When Professor Liu Zongming, the President of the University of Jinan in Shandong Province, China, sat down at a meeting in Kingston on Wednesday with Professor Dale Webber, Pro-Vice               Chancellor and Principal of The UWI, Mona Campus, they connected through interpreters.

But if both men have their way, in a few short years more Jamaican and Chinese students will be able to communicate using their language of choice.

Researchers at The University of the West Indies (The UWI) are pleased to have secured US $300,000 to conduct much needed research into designing sustainable, nature-based coastal solutions. The grant by Future Earth will fund research in Trinidad & Tobago, USA, Barbados and Jamaica aimed at generating a more universal approach to the design specification of nature-based solutions, making them more widely applicable.

The University of the West Indies’, Office of Administration has announced five new professors. The experts are among the world’s best in the fields of electrochemistry; climate change; renewable energy; mental health (Psychiatry) and agriculture research.

Their excellence in teaching and research and their notable contributions to UWI activism – tackling the big problems facing the Caribbean have warranted their promotion to the institution’s highest academic rank.

The new Professors are:

The Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies (SALISES) at The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Holger Henke as its new Director, effective February 6, 2023.

A team of scientists from The University of the West Indies (The UWI) is featured in the PLOS Global Public Health Journal for its work on genomic surveillance research in the Caribbean.

The journal article, published in February 2023, details how the team’s work propelled the Caribbean out of the pathogen genomic surveillance starting blocks and thus facilitated better understanding and control of SARS-CoV-2 in the region.

The regional UWI community is saddened by the news of the passing of retired Campus Registrar of its Cave Hill Campus, Andrew Gordon Lewis, one of the Campus's foundation students who went on to become a leading and much revered administrator at the institution.

The Cave Hill stalwart whose career at The University of the West Indies spanned over 25 years, is fondly remembered for his dedication to the institution, masterful planning, avid mentorship, gentle manner, infectious laughter, and as a campus "icon" and "a true giant in the Cave Hill pantheon."

The University of the West Indies Mona Campus is excited to announce the launch of MONA MOVES, a new health and wellness initiative aimed at promoting a culture of wellness that includes, but is not limited to, physical activity and healthy living among students, faculty, and staff.

The University of the West Indies (The UWI) celebrates with great pride alumna, Her Excellency Christine Kangaloo on her appointment to the esteemed office of President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.

Her Excellency, President Kangaloo, who was inaugurated on March 20, 2023 to serve as the seventh President of Trinidad and Tobago also has the honour of being only the second woman to hold the position of Head of State. She was preceded by President Paula May Weekes, another UWI alumna and the first woman President of Trinidad and Tobago.

The University of the West Indies Press (UWI Press) is pleased to announce that three of its books have been recognized as Finalists in the 25th annual Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards.