{"id":2220,"date":"2025-08-20T15:50:45","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T19:50:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sta.uwi.edu\/principal\/?p=2220"},"modified":"2026-06-23T10:59:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T14:59:59","slug":"s-o-a-r-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sta.uwi.edu\/principal\/s-o-a-r-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"S.O.A.R. Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The inaugural UWI Youth, Science &amp; Music Summit, known as the S.O.A.R Summit (Sound, Originality, Aspire, Resilience), took place from August 24\u201326th, 2025, at the Trinidad Hilton. This groundbreaking event brought together a remarkable group of 28 young boys from diverse communities across Trinidad and Tobago, including Moruga, Rio Claro, Laventille, and Tobago, as well as students from various schools such as Queen&#8217;s Royal College, Success Laventille Secondary, San Juan Secondary, Presentation College, and children\u2019s homes.<\/p>\n<p>The Summit aimed to engage participants in meaningful conversations and creative activities that intertwined music, science, and leadership. This initiative was inspired by our recent participation in the Caribbean Future of Science Symposium, organised by the esteemed Professor Shirin Haque and Professor Stephon Alexander from Brown University, USA. At the Summit, the attendees were exposed to influential US scientists, many with Caribbean roots, who are also world-class musicians, including hip-hop artists. The event was made possible through funding from the UWI Caribbean Future of Science project and was co-hosted by the Sound+Science NYC Foundation.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2327\" style=\"width: 754px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2327\" class=\"wp-image-2327\" src=\"https:\/\/sta.uwi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/01\/6439bff3-f517-42ec-b246-3f0d5a2dedcd.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"744\" height=\"326\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2327\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Professor Shirin Haque (second from left) and Professor Stephon Alexander (fourth from left, front row) pose with participants at Day 2 of the SOAR Summit<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The inaugural UWI Youth, Science &amp; Music Summit, known as the S.O.A.R Summit (Sound, Originality, Aspire, Resilience), took place from August 24\u201326th, 2025, at the Trinidad Hilton. This groundbreaking event brought together a remarkable group of 28 young boys from diverse communities across Trinidad and Tobago, including Moruga, Rio Claro, Laventille, and Tobago, as well [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\r\n<title>S.O.A.R. Summit - Office of the Campus Principal<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sta.uwi.edu\/principal\/s-o-a-r-summit\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"S.O.A.R. Summit - Office of the Campus Principal\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The inaugural UWI Youth, Science &amp; Music Summit, known as the S.O.A.R Summit (Sound, Originality, Aspire, Resilience), took place from August 24\u201326th, 2025, at the Trinidad Hilton. This groundbreaking event brought together a remarkable group of 28 young boys from diverse communities across Trinidad and Tobago, including Moruga, Rio Claro, Laventille, and Tobago, as well [&hellip;]\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sta.uwi.edu\/principal\/s-o-a-r-summit\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Office of the Campus Principal\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-20T19:50:45+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-06-23T14:59:59+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"aali\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"aali\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\r\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sta.uwi.edu\\\/principal\\\/s-o-a-r-summit\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sta.uwi.edu\\\/principal\\\/s-o-a-r-summit\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"aali\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sta.uwi.edu\\\/principal\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f1049e39dae812ab3fb72198dad3bdc2\"},\"headline\":\"S.O.A.R. Summit\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-20T19:50:45+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-06-23T14:59:59+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sta.uwi.edu\\\/principal\\\/s-o-a-r-summit\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":210,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sta.uwi.edu\\\/principal\\\/s-o-a-r-summit\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sta.uwi.edu\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/19\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/6439bff3-f517-42ec-b246-3f0d5a2dedcd.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"news\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sta.uwi.edu\\\/principal\\\/s-o-a-r-summit\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sta.uwi.edu\\\/principal\\\/s-o-a-r-summit\\\/\",\"name\":\"S.O.A.R. Summit - Office of the Campus Principal\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sta.uwi.edu\\\/principal\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sta.uwi.edu\\\/principal\\\/s-o-a-r-summit\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sta.uwi.edu\\\/principal\\\/s-o-a-r-summit\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sta.uwi.edu\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/19\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/6439bff3-f517-42ec-b246-3f0d5a2dedcd.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-20T19:50:45+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-06-23T14:59:59+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sta.uwi.edu\\\/principal\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f1049e39dae812ab3fb72198dad3bdc2\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sta.uwi.edu\\\/principal\\\/s-o-a-r-summit\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/sta.uwi.edu\\\/principal\\\/s-o-a-r-summit\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sta.uwi.edu\\\/principal\\\/s-o-a-r-summit\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sta.uwi.edu\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/19\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/6439bff3-f517-42ec-b246-3f0d5a2dedcd.