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UWI Calendar April 2016 - July 2016

How to Diversify T&T
6-8.30pm
April 6, 2016
Daaga Auditorium
UWI St. Augustine

The Trade and Economic Development Unit (TEDU) in collaboration with Guardian Media Limited and the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies (SALISES) invites all to a panel discussion on How to Diversify Trinidad and Tobago.

Panelists include: Senior Lecturer and TEDU Coordinator, Dr. Roger Hosein; SALISES Director, Professor Patrick Watson; Guardian Media’s Business Editor; Mr. Anthony Wilson; former Minister of Trade, Mr. Mariano Browne and former Minister of Planning and Development, Dr. Bhoe Tewarie.

For more information, please visit the Campus Events Calendar at www.sta.uwi.edu/news/ecalendar.

Life Sciences Research Symposium
April 7 to 8, 2016
UWI St. Augustine

The Department of Life Sciences presents their 6th Annual Research Symposium with the theme, Sustainable Development. Both days will showcase the research being carried out by the Departments MSc, MPhil and PhD students with poster, oral and video presentations at the Chemistry Lecture Room 1 (C1) and Natural Sciences Conference Room.

Updates will be posted on the Campus Events Calendar at www.sta.uwi.edu/news/ecalendar.

IIR – Black Tie Dinner
April 8, 2016
UWI St. Augustine

The Institute of International Relations (IIR) presents their 50th Anniversary Black-Tie Dinner from 7 to 11pm at the University Inn and Conference Centre, Circular Road, St. Augustine.

Tickets cost $1000 and all proceeds will be used to facilitate IIR Student Development.

For more information, please contact 662-2002 exts. 83235 or 82011 or email iirt@sta.uwi.edu.

DCFA’s Rashomon – What is truth?
April 3 and April 8 to 10, 2016
UWI, St. Augustine

The Department of Creative and Festival Arts (DCFA) Theatre Arts Unit presents their annual student theatre production, Rashomon based on Akira Kurosawa’s masterful film.

Witness a courtroom mystery unfold in ancient Japan, as directed by head of DCFA, Dr. Danielle Lyndersay. Shows take place from 8pm on weekdays and on 6pm on Sunday at DCFA Agostini Street. Tickets are also available at that location. General Tickets: $100; Tertiary students with ID: $75; Secondary students: $50.

For information about the DCFA Season of the Arts, please visit the Campus News section of the Media Centre at http://sta.uwi.edu/mediacentre.

Lusofesta 2016
April 11 to 15, 2016
UWI, St. Augustine

The Portuguese and Brazilian Studies Section of the Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics (DMLL) present LusoFesta 2016 – a week of events showcasing the many characteristics of Brazilian and Portuguese culture through song, dance, play, food and film.

Updates will be posted on the Campus Events Calendar at www.sta.uwi.edu/news/ecalendar

Rights and Activism
April 23, 2016
UWI, St. Augustine

The UWI Network and Outreach for Disability Education and Sensitisation (NODES) presents their one-day symposium on the theme, Rights and Activism in the wake of the Ratification of the United Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The Symposium takes place at the Noor Hassanali Auditorium.

For further information, please contact Dr. Jean Antoine-Dunne at jean.antoine@sta.uiw.edu or visit the website: www.nodes.co.tt.

Cooler Cruise
April 30, 2016
UWI St. Augustine

The After School Care Centre (ASCC) present their We Cruisin’ Cooler Cruise fundraising event.

Set sail aboard Point Loma at 7pm, sailing at 8pm and the boat returns at 11pm. The boat will be leaving from Peake Marine Ltd., Western Main Road, Chaguaramas. Parking will be available at that location.

Tickets cost $200.

For more info, please email ascc@sta.uwi.edu or visit the Campus Events Calendar at www.sta.uwi.edu/news/ecalendar.

Sport and Higher Ed
May 18-20, 2016
UWI St. Augustine

Save the new date for the 2nd Biennial Conference on Sport Studies and Higher Education: An Interdisciplinary Approach under the theme, Physical Literacy: Gender, Science, and Sport for Development.

They conference will feature panels addressing sub-themes including but not limited to topics such as The Role of the State; Sexuality and Gender Identities in Sport, Anti-Doping Policy and more.

For further information, please email sportstudiesconference@sta.uwi.edu or visit www.sta.uwi.edu.

Public Health and Society Conference
July 6 to 9, 2016
UWI St. Augustine

The Department of History, Faculty of Humanities and Education presents a three-day Conference on Public Health and Society in Latin America and the Caribbean. The conference is hosted by The UWI St. Augustine in collaboration with the University of York and Casa de Oswaldo Cruz/Fiocruz, Brazil. Interested persons can look forward to presentations on topics such as, but not limited to: Imperialism, Decolonisation and the role of public health; New Technologies and Procedures and their impact on the society; The impact of Ethnicity and ‘Class’ on public health and several others.

For more information, please continue checking the Campus Events Calendar at www.sta.uwi.edu/news/ecalendar.