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Date: FRIDAY FEBRUARY 3
Date	Time	Type	Details	Venue
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 3	10:00AM - 2:00PM	DEPT EXHIBIT AND QUIZZES	DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS Various Activities OVERVIEW: Poster Display featuring the work of the Department and Math Quizzes	The Spine, Faculty of Science and Technology
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 3	10:00AM - 3:00PM	HIV TESTING SERVICES	UWI HARP \| UWI HIV/AIDS RESPONSE PROGRAMME Free HIV Testing offered by UWI HARP and Bashy Bus. OVERVIEW: Free HIV testing for all persons! Come out and get tested!	Graduation Lawn, Adjacent Mona Research Village
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 3	10:00AM - 4:00PM	DEPT DEMOS AND EXPERIMENTS	BIOTECHNOLOGY CENTRE Department Demonstrations and Experiments OVERVIEW: Range of experiments including - Extracting DNA at Home from fruits - Potato Cloning demonstration - Making paper from floral parts and Newspaper - Demonstration-Wine making from local fruits	Biotechnology Centre, Faculty of Science and Technology
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 3	10:00AM-4:00PM	MAIN EXHIBITION	URD2017 RESEARCH VILLAGE Opens to the Public and Campus Community OVERVIEW: The UWI Mona's flagship exhibition, showcasing in various formats, the diversity of current research from across faculties, is opened to the Public, visiting students and the campus community for exploration and engagement.	The Graduation Lawn
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 3	10:00AM - 4:00PM	DELIVERY DRONE DEMO	DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTING ACTIVITY: Autonomous Delivery Drone Demo OVERVIEW: The display will demonstrate a delivery drone capable of accepting ‘orders’ from a website, retrieving the payload from a pick up point and navigating to the drop off point and back to its base. This project has applications in logistic services for retailers, service providers and government agencies. It is a collaboration between the Computing Society, Electronics Club, Alternative Energy Club and the UWI IEEE Student Branch.	Lawns Opposite The Assembly Hall
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 3	10:00AM - 4:00PM	HERITAGE TOURS	URD2017 CAMPUS AND HERITAGE TOURS OVERVIEW: Scheduled bus tours offered throughout the day for all campus visitors to explore Heritage and other points of interest on the Mona Campus.	Tours Depart from the Assembly Hall
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 3	10:00AM - 4:00PM	DEPT EXHIBIT AND DEMOS	DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS Department Exhibit and Demonstration OVERVIEW: Various Displays from the Departments on Research in Climate, Medical Physics, Energy, Optics, Materials, etc.	The Spine, Faculty of Science and Technology
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 3	10:00AM - 4:00PM	DEPT EXHIBIT DEMOS AND EXPERIMENTS	SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING Department Exhibit and Demonstration OVERVIEW: Interactive displays and presentations by engineering students groups. The first-year Civil Engineering students will display a scaled model of the study area between JPS, Rockfort and Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA).	The Spine, Faculty of Science and Technology
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 3	10:00AM - 4:00PM	CENTRE INTERACTIVE DISPLAY	INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FIR ENVIRONMENTAL AND NUCLEAR SCIENCES (ICENS) ICENS Exhibit and Video presentation OVERVIEW: Poster exhibit featuring the work of the centre. Exhibit will also feature an interactive/animated video display entitled "Big Data safeguarding the Jamaican Environment"	The Spine, Faculty of Science and Technology
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 3	10:00AM - 11:00AM	WORKSHOP	LITERATURES IN ENGLISH TOPIC: The Literature Degree: Preparing you for the World of Work OVERVIEW: In a world where communication skills, critical thinking and the ability to work in teams are highly valued, a degree in Literatures in English is a path to a rewarding career. Graduates of the department talk about how the English degree has helped them make their way in the world of work. PRESENTERS: English graduates	FHE Lecture Theatre N2
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 3	10:00AM - 4:00PM	DEPT EXHIBIT AND DEMOS	DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS Department Exhibit and Demonstration OVERVIEW: Displays from the Department on Research in Climate, Medical Physics, Energy, Optics, Materials, etc.[Electronics Club, Alternative Energy Club]	The Spine, Faculty of Science and Technology
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 3	10:00AM - 11:30AM	TOWN HALL MEETING	DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS TITLE: IMF Student Town Hall Meeting MAIN PRESENTER: Constant Lonkeng Ngouana, IMF Resident Representative for Jamaica	The Assembly Hall

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