Global Change and Caribbean Vulnerability: Environment, Economy and Society at risk? is the theme of an international seminar to take place at the University of the West Indies, (UWI) Mona Campus from July 24-28, 2006. The seminar is part of the joint Regional meeting to be held by the Department of Geography & Geology, UWI Mona Campus, in conjunction with the Climate Change Research Group and the Developing Areas Research Group of the Royal Geographical Society/Institute of British Geographers.

Two women are among the persons to be conferred with honorary doctorates at the UWI graduation ceremonies in October and November later this year. Miss Charmaine Gardner, Chief Executive Officer of Carasco & Sons will be honoured at the Cave Hill ceremonies while at the St. Augustine Campus Antiguan author, Miss Jamaica Kincaid, will be similarly honoured during the St. Augustine Campus ceremonies. Five persons are slated to be conferred with honorary degrees at the Mona Campus ceremonies, whereas four each are to be conferred at the ceremonies at the Cave Hill and St.

The Hon. Robert Pickersgill will represent Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller at the opening of the 5th annual Caribbean Reasonings conference on Friday June 9, at 6pm, at the Undercroft, UWI, Mona.
The conference, which has as its theme; Politics, Activism and History: The Life and Times of Richard Hart, is being hosted by the Centre for Caribbean Thought (CCT), in association with the Africana Studies Department Brown University, Rhode Island.

Chaired by Chancellor, Sir George Alleyne, the Council of The University of the West Indies held its annual business meeting over two days – Thursday April 20 to Friday April 21, 2006. The sixty-two member body was augmented by members of the Chancellor’s Task Force on Governance, which presented to Council for consideration, its recommendations for reform of the governing bodies of the institution, including the Council itself.