News Releases

UWI partners with NGC to launch Research Expo

For Release Upon Receipt - September 12, 2013

St. Augustine


ST. AUGUSTINE, Trinidad & Tobago – The University of the West Indies (UWI) St Augustine Campus has partnered with the National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited to host an historic UWI Research Expo from 1st-5th October.  The multi-faceted event will feature interactive displays, a symposium on research, enterprise and impact, film screenings, concerts, over 30 mini-workshops, as well as a UWI Marketplace and Kids Fun Park. 

Speaking at the official launch of The UWI Research Expo at the Office of the Campus Principal last Thursday (September 5th), Professor Clement Sankat, UWI Campus Principal, promised that it would be “informative, engaging, exciting and memorable”.

“This University has a legacy of creating new knowledge and developing impactful research initiatives that have helped to develop our country and region in a wide range of disciplines in the arts and sciences for over fifty years,” the Campus Principal stated.  “Our students and researchers are passionate about what they do, they have an innate curiosity about the world and they continue to partner with local and international stakeholders to develop their innovations.”

Guest speakers at the launch, Pro Vice-Chancellor Research at UWI, Professor Wayne Hunte; CEO of the Trinidad Chamber of Industry and Commerce, Ms. Catherine Kumar, and President of the National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited, Mr. Indar Maharaj, all lauded the University for hosting the timely event. 

Next month, The UWI Research Expo kicks off with a day filled with everything chocolate, at the Cocoa Research Centre’s hosting of World Chocolate Day at The JFK Auditorium on Tuesday 1st October.  The next day, the Symposium on Research, Enterprise and Impact will be held at the Learning Resource Centre, which will feature presentations and panel discussions that highlight the key findings of some of the projects that benefitted from dedicated research funding from the government of Trinidad and Tobago, as well as other UWI projects. These presentations will focus on the various initiatives that have contributed to national and/or regional development by creating enterprising solutions, engaging our communities or facilitating evidence-based policy-making.

The Expo itself opens on Thursday 3rd and runs through to Saturday 5th October at the JFK Auditorium and Quadrangle, here interactive displays including experiments, a gaming zone, zoology museum, as well as a seismic earthquake booth, will be showcased by the Faculties and Units.  A wide range of free mini-workshops will also be held at the Campus, providing unique, hands-on learning opportunities to participants: from steel-pan tutorials to Understanding 4G Networks, from Chinese Business Etiquette to Renewable Energy Application workshops, to name just a few.  A comprehensive schedule will be available online soon.

It’s an opportunity for the entire family to learn about UWI research at the Expo on Saturday (5th October), while at the same time enjoying products from Units including the University Field Station and Cocoa Research Centre at The UWI Market Place.  At the Kids Fun Park, they can enjoy mini-concerts, storytelling and carnival character parades, get close to the animals in the petting zoo, and have fun in the gaming zone, fishing pond, bouncy castle and UWI SPEC sports challenge zone. Admission is free to all events and guided tours are available for schools and groups.

 

For more information please see: http://sta.uwi.edu/researchexpo/

End

About The UWI

Over the last six decades, The University of the West Indies (UWI) has evolved from a fledgling college in Jamaica with 33 students to a full-fledged University with over 40,000 students. Today, UWI is the largest and most longstanding higher education provider in the English-speaking Caribbean, with main campuses in Barbados, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago, and Centres in Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, The Bahamas, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, St Christopher (St Kitts) & Nevis, St Lucia, and St Vincent & the Grenadines. UWI recently launched its Open Campus, a virtual campus with over 50 physical site locations across the region, serving over 20 countries in the English-speaking Caribbean. UWI is an international university with faculty and students from over 40 countries and collaborative links with over 60 universities around the world. Through its seven Faculties, UWI offers undergraduate and postgraduate degree options in Engineering, Humanities & Education, Law, Medical Sciences, Pure & Applied Sciences, Science and Agriculture, and Social Sciences.

 

(Please note that the proper name of the university is The University of the West Indies, inclusive of the “The”, hence The UWI.)

 

For the latest UWI News, click http://sta.uwi.edu/news.

Contact