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Tribute to the late Professor Edwin Jones
The following statement is issued by Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, Vice-Chancellor of The UWI in tribute to the late Professor Edwin Jones.
The UWI Partners with Abbott for Pandemic Defense Coalition: A Global Network of Expert Collaborators Designed to Identify and Prevent Future Pandemics
- Program is dedicated to the early detection of, and rapid response to, future pandemic threats, including COVID-19 variants
- Together with global collaborators, The UWI will help identify unknown diseases through surveillance, virus sample collection, testing and sequencing
Professor Rupika Delgoda and Dr Floyd Morris named among the 2021 Anthony N Sabga Caribbean Awards Excellence Laureates
Professor Rupika Delgoda and Dr Floyd Morris named among the 2021 Anthony N Sabga Caribbean Awards Excellence Laureates
The University of the West Indies, Mona congratulates Professor Rupika Delgoda and Dr Floyd Morris who are named the Anthony N Sabga Caribbean Awards Excellence Laureates for 2021. Dr Morris was recognized for excellence in Public & Civic Contributions and; Prof Delgoda for Excellence in Science &Technology.
Professor Rupika Delgoda
Digital Mass Media Team Wins At The 2020 Vincent Hosang UWI Venture Competition Finals
Left to Right: Wayne Sutherland (Director, JMMB Group), Professor Jennifer Bailey, (Assistant Professor Babson College) , Stuart Payne and Cereta McDougall, 3RD Place Winners, Kristen Gyles, 1st Place Winner, Nkrumah Fong, 2nd Place Winner and Douglas Lindo, (Chairman, Vincent HoSang Entrepreneurship Programme).
UWI Science: Rehabilitating Coastal Ecosystems as a way to Climate Resilience
In a TEDxWorthington talk, Professor Mona Webber makes it clear that that rehabilitating coastal ecosystems is one way of building climate resilience for countries like Jamaica. She shares how innovative UWI research on replanting, restoring and protecting mangroves, seagrasses, and coral reefs is helping to achieve this.
UWI Science: Building Better can Save the World!
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Professor Anthony Clayton from the Institute for Sustainable Development, The UWI. |
UWI using science to tackle the challenge of Sargassum
Caribbean islands have seen their coastlines blanketed with Sargassum seaweed, every year since 2011. The phenomenon has posed significant challenges for the fishing and tourism sectors. Countries attempt to remedy the problem by raking the Sargassum and disposing of it in landfills, especially before it decomposes. However, this is a very expensive venture, estimated to cost some US$210 million in 2018.
UWI COVID-19 Task Force Chair says: “A new fight back phase against COVID-19 is here”
The AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 vaccine has arrived on Caribbean shores. “This marks the start of a new phase in the pandemic in which we start the 'fight back' against COVID-19,” says Professor Clive Landis, Immunologist and Chairman of The University of the West Indies COVID-19 Task Force.
Earlier this month, Barbados received a donation of 100,000 doses of vaccine from India and has subsequently shared the doses with Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Lucia among some other Eastern Caribbean territories.
