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Date: THURSDAY FEBRUARY 2
Date	Time	Type	Details	Venue
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 2	10:00AM- 12:00PM	DEPT BOTANICAL TOUR	DEPT BOTANICAL TOUR DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES Department Tours OVERVIEW: Medicinal Plants Tour in Botany Gardens	Life Sciences Botany Gardens, Faculty of Science and Technology
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 2	TBA	DEPT TOURS	DEPT TOURS - DEPARTMENT OF FORENSIC MEDICINE DEPARTMENT OF FORENSIC MEDICINE Department Tours	Meeting Point: TBA
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 2	10:00AM - 12:00PM	PUBLIC LECTURE	PUBLIC LECTURE- Social Justice Response to Human Trafficking in Negril URD SIGNATURE EVENT INSTITUTE FOR GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES TOPIC: Social Justice Response to Human Trafficking in Negril, Jamaica OVERVIEW: Public lecture on the initiatives and responses to Human Trafficking in Jamaica. MAIN SPEAKER: Rev Dr Margaret Fowler, Executive Director, The Theodora Project, Westmoreland, Negril	Multi-functional Room, UWI Main Library
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 2	10:00AM - 2:00PM	DEPT TOURS	DEPT TOURS - Tour of the Fertility Unit DEPARTMENT OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY ACTIVITY: Department Tours OVERVIEW: Tour of the Fertility Unit, the Colposcopic Unit and Obstetric Ultrasound in the Colposcopy unit.	Meeting Point: Main Entrance Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 2	10:00AM - 4:00PM	COURTYARD EXHIBIT	COURTYARD EXHIBIT - Using Libraries and Archives to stimulate Scholarship LIBRARY AND INFORMATION STUDIES Department Display THEME: Using Libraries and Archives to stimulate Scholarship and Research. OVERVIEW: The display will showcase research, our various programmes including our new Master of Arts in Archives and Records Management and career opportunities. Visitors can observe and ask questions about our demonstrations in book repair and preserving archival materials. Spot prizes for correct answers to an Information Literacy game.	FHE Courtyard
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 2	10:00AM - 4:00PM	COURTYARD EXHIBIT	COURTYARD EXHIBIT - LITERATURES IN ENGLISH LITERATURES IN ENGLISH Department Display OVERVIEW: The department will showcase its programmes in a special courtyard display	FHE Courtyard
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 2	10:00AM - 4:00PM	COURTYARD EXHIBIT	COURTYARD EXHIBIT - MODERN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES MODERN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES Department Display THEME: Languages: Gateway to the World OVERVIEW: Cultural Items from various countries that speak the languages taught in the Department (e.g. Food, Posters, Published works from academic staff, etc.) will be on display.	FHE Courtyard
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 2	10:00AM - 4:00PM	DEPT DEMOS AND EXPERIMENTS	DEPT DEMOS AND EXPERIMENTS - BIOTECHNOLOGY CENTRE 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
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 2	10:00AM - 4:00PM	DELIVERY DRONE DEMO	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
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 2	10:30AM- 12:00PM	BOOK LAUNCH	BOOK LAUNCH - Race, Equity and the Learning Environment SCHOOL OF EDUCATION BOOK: Race, Equity and the Learning Environment: The Global Relevance of Critical and Inclusive Pedagogies in Higher Education AUTHORS: Dr. Saran Stewart, Prof. Frank Tuitt, Dr. Chayla Haynes-Davison OVERVIEW: Gathering scholars from across academic disciplines and countries, this volume illuminates the global relevance of critical and inclusive pedagogies, and demonstrates how their application can transform the teaching and learning process and promote more equitable educational outcomes among all students but especially racially minoritized students.	The Assembly Hall

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