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UWI TODAY
– SUNDAY 8TH MAY, 2016
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UWI CALENDAR
of
EVENTS
MAY–JULY 2016
SEASON
OF THE ARTS
Visual Arts Exhibition
Until May 14, 2016
National Museum
and Art Gallery
Port of Spain
The Department of
Creative and Festival
Arts (DCFA) wound up
their Season of the Arts
with a host of activities in May, but there is still
time to check out the Final Year Exhibition from
the Visual Arts Degree Programme which runs
on Tuesdays to Saturdays from 10am to 6pm
For more information, please call 663-2141 or
645-1955 or email
or visit the
Campus Events Calendar at
/
news/ecalendar.
MANAGEMENT IN
TROPICAL VEGETABLES
June 16 to 17, 2016
UWI St. Augustine
The Department of Life Sciences, Faculty
of Science and Technology at The UWI St.
Augustine will be hosting the International
Conference on Integrated DiseaseManagement
in Tropical Vegetables. Themes include:
Etiology and Epidemiology of Diseases; Disease
Diagnosis and Integrated DiseaseManagement.
Register now. Caribbean participants: TT$300;
Caribbean students: TT$100.
For more information, please visit their website:
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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.
UWI Chancellor and former Director for the
Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO),
Sir George Alleyne will be the keynote speaker.
The conference will be held at the Teaching and
Learning Complex (TLC).
For more information on registration, please visit
the
WORLD FESTIVAL OF
EMERGING CINEMA
May 19 to 22, 2016
UWI St. Augustine
TheUWI FilmProgramme commemorates their
10th anniversary with a tour around the world
in four days at the World Festival of Emerging
Cinema. Over 200 films from 52 different
countries will showcase student productions,
Caribbean and international filmmakers.
Students will get a chance to learn and network
with industry insiders and the general public
is invited to view premiere films not shown in
mainstream theatres.
Updates will be posted on the Campus Events
Calendar at
FOREIGN LANGUAGE MEETS THEATRE
May 16-18, 2016
UWI St. Augustine
The Faculty of Humanities and Education
presents the 17th Inter-Campus Foreign
Language Theatre Festival. Students of English,
French, Patois/Kwéyòl (FrenchCreole), Japanese,
Mandarin, Portuguese, Spanish, and T&T Sign
Language practise and hone their foreign
language skills through the art of theatre – an
unforgettable and enjoyable language learning
experience.
Updates will be posted on the Campus Events
Calendar at
SPORT AND HIGHER ED
May 18-20, 2016
UWI St. Augustine
The 2nd Biennial Conference on Sport Studies
and Higher Education: An Interdisciplinary
Approach under the theme, Physical Literacy:
Gender, Science, and Sport for Development.
The 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
or visit
