The University of the West Indies, Mona is pleased to announce the promotion of Dr. Disraeli M. Hutton, Senior Lecturer in the School of Education (SOE), Faculty of Humanities and Education, to the rank of Professor.
 

Climate Scientist Professor Michael Taylor of The University of the West Indies’ Mona Campus has been named among the 2019 laureates for the Anthony N. Sabga Caribbean Awards for Excellence.

The 12^th Annual Edward Baugh Distinguished Lecture in honour of Emeritus Professor, Dr.

Professor Dale Webber will be formally inducted as Principal of The University of the West Indies (The UWI) Mona Campus at a ceremony to take place on Tuesday, October 30, 2018 at 6.00 P.M. in the Graduation Tent on the lawns of the Senate Building.
 
Chancellor of The University of the West Indies, Mr. Robert Bermudez, will preside over the induction ceremony while other members of the University Administration, including the Vice-Chancellor and Principals of The UWI’s other campuses in Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Open Campus will be in attendance. Representatives of the Government, the diplomatic corps, private and public sectors as well as members of the university community are also expected to attend the ceremony.   
 

Professor Anthony Clayton, the Professor of Caribbean Sustainable Development, of the Institute for Sustainable Development in the University of the West Indies, has been appointed Chair of the Energy Program of the Inter-American Network of Academies of Sciences (IANAS).

The Energy Program is an exceptionally important part of the work of IANAS, as energy policies, practices and technologies underpin all aspects of society today. It is impossible to solve the existential threat of climate change, for example, without developing the new energy policies and technologies needed to support a growing world population.

The UWI-Mona congratulates Professor Matthew J. Smith of the Department of History and Archaeology, on being awarded a prestigious research Fellowship at the National Humanities Center in Research Triangle, North Carolina for the academic year 2018-2019. Professor Smith is one of 39 fellows chosen among 556 applicants from around the globe. Each Fellow will work on an individual research project and will have the opportunity to share ideas in seminars, lectures, and conferences at the Center.
 

The University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona is pleased to announce that Professor Paulette Ramsay has received a Farquharson Institute of Public Affairs (FIPA) Award of the Century for Outstanding Scholarship in Literary and Language Studies and Creative Writing. 

Professor Ramsay was awarded on account of her mastery of the written word and distinguished literary career. She is Head of the Department of Modern Languages & Literatures and Professor of Afro-Hispanic Literatures and Cultures in the Faculty of Humanities & Education.