The Faculty of Science and Technology (FST) at The University of the West Indies, Mona (The UWI, Mona) has collaborated with the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (5C's), the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF), the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation (MEGJC) and the PJ Patterson Institute for Africa-Caribbean Advocacy to host a workshop under the theme Caribbean Climate: Detection and Attribution Science Workshop. The workshop is scheduled for June 10-14, 2024 on the grounds of the Mona Campus.

At the 4th International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS4) in Antigua and Barbuda, The University of the West Indies (The UWI) represented the region with over 25 leaders and academics participating. Showcasing the regional university as a leading global authority on SIDS, the interdisciplinary experts played a pivotal role, contributing to critical dialogues and solution-driven strategies to address pressing issues affecting SIDS.

On 23 April, Dr Natalie Dietrich Jones, Research Fellow of the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies (SALISES), participated in a historic Public Hearing of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) on the request for an Advisory Opinion OC-32 “Climate Emergency and Human Rights” by Colombia and Chile. The hearings took place at the Business School of the Cave Hill Campus between 23 and 25 April 2024.

The Office of Administration is pleased to announce appointments approved at last month's meeting of the University Council. The appointments, which will become effective from August 1, 2024, are as follows:

Former Prime Minister PJ Patterson, who was intimately involved in the drafting of the Jamaican Constitution will on June 5, 2024, share his firsthand experience and invaluable politico-legal perspective about the Constitution, as calls for constitutional reform reach another fever pitch on the island.

The University of the West Indies (The UWI) and the University of Botswana (UB) formalised a partnership on Thursday through an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance cooperation in areas such as research, governance, academic publications, student and staff exchanges, and teaching and learning.

May 14, 2024

Dear Parent/Guardian:

Her Excellency Judith Slater, British High Commissioner to Jamaica, is pleased with groundbreaking Castor Bean research under way at the Mona Institute of Applied Sciences  (MIAS) at The UWI, Mona.

The University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona Campus, through its Institute for Gender & Development Studies (IGDS), Mona Unit, concluded a series of workshops in March aimed at empowering students with the tools and knowledge to combat sexual harassment on the campus. The training, which involved 200 students from various backgrounds, was executed with funding support from the British High Commission in Jamaica.

A rare Jamaican Giant Galliwasp (Celestus occiduus) specimen kept in The Hunterian Museum at the University of Glasgow in Scotland since the 1800s has finally returned to its homeland. Its return to Jamaica marks the successful joint repatriation operation between The University of the West Indies (The UWI) and the University of Glasgow (UofG). To ensure the safe journey of the specimen, a team of experts from The UWI and the Institute of Jamaica (IOJ) travelled to Scotland from April 18 to 24.