In a ground-breaking achievement for Caribbean academia, Professor Simon Mitchell of the Department of Geography and Geology is the 2023 recipient of the 2023 W. Storrs Cole Memorial Research Award by The Geological Society of America (GSA). This marks the first time that a scholar from the Caribbean region has received this award. Prof. Mitchell, an outstanding researcher was recognized for his significant contributions to the field of Sedimentary Geology. The award includes a research stipend.

Twenty three years ago specialists in palaeontology from UWI visited a mine site with a fossil reef at Alcan Kirkvine Works several times to research, record and collect specimens, before the pit was reclaimed. Reclamation was a requirement under the mining law.

The Department of Geography and Geology mourns the passing of Emeritus Professor of Geography, David Barker. Prof. Barker arrived at the Mona Campus in 1980 from England, to teach agricultural geography. He had a Ph.D.