Three thought leaders from The University of the West Indies (The UWI) are among world leaders, policy makers and academics making significant contributions to the ongoing United Nations High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Developmenthappening from July 6-15, 2021.

The University of the West Indies’ Executive Management Team embarks on a planning retreat on Wednesday, July 14 in order to roll out a new operational plan to deal with the financial challenges facing the institution as a result of shortfalls in expected revenues.
Many students and governments are experiencing difficulties in meeting financial obligations to the University in respect of tuition fees and related economic costs for teaching and learning.

The assassination of President Moïse of Haiti is the latest dramatic reflection of the culture of murderous political violence that has typified the colonisation of the Caribbean, and whose legacy continues to speak to the devalued worth of black life especially in our hemisphere.

The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona Campus, has withdrawn from the upcoming Premier League ahead of plans by Professional Football Jamaica Limited (PFJL) to return to the field of play under the Government’s latest relaxed COVID-19 restrictions. 

The UWI, Mona, which created history in 2015 when it qualified for the Red Stripe Premier League (RSPL), has been struggling over the last few years to effectively meet the financial obligations required to keep The UWI Football Club (UWI FC), playing at this level. 

Congratulations to Professor Mona Webber on being awarded the 2021 Musgrave Gold Medal for her contributions to science.

This year’s staging of the annual Jamaican Mathematical Olympiad has been powered by the support of LNG provider, New Fortress Energy (NFE). The New Fortress Energy team recently presented its title sponsorship cheque valued at J$1 million to the organizing committee of the two national mathematics competitions each year – the Senior Mathematical Olympiad, open to any high school student Grades 7-11, and the Junior Mathematical Olympiad, which is open to any upper primary student (Grades 4–6).   

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Over 400 regional students at The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus have been hailed as heroes for their courageous fieldwork at the height of a COVID-19 resurgence in Barbados earlier this year.

In February, the students signed up for the Community Evaluation and Testing Project, popularly known as Operation Seek and Save; a data gathering exercise organised by the Government of Barbados and Cave Hill Campus to help stem a deadly second wave of the pandemic, and also contain the growing spread of dengue fever.

Libraries across The UWI will receive a boost in the University’s e-information portal, UWIlinC, starting this week with the introduction of a New User Interface (NUI) on Tuesday, May 18, 2021.

The new UWIlinC interface is critical for The UWI system, as it moves towards harmonising its operations within the context of an institution-wide digital transformation exercise expected to bring foundational changes to how the University delivers information resources, services and value to all customers.

Postgraduate candidates Tracy-Ann Hyman and Marium Alleyne are poised to make their presence felt on the world stage later this year when they participate in the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom.