The Department of Sociology, Psychology and Social Work, UWI Mona will host a Conference on Gender, Race, Social Policy and Social Administration in the Caribbean in honour of the contribution and work of Mrs. Hermione McKenzie. The conference will be held on Friday, June 25 at 8:00 a.m. in the Social Sciences Lecture Theatre, Faculty of Social Science, Mona Campus. The keynote speaker will be Dr. Nigel Bolland, Professor of Sociology, Colgate University, USA. For further information contact Kim Hinds at 512-3322 or Mrs. Ricketts at 977-0315.

Information on the NCB and NCB Jamaican Education Initiative Scholarship is now available on the website: www.mona.uwi.edu/osf. The applications forms are also available on the site and should be submitted to the Office of Student Financing. The deadline for submission is July 15, 2004.

The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus has learned with regret of the passing of Ruby Yorke, former Director of the Regional Preschool Child Development Centre (now Caribbean Child Development Centre CCDC). Ruby Yorke was well known and respected throughout the Caribbean for the passion she demonstrated toward the “early childhood cause.” She was outspoken about early childhood issues in the Caribbean, especially those that gave her cause for concern. Ms. Yorke devoted many years of her life to the development of the early childhood system in her native St.

A series of five (5) articles on various aspects of UWI's Chemistry programme were published June 7, 2004 by 'Chemical and Engineering News' . The publisher (American Chemical Society), who usually charges for access to such articles, decided to make the articles on UWI Chemistry freely accessible to the world audience. To read the articles go to the magazine’s website at: http://pubs.acs.org/cen/science/8223/8223sci1.html The leading title is: 'More than Just Sun and Sand' Chemistry at the Caribbean's University of the West Indies is thriving despite funding struggles.