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Distinguished Open Lecture: The Role of The Bahamas in CARICOM

{gallery}http://www.flickr.com/photos/theuwi/sets/72157643800967203/{/gallery} On April 7, 2014 as part of the CARICOM Leaders Lecture Series, the Rt. Honourable Perry Gladstone Christie, Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas delivered a Distinguished Open Lecture titled “The Role of the Bahamas in CARICOM: My perspective on where we are going”. The lecture took place at the Daaga Auditorium.

The lecture is the second in a series at The UWI St. Augustine, focusing on CARICOM: exploring its usefulness to the region and its future, following its 40th anniversary celebrations under a year ago. Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque delivered the first lecture in October 2013.

UPCOMING AT THE UWI MUSEUM

Two collaborative exhibitions are short-term features on our agenda in coming weeks. The first is with the Mexican Embassy in Jamaica, late April; the second is with the UWI’s Institute of Gender & Development Studies (IGDS) in June.

The Mexican Suns is the title of the exhibition that will be launched on the evening of April 24 and run until

SALISES Tribute to Professor Emeritus Norman Girvan

SALISES Tribute to Professor Emeritus Norman Girvan

By Professor Brian Meeks, University Director, Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies on th epassing of Professor Emeritus Norman Girvan, CD  
On behalf of the entire faculty, staff and student body  of the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies (SALISES),  I wish to express the profound sorrow that we feel at t

TEN - Celebrating 10 years of performance at the DCFA

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UWI St. Augustine mourns the passing of Professor Emeritus Norman Girvan, CD

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Cultural Studies and Literature postgraduate seminars

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Special Education: Learning for Everyone

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UWI Mona’s Simone Badal McCreath receives prestigious Award for cancer research

UWI Mona’s Simone Badal McCreath receives prestigious Award for cancer research

Research Fellow at the Natural Products Institute at The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, Dr Simone Badal McCreath is one of five women chemists worldwide to be honoured with the Elsevier Foundation Awards for Early Career Women Scientists in the Developing World, for research that looks to nature for ways to address cancer and other

UWI/Guardian Life Premium Teaching Award 2014

Event Date: 

April 30, 2014 (Time To Be Announced)

Applications are still being accepted for the UWI/Guardian Life Premium Teaching Award, 2014. This prestigious Award seeks to recognize and reward excellence in teaching and learning at The UWI, Mona Campus. 

 

A Portfolio Development Workshop will be held on

Teaching with 21st Century Technology Showcase

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April 14, 2014 - 12:00pm - 2:00pm

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April 15, 2014 - 12:00pm - 2:00pm

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April 16, 2014 - 12:00pm - 2:00pm

The Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) will be hosting its first Teaching with 21st Century Technology Showcase from April 14-16, 2014

Tribute from Professor Brian Meeks on the passing of Professor Emeritus Norman Girvan, CD

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Distinguished Leadership and Innovation Conference (DLIC)

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UWI signs MOU for Medical Marijuana Research

UWI signs MOU for Medical Marijuana Research

The University of the West Indies, (UWI) Mona today, Wednesday, April 9, 2014,  signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with GenCanna Global, Inc.,  trading as Strains of Hope, to facilitate the conduct of research into the medicinal properties of marijuana (cannabis sativa).
 
The agreement will be effective for a period of three years, and was

Lecture: Dis-ease(d) About Morality? Thinking About Ethics in Jamaica Today

Event Date: 

May 1, 2014 - 5:00pm

Thsi Lecture is hosted by the School for Graduate Studies and Research: Office of Graduate Studies, Regional Headquarters.

Venue: 

Chemistry Lecture Theatre (C5)

Target Audience: 

Staff

Book Launch: IGDS Working Paper # 6: Youth Voices Gender, Sexual and Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean

Event Date: 

April 30, 2014 - 5:00pm

The Launch of IGDS Working Paper # 6: Youth Voices: Gender, Sexual and Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean is presented by the Institute for Gender and Development Studies, Mona Campus Unit, in partnership with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Sub-Regional Office for

International Colloquium on Pan Africanism starts April 23

The Ninth CBAAC International Colloquium, under the theme: “Toward a New Pan-Africanism - Deploying Anthropology, Archeology, History and Philosophy in the Service of Africa and the Diaspora”, is being organized by the Centre for Black and African Arts and Civilization (CBAAC), Lagos, Nigeria, in conjunction with Pan-African Strategic and Policy Re

Ninth CBAAC/UWI/PANAFSTRAG International Colloquium 2014: “Toward a New Pan-Africanism

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April 23, 2014 - 5:00pm

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April 24, 2014 - 9:00am

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April 25, 2014 - 9:00am

The ninth International Colloquium is organized by the Centre for Black and African Arts and Civilization (CBAAC), Lagos, Nigeria, in conjunction with Pan-African Strategic and Policy

Lecture: Reparation Justice for the Enslavement of Black People and the Genocide of Natives in the Caribbean

Event Date: 

April 15, 2014 - 9:30am - 11:30am

The University of the West Indies Press in association with Kingston College invites you to a Lecture on Reparation Justice for the Enslavement of Black People and the Genocide of Natives in the Caribbean by Professor Sir Hilary McD. Beckles (Chair, CARICOM Reparations Commission,

Shakespeare Workshops mark playwright's 450th anniversary

Shakespeare Workshops mark playwright's 450th anniversary

Wednesday April 23, 2014 marks the 450th anniversary of the birth of that most celebrated of all playwrights, William Shakespeare.  To celebrate the anniversary the Philip Sherlock Centre for the Creative Arts at the University of the West Indies, Mona, will host two Shakespeare 450 Workshops on April 23 and 24, both led by UWI Senior Lecturer and

Shakespeare Revision Workshop - A Midsummer Night's Dream

Event Date: 

April 23, 2014 - 9:00am - 4:00pm

CSEC Students!

 

On the 450th anniversary of the birth of William Shakespeare, the Philip Sherlock Centre for the Creative Arts at the University of the West Indies, Mona, will host two Shakespeare 450 Workshops on April 23 and 24, both led by UWI Senior Lecturer and Staff Tutor in

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