| Date | Time | Type | Details | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday February 7 | 11:00AM - 12:00PM | TALK |
Overview: The emergence of novel diseases spread by the Aedes aegypti mosquito in Jamaica and the Caribbean has prompted studies on insecticide resistance towards effective management of the vector. Recent research has led to the conclusion that the mosquitoes could possibly be developing resistance. The talk will explore the research results and the importance of monitoring resistance in vector control. Presenter: Dr. Sheena Francis |
Science Lecture Theatre 3, Faculty of Science and Technology |
| Thursday February 7 | 11:00AM | PARTICIPATORY EXPERIENCE |
Overview: Fire! Delve into the world of Crime Scene Investigations (CSI). Participants will learn basic information about burn patterns and accelerants. Using a series of physical clues and deduction, determine the cause of a fire and solve the case. Target Audience: High school students Capacity: 15 students per group |
Material Science Fire laboratory |
| Thursday February 7 | 11:00AM | SCAVENGER HUNT |
Overview: Involve all departments. QR Codes will be mounted at various locations around the faculty and students will have to follow the clues to move from the starting point to the end. Students will need their smartphones or tablets to download QR code reader and use it to participate in the hunt AUDIENCE: High school students (15 students per session) |
The Spine, Faculty of Science and Technology |
| Thursday February 7 | 11:00 AM | GEO TECH EVENT |
Overview: The event presents a fun and educational opportunity for students to create maps and simulate reducing disaster risks and addressing public health crises. The activities will introduce and provide hands on experience for students in GIS Technology, Cartography and Geography and will expose them to career options in the Geosciences Organizers: The Department of Geography and Geology (DOGG) and The National Spatial Data Management Division, Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation |
The Computer Lab Department of Geography and Geology |
| Thursday February 7 | 11:00AM - 12:00PM | FACULTY TOURS |
Overview: Special tours offered of the state-of-the-art Faculty of Law facilities, guided by current students in the Law programme. |
Faculty of Law Foyer |
| Thursday February 7 | 11:00AM | MUSEUMS AND BOTANY GARDENS TOURS |
Overview: Campus visitors will have the opportunity to explore or research facilities and museums, by participating in the following tours:
Audience: UWI Students, High School Students, General Public Venue Description: URD Students and Tours Centre, adjacent The Assembly Hall |
URD Tours Centre |
| Thursday February 7 | 12:00PM -1:00PM | WORKSHOP |
Overview: One-to-one training in the use of UWI’s one stop portal of print and online resources for your research. Facilitator: Mrs. Karen Tyrell, Librarian, Science & Engineering Branch Library Venue Description: Library Booth, Mona Research Village |
Mona Research Village |
| Thursday February 7 | 12:00PM - 2:00PM | LEGAL FORUM |
Overview: Sports law, children on the streets, family property disputes, sexual offences reform…. MonaLaw is known for producing LLB graduates but these are just a few of the areas on which its students have undertaken exciting research. Come and learn about the valuable research of MonaLaw students and its impact. Panellists: Alexidene Fraser '18, Former MonaLaw Student; Shannique Bowden '18, Former MonaLaw Student; Isat Buchanan '15, MonaLaw Tutor, Attorney-at-Law, and Former MonaLaw student; Gabrielle Elliott-Williams '10, Lecturer, MonaLaw Moderator: Dionne Jackson Miller, MonaLaw Tutor and PhD Law Student and Award-winning Journalist |
Executive Seminar Room, Faculty of Law |
| Thursday February 7 | 12:00PM - 1:00PM | WORKSHOP |
Overview: One hour workshop on the applications of X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) and gamma spectroscopy to measure radionuclides and trace elements in Jamaican foods. This will be held in the department of Physics. Researchers will discuss the health effects of radioactivity and trace elements in foods and industry standards for elemental composition in foods. The senior laboratory technologist will demonstrate the use of equipment to measure elemental composition. |
The Seminar Room Department of Physics |
| Thursday February 7 | 12:30pM - 1:30PM | LECTURE |
Overview: The preceding decade has experienced a multiplicity of crime reduction strategies that have seemingly failed to meet targets in western Jamaica. The tourism hub and bourgeoning financial Mecca, the second city continues to be overshadowed by the scourge of crime and violence. The illicit gains of lottery scamming have further complicated efforts of crime reduction and players in the game range from the young to the old, rich to the poor, male and female and the uneducated to the educated. As the city has evolved so has the epigenesis of crime. Presenter: Georgia Rose, Lecturer, Undergraduate Coordinator – Western Jamaica Campus, Department of Sociology, Psychology and Social Work Venue Description: The Undercroft, Senate Building or will be live streamed |
The Undercroft, Senate Building |
| Thursday February 7 | 1:00pm | MUSEUMS AND BOTANY GARDENS TOURS |
Overview: Campus visitors will have the opportunity to explore or research facilities and museums, by participating in the following tours:
Audience: UWI Students, High School Students, General Public Venue Description: URD Students and Tours Centre, adjacent The Assembly Hall |
URD Tours Centre |
| Thursday February 7 | 1:00PM - 4:00PM | FORUM |
Overview: This research forum will showcase completed research and research in progress from lecturers, graduate students in DLIS and other departments as well as from practitioners in libraries archives and museums via poster presentations. The audience will comprise members of The University community, library and information professionals who work in various libraries as well as students from the Department of Library and Information Studies and from other departments. The objective of the forum is to focus on research towards professional integrity; highlighting the legal and ethical issues surrounding integrity of information management. Presenters: TBC Venue Description: The Multifunctional Room, The UWI, Mona Main Library |
The Main Library |
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