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sta.uwi.edu\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/19\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/6439bff3-f517-42ec-b246-3f0d5a2dedcd.png\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sta.uwi.edu\\\/principal\\\/s-o-a-r-summit\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sta.uwi.edu\\\/principal\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"S.O.A.R. Summit\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sta.uwi.edu\\\/principal\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sta.uwi.edu\\\/principal\\\/\",\"name\":\"Office of the Campus Principal\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sta.uwi.edu\\\/principal\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sta.uwi.edu\\\/principal\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f1049e39dae812ab3fb72198dad3bdc2\",\"name\":\"aali\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sta.uwi.edu\\\/principal\\\/author\\\/aali\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\r\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"S.O.A.R. Summit - Office of the Campus Principal","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sta.uwi.edu\/principal\/s-o-a-r-summit\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"S.O.A.R. Summit - Office of the Campus Principal","og_description":"The inaugural UWI Youth, Science &amp; Music Summit, known as the S.O.A.R Summit (Sound, Originality, Aspire, Resilience), took place from August 24\u201326th, 2025, at the Trinidad Hilton. This groundbreaking event brought together a remarkable group of 28 young boys from diverse communities across Trinidad and Tobago, including Moruga, Rio Claro, Laventille, and Tobago, as well [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/sta.uwi.edu\/principal\/s-o-a-r-summit\/","og_site_name":"Office of the Campus Principal","article_published_time":"2025-08-20T19:50:45+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-06-23T14:59:59+00:00","author":"aali","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"aali","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/sta.uwi.edu\/principal\/s-o-a-r-summit\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sta.uwi.edu\/principal\/s-o-a-r-summit\/"},"author":{"name":"aali","@id":"https:\/\/sta.uwi.edu\/principal\/#\/schema\/person\/f1049e39dae812ab3fb72198dad3bdc2"},"headline":"S.O.A.R. Summit","datePublished":"2025-08-20T19:50:45+00:00","dateModified":"2026-06-23T14:59:59+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sta.uwi.edu\/principal\/s-o-a-r-summit\/"},"wordCount":210,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sta.uwi.edu\/principal\/s-o-a-r-summit\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sta.uwi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/01\/6439bff3-f517-42ec-b246-3f0d5a2dedcd.png","articleSection":["news"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sta.uwi.edu\/principal\/s-o-a-r-summit\/","url":"https:\/\/sta.uwi.edu\/principal\/s-o-a-r-summit\/","name":"S.O.A.R. Summit - Office of the Campus Principal","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sta.uwi.edu\/principal\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sta.uwi.edu\/principal\/s-o-a-r-summit\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sta.uwi.edu\/principal\/s-o-a-r-summit\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sta.uwi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/01\/6439bff3-f517-42ec-b246-3f0d5a2dedcd.png","datePublished":"2025-08-20T19:50:45+00:00","dateModified":"2026-06-23T14:59:59+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/sta.uwi.edu\/principal\/#\/schema\/person\/f1049e39dae812ab3fb72198dad3bdc2"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sta.uwi.edu\/principal\/s-o-a-r-summit\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sta.uwi.edu\/principal\/s-o-a-r-summit\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sta.uwi.edu\/principal\/s-o-a-r-summit\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/sta.uwi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/01\/6439bff3-f517-42ec-b246-3f0d5a2dedcd.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/sta.uwi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/01\/6439bff3-f517-42ec-b246-3f0d5a2dedcd.png"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sta.uwi.edu\/principal\/s-o-a-r-summit\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sta.uwi.edu\/principal\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"S.O.A.R. Summit"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sta.uwi.edu\/principal\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sta.uwi.edu\/principal\/","name":"Office of the Campus Principal","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sta.uwi.edu\/principal\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sta.uwi.edu\/principal\/#\/schema\/person\/f1049e39dae812ab3fb72198dad3bdc2","name":"aali","url":"https:\/\/sta.uwi.edu\/principal\/author\/aali\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sta.uwi.edu\/principal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sta.uwi.edu\/principal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sta.uwi.edu\/principal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sta.uwi.edu\/principal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sta.uwi.edu\/principal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2220"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sta.uwi.edu\/principal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2330,"href":"https:\/\/sta.uwi.edu\/principal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2220\/revisions\/2330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sta.uwi.edu\/principal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sta.uwi.edu\/principal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sta.uwi.edu\/principal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}