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November 2017
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UWI Calendar November - December 2017Donate blood It's your turn to give blood at the Sir Frank Worrell Memorial Blood Drive. According to the Red Cross a single donation can save the lives of up to three people. The American Journal of Epidemiology suggests that the life you save can be your own as blood donors are 88% less likely to suffer a heart attack. The drive takes place from 9am to 4pm at the JFK Auditorium. For more information, please visit the Campus Events Calendar at www.sta.uwi.edu/news/ecalendar. FMS Faculty Research Day The Faculty of Medical Sciences (FMS) presents their Faculty Research Day – One University, One Health, One Faculty. Check out displays, presentations and posters by the Faculty’s schools and departments. For more information, please visit the Campus Events Calendar at www.sta.uwi.edu/news/ecalendar. Learn Protocol, Diplomacy and Business Etiquette with DAOC The Diplomatic Academy of the Caribbean (DAOC) presents the Executive Certificate in Protocol, Diplomacy and Business Etiquette programme with Gail Guy, Protocol Consultant and Retired Diplomat. The programme takes place from 9am to 4pm at DAOC. The cost is US$500/TT$3,395. For more information, please visit http://sta.uwi.edu/daoc/. IGDS Lunchtime Seminar Save the date for the Institute for Gender and Development Studies’ (IGDS) Lunchtime Seminar on the Political Economy - The Household Budgetary Survey with Mr. Sterling Chadee, Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health. The seminar will take place from noon to 1pm. Interested persons may contact the IGDS 868-662-2002 exts. 83577 or 83572. For more information, please visit the Campus Events Calendar at www.sta.uwi.edu/news/ecalendar. A Tribute to CLL The Centre for Language Learning (CLL) celebrates their 20th anniversary with The Golden Twenty – A Tribute to CLL: The End of Year Concert. Tickets are $50 and available at the CLL Office. For more information, please visit the Campus Events Calendar at www.sta.uwi.edu/news/ecalendar. Distinguished Open Lecture by Nobel Laureate The UWI St. Augustine Campus and CARISCIENCE presents the Distinguished Open Lecture by Nobel Laureate, Professor Françoise Barre-Sinoussi. Professor Françoise Barré-Sinoussi a French virologist is Director of the Regulation of Retroviral Infections Division (Unité de Régulation des Infections Rétrovirales) and Professor at the Institut Pasteur in Paris, France. She performed some of the fundamental work in the identification of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) as the cause of AIDS. In 2008, Professor Barré-Sinoussi was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, together with her former mentor, Luc Montagnier, for their discovery of HIV. For more information, please visit the Campus Events Calendar at www.sta.uwi.edu/news/ecalendar. Professorial Lecture For more information email UWISTAevents@sta.uwi.edu or call 662-2002 ext. 83635 UWI-SRC Mall Tour The UWI Seismic Research Centre (UWI-SRC) continues their Outreach Campaign for persons to learn more about earthquakes, volcanoes and tsunamis; understand the behind the scenes of Earth Science and related careers and win prizes. Be there from noon to 5pm at Gulf City Mall! For more information, please visit the Campus Events Calendar at www.sta.uwi.edu/news/ecalendar. Hurricane Help still needed The Guild of Students in collaboration with Division of Student Services and Development (DSSD), continues ongoing relief efforts to aid Caribbean nations that have been devastated by hurricanes. All contributions can be placed in collection boxes that can be found at: DSSD Office (Lloyd Braithwaite Student Administration Building, First Floor), Guild Office, All Faculty main offices, All Hall lobbies and the Institute of International Relations (IIR) Secretariat Office. For more information, please visit the Campus Events Calendar at www.sta.uwi.edu/news/ecalendar. UNU-BIOLAC Training on Emerging Plant Diseases The Department of Life Sciences presents the United Nations University-Biotechnology for Latin America and the Caribbean, UNU-BIOLAC Training on Emerging Plant Diseases programme which will cover Molecular Diagnosis of Emerging Plant Diseases and Integrated Management of Plant Health. The programme takes place at the Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology (FST) and will be beneficial to agricultural professionals involved with plant disease diagnosis and management, researchers and policymakers. For more information, please visit the Campus Events Calendar at www.sta.uwi.edu/news/ecalendar. |
