Professor William D Aiken will on Saturday (June 28) be installed as District Governor for Rotary International District 7020 at a ceremony at The UWI Regional Headquarters on Mona Road, St Andrew.
Professor Aiken is head of the Department of Surgery, Radiology, Anaesthesia & Intensive Care, and Emergency Medicine, at the Mona Campus of The University of the West Indies.

The Caribbean Crystallography School (CCS) held its inaugural edition June 2 – 7, 2025.

There was high success rate among 2025 graduating medical student at the University of the West Indies (The UWI), Mona.

One hundred and thirty-four medical students sat the examinations at Mona, of which 125 (93.3 per cent) were successful and only nine or 6.7 per cent unsuccessful and will be required to do a resit of the examinations. 

The majority, 96 (71.6 per cent) of the medical students who sat the examinations at Mona are from Jamaica, the remainder were from the Caribbean region with a few international students.

Dr. Christopher Malcolm already has special plans for the Norman Manley Law School, where he will assume the role of principal on September 1.

Dr. Malcolm intends to comprehensively assess the law school's programme and how it functions upon taking office.

"My immediate priority is to find out what the current status of the law school is at all levels, including student and staff activities, how the law school has been performing by reference to what end users require, and about operational or other issues that might require corrective adjustments," he said.

The Jamaican Giant Galliwasp will now remain on display at the UWI Museum until June 25, 2025.

Don't miss this rare opportunity to view the repatriated specimen up close and learn about its journey home and ecological significance.

Location: The UWI Museum, Regional HQ

Hours: Monday–Friday, 10 AM – 4 PM

(The UWI) Mona Campus has launched a set of upskilled, reskilling and long-life programmes geared at transforming Jamaica’s workforce into a more productive one, at a time when the country seeks to be more competitive globally.

The UWISTAR (Short-Term Advancement and Resource Centre), unveiled on Thursday, May 29, is a centralisation of UWI Mona’s extensive portfolio of professional short courses, offering over 150 industry-relevant programmes designed to empower working professionals, entrepreneurs, and recent graduates alike.

On May 23, The University of the West Indies (The UWI) Global Campus marked a significant milestone with the grand opening of its newly expanded and renovated facilities at the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines site located in Kingstown.

A major step towards regional education reform was recently taken at The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona Campus, in collaboration with the Commonwealth of Learning (COL), when regional leaders convened to develop a shared framework for the recognition and transfer of micro-credentials across the Caribbean and the wider Commonwealth. The initiative seeks to establish a Commonwealth Credit Transfer Framework for Micro-Credentials.

The University of the West Indies was recently presented with an award for the Best E-Mobility Programme in the Caribbean region at the 7th Annual Caribbean Renewable Energy Forum (CREF) Industry Awards Ceremony held in Miami, United States.