsky.social and @yvdp.bsky.social. @viblifesciences.bsky.social
September 23, 2026 at 6:15 AM
🎓 Wits University PhD & LLM Bursaries 2027!

African law researchers can apply for postgraduate research funding at Wits University.

💰 Up to R200,000
🎓 PhD & LLM
🌍 African applicants
📅 Deadline: 30 Sept 2026

🔗 Apply: wp.me/p23f03-nzc

#WitsUniversity #PhDFunding #LLMBursary
University of the Witwatersrand PhD and LLM Bursaries 2027: Up to R200,000 for African Law Researchers - Opportunities for Youth
Applications are open for the 2027 PhD and LLM by Research bursaries at the University of the Witwatersrand School of Law, offering postgraduate funding for
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August 27, 2026 at 1:15 PM
It has been a great pleasure attending the International Panel on Inequality (IPI) Founding Committee at
@WitsUniversity in Johannesburg on Apr 24. It reinforced my conviction that the response to inequality must be both global and local. Photo credit:
@WitsUniversity
May 6, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Our new #openaccess paper led by @HFranchinoOlsen and funded by a @WitsUniversity Centennial Fellowship and @ERC_Research examines young children's (age 6-10) feelings when asked about #violence and other sensitive topics @ISPCAN #academicsky www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
“They should ask me so that they can help me”: Patterns of young children's expressed feelings and beliefs when interviewed about violence and difficult experiences
Children's participation in research is a rights-based principle. However, young children are often excluded from research on sensitive topics, due to…
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July 6, 2024 at 3:07 PM
What a great days at @WitsUniversity with the @WitsADDP team! Top-notch science, vibrant research culture, and brilliant minds. 🙌
Big thanks to Prof Yahya Choonara and Prof Lisa du Toit @SouthAfricaCRS for the invitation and warm welcome. 💊🌍
#Pharma #DrugDelivery #CRS
June 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Imagine it'll be a difficult week at @WitsUniversity, what with needing an urgent review on safeguarding human remains and space travel. "We've got plenty more out back" isnt really an excuse.
January 23, 2025 at 2:29 PM
#AfriqueduSud : le serpent mamba noir est un important allié pour mesurer la pollution de l’air, révèle une étude (C’est une grande première sur le continent africain : l’Université du Witwatersrand de Johannesburg ( #WitsUniversity) a publié le 19 août une étude qui démontre que
September 8, 2025 at 11:29 PM
#sacomm2018 #PolComm panel with Sam Kamau @AKUGlobal, Ruth Owino @DaystarUni, Murej Mak’Ochieng (Multimedia University of Kenya), Marion Olga Alina @ukzn, Fiona Chawana @WitsUniversity, and @masukuc1 @MidlandsState <a href="http://sacomm.org.za/sacomm-2018/" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://sacomm.org.za/sacomm-2018/
November 18, 2024 at 12:01 PM
An Editors' Pick via #OPG_OL: Learning highly oscillatory optical fields with Fourier feature networks https://bit.ly/4t4if8k #OpticalFields #NeuralNetworks @WitsUniversity💡⚛️
March 25, 2026 at 2:12 PM
From Morekolodi Primary & Tsogo High, to WitsUniversity & RutgersU, to my current daily homes at U of Pretoria & Lelapa AI —thank you. To the pioneering students, lab members @dsfsi.bsky.social , and community builders at @deeplearningindaba.bsky.social & MasakhaneNLP: you are the actual engine.
May 18, 2026 at 12:19 PM
Thanks a million to the organizers of #SIEL2016 @WitsUniversity! @MarkusAWagner @hhesterm @AmyPorges @sielnet

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December 26, 2024 at 2:29 PM
November 18, 2024 at 4:12 PM
Susan Booysen, Visiting Prof at Wits University: Excited for her insights! #WitsUniversity https://fefd.link/6waVv
April 17, 2025 at 11:26 PM
🩸🔬 Targeted therapies for blood cancer are evolving fast!
From ligand-functionalized nanoparticles to AI-driven delivery—precision is the new standard. Review from #RSCPharma AB member Yahya Choonara and co-workers, @WitsUniversity

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#BloodCancer #Nanomedicine #DrugDelivery
Advances in targeted therapies and emerging strategies for blood cancer treatment
Blood cancers, including leukemia, lymphoma, and multiple myeloma, originate within the bone marrow, where the intricate microenvironment presents considerable challenges for conventional therapies…
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September 20, 2025 at 3:14 PM
AIDS denialism was devastating for South Africa in the past

This exhibit @WitsUniversity was based on a speech written at the height of denial

Today, South Africa has the world's largest antiretroviral therapy program

Took great advocacy & activism
December 10, 2024 at 9:41 AM
March Member Highlights 🎉

Prisca Mosala Rahatji (🇿🇦) who just graduated with her Biomedical Science degree from @WitsUniversity. Congratulations 🎉

#BWCBhighlights
March 13, 2024 at 1:00 PM
SPONSORED CONTENT: Movement isn't just for athletes—it's a prescription for life! Wits University researchers have proven that regular activity can reduce cancer death risk by up to 47%.

#WitsUniversity #MovementIsMedicine #HealthResearch
Movement is medicine | Daily Maverick
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December 19, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Conservationists in South Africa this week ramped up their fight to stop poachers with a new tactic: injecting rhino horns with radioactive isotopes. #RhisotopeProject #rhinos #conservation #IAEA #WitsUniversity #SouthAfrica
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Conservationists Go Nuclear to Save the Rhino — Manuela Hoelterhoff
Conservationists in South Africa this week ramped up their fight to stop poachers with a new tactic: injecting rhino horns with radioactive isotopes. The implants do not harm the rhinos, but they will...
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August 6, 2025 at 1:00 AM