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February 2025

Dr Amanda Ramdass, a researcher in the Department of Life Sciences within UWI St Augustine’s Faculty of Science and Technology, at work in the laboratory. Dr Ramdass’s research is focused on bioremediation, a process where organisms are used to remove pollutants from the environment. Specifically, she looks at how microbes such as bacteria, yeast and fungi are able to “clean” soil that had been contaminated by oil. She has already seen success in her work. In 2023, she won the World Intellectual Property Office’s Appropriate Technology Competition. Last year, she received the Principal’s Research Award for Most Outstanding Graduate Researcher. Dr Ramdass believes that bioremediation can be used to remove other pollutants besides oil, and sees it as a viable commercial project that can generate income as part of the multi-billion-dollar international microbial enzyme industry. She also views it as a way to help communities in T&T that have been affected by environmental contamination. PHOTO: ANEEL KARIM.

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FROM THE PRINCIPAL

St Augustine turns 65
UWI's T&T-based campus reflects on its legacy, looks to the future

ENVIRONMENT

A very special Plant
Faculty of Food and Agriculture researchers unlock the power of vetiver

OUR PEOPLE

Merci y Obrigado
Scholars of French literature and Portuguese language receive high honours from the governments of France and Brazil

UWI IN SOCIETY

Rare Gift from a Rare Man
Hans Stecher's precious rocks and minerals collection donated to The UWI Seismic Research Centre

UWI Calendar of Events

February - April 2025

February 6
The UWI Math Fair 2025

February 13
Crime Reduction and Prevention Symposium

February 20/March 13 25
COTE 2025 Youth Events

April 15
Meeting the Challenge of Burnout

April 25 (Call for Abstracts Deadline)/
November 6 to 9 (Conference)
Deaf Education Conference 2025