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THURSDAY FEBRUARY 18 |
1:00 PM - 6:30 PM |
SEMINAR |
URD 2016 SIGNATURE EVENT
Department of Sociology, Psychology and Social Work
The SPSW Derek Gordon Research Seminar - "Re-thinking
Caribbean Futures: Perspectives from the Social Sciences"
Overview: This seminar will feature a keynote presentation, art exhibition, and 3 panels exploring issues in regional development, research challenges, and the work of social scientists with people and communities.
Guest Speaker: Dr Honor Ford-Smith, Assistant Professor, Community Arts Practice, Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University, Toronto, Canada.
Guest Speaker's Presentation: Haunting Acts and Future Possibilities: Performing Caribbean Radical Imagination in the Present ”
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UWI Regional Headquarters |
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THURSDAY FEBRUARY 18 |
1:30PM - 3:00PM |
RAP SESSION |
OGSR Graduate Lounge
Activity: Rap Session with Deputy Deans for Graduate Studies – Faculties of Medical Sciences and Science and Technology
Overview: Graduate Students in the FMS and FST rap directly with their respective Deputy Deans.
Speakers: Professor Minerva Thame and Dr. Marcia Roye
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Lawn adjacent to the Office of Graduate Studies and Research |
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THURSDAY FEBRUARY 18 |
2:00PM - 3:00 PM |
LECTURE PRESENTATION |
URD 2016 SIGNATURE EVENT
Department of Chemistry FST URD LECTURE SERIES
Title: The Business of Personal Care Products
Overview: The efforts to develop a profitable business venture in the personal care sector will be discussed.
Presenter: Ms Racquell Brown, CEO of Irie Rock Ltd
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The Undercroft Senate Building |
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THURSDAY FEBRUARY 18 |
2:00PM - 3:00PM |
INTERACTIVE SESSION |
School of Physical Therapy
Title: Dance Exercise!
Overview: All will be moving with the Xbox Kinect filled with popular music.
Meeting Point: Outside Lobby
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FMS Teaching & Research Complex Exhibition Room |
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THURSDAY FEBRUARY 18 |
2:00PM - 3:00 PM |
LECTURE PRESENTATION |
URD 2016 SIGNATURE EVENT
Department of Chemistry
FST URD LECTURE SERIES
Title: The Business of Personal Care Products
Overview: The efforts to develop a profitable business venture in the personal care sector will be discussed.
Presenter: Ms Racquell Brown, CEO of Irie Rock Ltd
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The Undercroft Senate Building |
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THURSDAY FEBRUARY 18 |
2:00PM - 3:00PM |
FACULTY TOURS |
Department of Chemistry
Laboratory Tours
Overview: Potential clients/ investors will be given an opportunity to visit the labs which are capable of contract research / commercial testing.
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Pesticide Research Lab, NMR & Central Analytical Lab |
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THURSDAY FEBRUARY 18 |
2:00PM |
POETRY CLASH |
URD 2016 SIGNATURE EVENT
Department of Literatures in English
Title: Poetry Clash 2016
Overview: Competition featuring performance of original poetry by visiting poets and the wider UWI Community with cash prizes.
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Faculty Courtyard |
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THURSDAY FEBRUARY 18 |
2:00PM - 3:00PM |
INTERACTIVE SESSION |
School of Physical Therapy
Title: Dance Exercise!
Overview: All will be moving with the Xbox Kinect filled with popular music.
Meeting Point: Outside Lobby
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FMS Teaching & Research Complex Exhibition Room |
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THURSDAY FEBRUARY 18 |
2:00PM |
POETRY CLASH |
URD 2016 SIGNATURE EVENT
Department of Literatures in English
Title: Poetry Clash 2016 Overview: Competition featuring performance of original
poetry by visiting poets and the wider UWI Community with cash prizes.
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Faculty Courtyard |
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THURSDAY FEBRUARY 18 |
2:00PM |
POETRY CLASH |
URD 2016 SIGNATURE EVENT
Department of Literatures in English
Title: Poetry Clash 2016
Overview: Competition featuring performance of original poetry by visiting poets and the wider UWI Community with cash prizes.
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Faculty Courtyard |
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THURSDAY FEBRUARY 18 |
2:30PM - 3:30PM |
LECTURE PRESENTATION |
Department of Life Sciences
FST URD LECTURE SERIES
Title: The Ecology and Pathology of Free Living Amoebae
Overview: This talk will concentrate on one particularly abundant Free Living Amoeba (FLA) genus, ACANTHAMOEBA, which is important for human health and from which we have harnessed its unique bacteria recognition, to obtain new treatments against the pathogenic STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS.
Presenter: Dr Sutherland Maciver, Reader in Biomedical Sciences Centre for Integrative Physiology, University of Edinburgh
Introductions: Prof John Lindo, Head of the Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medical Sciences
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Science Lecture Theatre |
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THURSDAY FEBRUARY 18 |
3:00PM |
STUDENTS' RESEARCH TOUR |
dBURNZ Research Days Celebrity Tent Tour!
Overview: Join entertainer dBURNZ on a radical tour of the Exhibition Tent. Experience the mix of music and musings. Be a part of the conversation, win prizes, have fun!
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Starting Point: Undercroft, Senate Building |
