World Bank Open Data evangelist, Dr. Tariq Khokhar will deliver the keynote address at the Opening Plenary of the Mona School of Business-hosted SlashRoots-Caribbean Open Data Conference, which is being presented under the theme, “Developing the Caribbean.” Describing his interests as being “where technology,
Health and Wellness will be the focus as the University of the West Indies hosts its 2012 Research Days activities on January 26 and 27 on the Mona Campus. Now in its 13th year, the annual forum provides an opportunity for dialogue between researchers and students, potential investors/research collaborators, business leaders and policy
When Conchi Blows is a book that was authored by Omar Sheriffe Vernon el Halawani which he set up to give back to the UWI after his death. Although not a graduate, he is a “Friend of the UWI” and funds from this book have raised $59,000.00 Canadian dollars to date, which have been used to provide scholarships to UWI medical students.
The Faculty of Social Sciences and the Faculty of Medical Sciences, at the University of the West Indies, Mona will be hosting the first joint International Conference on the theme ‘Dying to be Beautiful? Body Image, Eating Behaviours and Health in the Caribbean.’ The Conference is scheduled for January 13-15, 2012 at the UWI
The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus will host the third Cross Campus Conference of the Faculties of Social Sciences on January 16-18, 2012 under the theme: The Strategic Plan and the Social Sciences: Making it better for 2012-2017. The conference starts at 8:30am or 9:00am each day with all plenary sessions slated for the Social
The University of the West Indies is well into the process of development for its 2012-2017 strategic plan and is making a renewed call to its external stakeholders to contribute to the initiative. The new strategic plan will build on some of the successes and deliverables of the current strategic plan: Strategic Transformation for