Regional and international researchers, health care professionals, academics, and development partners gathered at the Mona Campus of the University of the West Indies for the SUNY-UWI Health Research Consortium Hybrid Meeting held from May 14–15, 2026. The conference reinforced growing partnerships between Caribbean and international institutions focused on advancing health research, innovation, climate resilience, and public health solutions.

The University of the West Indies (The UWI) has promoted eight of its senior lecturers to the distinguished rank of Professor.

Their appointments reflect excellence in scholarly work and sustained, practical contributions to fields spanning veterinary public health, econometrics, development economics, international relations, applied mathematics, clinical psychology, music, and psychiatry.

Students of the Faculty of Engineering at the University of the West Indies, Mona, will put their final year capstone projects on show, at the annual Mona Engineering Projects Expo under the theme “Shaping the Future and Energizing Progress through Innovation and Technology,” on Thursday, June 4, 2026.

“Our students will showcase their solutions to societal needs and real-world challenges identified by our industry partners, university and community stakeholders,” said Dr. Adrian Lawrence, Dean - Faculty of Engineering.

The UWI, Mona, joins Jamaica and the wider Caribbean in mourning the passing of Mr Dennis Lalor, OJ.  The iconic business leader and philanthropist, who founded the Insurance Company of the West Indies (ICWI) Group Limited and served as chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) for several decades, passed away last Wednesday at the age of 91 after a period of illness.

The University of the West Indies (The UWI) is advancing global conversations on equitable health innovation through a ground-breaking international Perspective led by Professor Simon G. Anderson, and published in April in Nature Reviews Endocrinology, one of the world’s leading medical journals.

The United Nations Human Rights Council has appointed Dr Ramona Biholar to the UN Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development. Dr. Biholar serves as Senior Lecturer and Deputy Dean (Graduate Studies and Research) in the Faculty of Law at The UWI Mona Campus.

In a November 2025 reflection, UWI Emeritus Professor and Jamaica Chapter Principal Director of Transparency International, Trevor Munroe, praised Dr the Hon Ralph Gonsalves as a transformational statesman, saying, “geniuses like Gonsalves come only once in a lifetime.” Munroe highlighted Gonsalves’ visionary support for higher education and its impact on national development, noting that he pulled St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) from being the third-poorest CARICOM country to 76 on the human development index.