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Inaugural Professorial Lecture- Professor Jacobs
"Natural Products from Caribbean Biodiversity - The Promise and the Challenges" is the title of the inaugural professorial lecture to be delivered by Professor Helen Jacobs. The lecture takes place Thursday, June 5 at 6 pm in the New Chemistry Lecture Theatre (Chem 5), UWI, Mona.
UWI Singers 50th Season Concert
The University Singers celebrates its Golden Jubilee and stages its special fiftieth anniversary Concert Season running from May 29 to June 29. Each show begins nightly at 8 pm at the Philip Sherlock Centre for the Creative Arts, Thursdays to Sundays, with an additional matinee show on Sundays, starting at 4 pm. Audiences will be able to re-experience some of the group’s best works, as the repertoire this year consists mainly of favourites from former years.
Call for Abstracts – FMS Annual Research Conference
The Faculty of Medical Sciences, UWI, Mona will host its 17th Annual Research Conference from November 12-14 at the Main Medical Lecture Theatre located at the University Hospital of the West Indies. Abstracts are invited for oral and poster presentations at the Conference. The deadline for submission is Thursday, July 31. Abstracts should be sent via e-mail to fmsarc@uwimona.edu.jm and hardcopy submitted to and addressed to The Conference Secretary, Annual Research Conference Committee.
6th Caribbean Reasoning Conference
The Centre for Caribbean Thought, the University of the West Indies in collaboration with the Department of Africana Studies, Brown University and the University of California, Los Angeles present the 6th “Caribbean Reasoning” Conference titled “M. G. Smith and the Emergence of Social Anthropology and Social Theory in the Caribbean and Beyond”. The Conference takes place from June 11-13 at the University of the West Indies, Mona.
Call for Papers- Building a Region Fit for Children: Promoting Child Rights through Research
The third research conference on children’s issues is being held under the theme “Building a Region Fit for Children: Promoting Child Rights through Research” on October 21-22.
Registration still open for CARIMAC Summer School
Summer School at the Caribbean Institute of Media and Communication (CARIMAC) continues in June and July with courses in production, design, writing, photography, new media and communication techniques.
This year’s programme features new production and design courses in Motion Graphic Design using After Effects (June 21), Photoshop (June 30), Character Animation (July 22) and Digital Audio Editing (June 23).
CARIMAC also will offer a hands-on crash course on HTML fundamentals (June 23) to complement the Website Design course which begins on June 30.
UWI Singers 50th Season Begins on May 29
The University Singers is celebrating its Golden Jubilee and will stage its special fiftieth anniversary Concert Season, beginning May 29, 2008. Audiences will be able to re-experience some of the group’s best works, as the repertoire this year consists mainly of favourites from former years. This Jubilee Concert Season will last until June 29 at the Philip Sherlock Centre for the Creative Arts. Each show begins nightly at 8:00 p.m., Thursdays to Sundays, with an additional matinee show on Sundays, starting at 4:00 p.m.
Foreign Language Courses
The Language Lab at the University of the West Indies, Mona offers non-credit summer courses in Spanish and Japanese. Classes in Basic Japanese run from on June 2 to 20 on Mondays to Fridays, 5-7 pm. The cost is $6,500.00. Classes in Basic Spanish I and II are scheduled for June 9 to August 18, Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5 - 7 pm. The cost is $8,500.
Interested persons may contact the Language Lab at 927-2743 or Ext. 2382.
6th Annual Caribbean Reasoning Conference
The Centre for Caribbean Thought, the University of the West Indies in collaboration with the Department of Africana Studies, Brown University and the University of California, Los Angeles present the 6th annual “Caribbean Reasoning” Conference titled “M. G. Smith and the Emergence of Social Anthropology and Social Theory in the Caribbean and Beyond”. The Conference takes place from June 11-13 at the University of the West Indies, Mona.
Basic Research Skills Training Workshop
The Epidemiology Research Unit of the Tropical Medicine Research Institute (TMRI), UWI in collaboration with the Ministry of Health (MOH), Jamaica and the Caribbean Health Research Council (CHRC), Trinidad and Tobago will host a Basic Research Skills Training Workshop from May 26 - 29, 2008 at the Multifunctional Room at the Main Library, UWI, Mona.
The training offered by the workshop sessions will enable participants to: