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Meet Alexia Harvey PhD - winner of the Most Outstanding Thesis award for 2012/13. Her work on the potential uses of susbtances in Yam for pharmaceutical formulations earned High Commendation. She opens up about her
Ten leaders from five communities in Kingston, St Mary and St Thomas have confirmed their attendance on the next two Tuesdays (March 18 & 25), at the Social Planning and Project Development course offered in the Department of Sociology, Psychology & Social Work. This activity coincides with the global observance of World Social Work Day
The UWI Museum and the National Musuem of Jamaica will launch the book, Plantation to Nation: Caribbean Museums and National Identity. The main speaker is Co editor, Alissandra Cummins, Director, Barbados Musuem and Historical Society
The Rotaract Club of UWI Mona presents movie night featuring Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom starring Idris Elba and Naomi Harris. Refreshments will be on sale. Entry fee, $200.
The UWI School of Nursing will host the 24th Nursing and Midwifery Research Conference and 25th Mary J. Seivwright Day entitled “Nursing and Midwifery Research: The pathway to quality healthcare” Day 1 will focus
Modern languages and Literatures Day involves cultural activities, international cuisine, embassies presentations, short movies, exhibition of artefacts and a mega concert.
The University Players, the resident theatre company at the Philip Sherlock Centre, UWI, Mona, received a total of fifteen nominations in the International Theatre Institute (Jamaica Chapter’s) Actor Boy Awards for 2013.
The awards are presented annually to outstanding Jamaican theatre productions. This year’s nominations are for two productions s
The University of the West Indies, Mona Department of Library & Information Studies in collaboration with The University Library invites you to the "Navigating the Archive of Slavery" presented by Professor Emeritus Barry Higman
{gallery}http://www.flickr.com/photos/theuwi/sets/72157642268114053/{/gallery} The UWI in collaboration with the First Citizens Sports Foundation hosted a conference on sport and higher education from January 15-18th, 2014, titled "Science, Higher Education and Business: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Sports Studies, Research and Development". Despite developments in higher education in sport, it has been recognized that there remains a significant void with respect to the body of Caribbean-oriented sport research and scholarship which connects to both development of sports and the use of sport for development. Therefore, the conference aimed to help fill this void as well as rationalise existing local initiatives in higher education.
Feature speaker was Jay Coakley, Professor Emeritus, Sociology Department, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs.