Wellness is achieved by practising good habits and eliminating harmful ones. It requires taking positive control of lifestyle choices you can influence. What good wellness habits have you incorporated in your lifestyle? Take a moment to think about them and to congratulate yourself for being consistent in carrying them out. Recommit to doing them regularly.
(A Message from the UWI Wellness Committee)

The UWI Programme, Occupational and Environmental Safety and Health (OESH), Department of Chemistry will host a Public Lecture on Ergonomics on Friday, February 9. The Lecture will take place in the Department of Chemistry Lecture Theatre C5, University of the West Indies, Mona Campus from 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Ergonomics is the study of human characteristics for the appropriate design of the living and work environment”. Its signal goal being the “humanisation of work”.

The 13th International Diabetes Conference will be held at the Holiday Inn Sunspree Resort, Montego Bay from Thursday, March 1 to Sunday, March 4 under the theme: “The Diabetic Kidney”. Kidney disease is a serious complication of diabetes which can be prevented with proper management; hence the conference will highlight the importance of the kidneys in the life of the person with diabetes. It will also bring to the fore issues relating to the prevention, treatment and management of diabetes.

The Department of History and Archaeology in partnership with the History Teachers Association will host its second in a series of Regional Workshops for History teachers and secondary schools on the Atlantic Slave Trade in Africa and the Americas. The workshop takes place on Friday, February 9 at the Jamaica Grandiosa Hotel, Montego Bay between 10 am and 3 pm. It is being held in commemoration of the Bicentenary of the Abolition of the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade.