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UWI TODAY
– SUNDAY 6 MAY, 2018
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UWI Calendar of Events
MAY – JULY 2018
CELEBRATE CHINESE CULTURE
May
Confucius Institute Reading Room
The Confucius Institute present the following
mini-cultural workshops:
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May 11
| Chinese Martial Arts | 6 to 8pm
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May 17
| Chinese KnotMaking | 5to 6.30pm
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May 18
| Chinese Paper Cutting | 6 to 8pm
Registered UWI students with ID: $20;
Members of the public: $30.
For more information, please visit the
Confucius Institute’s website:
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DIPLOMATIC ACADEMY OF THE CARIBBEANWORKSHOPS
June
UWI St. Augustine
The Diplomatic Academy of the Caribbean (DAOC) presents the following workshops:
• Summer Executive Programme for Young Professionals: Protocol, Diplomacy and
Business Etiquette 101 with facilitator Gail Guy, Retired Diplomat and Protocol
Consultant | Session 1: June 4 and 5 or Session 2: June 7 and 8 | 9am to 4pm | Cost:
US$300
• The Art of Corporate andDiplomatic Communicationwith facilitator SharonWelsh,
Communications Consultant and Adjunct Professor at GeorgetownUniversity | June
26 to 29 | 9am to 4pm | Cost: US $800 (10% discount for each member of groups 3
or more)
For more information, please email:
or call 662-2002 ext. 85362; 85360; 85359 or visit
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REVITALIZING THE BUFFALYPSO
June
Sir Frank Stockdale Building
The School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences (FMS) and the Faculty
of Food and Agriculture (FFA) present the Revitalizing the Buffalypso – Our National
Treasure Conference.
The Opening Ceremony and Public Lecture take place June 1 from 6pm to 7.30pm and
Conference presentations on the History of Livestock andDiseaseManagement take place
on June 2 from 8.30am to 3pm at the Sir Frank Stockdale Building, Room B.
For more information,
please contact 645-3232 ext. 4247.
RAINFOREST TO REEF
8am to 6pm
July 25 to 27
Teaching and Learning Complex
UWI St. Augustine
The Latin America and Caribbean
Section (LACA) of the Society
for Conser vation Biology in
collaboration with The UWI
hosts the inaugural Latin America
and Caribbean Congress for
Conservation Biology (LACCCB
2018) under the theme, Rainforest
to Reef: Strengthening Connections
between the Caribbean and the
Americas.
FMS PRESENTATIONS
May
Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex (EWMSC)
The Faculty of Medical Sciences (FMS) presents the following events in May:
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May 7
| 11am to noon | School of Pharmacy Symposium with feature speaker
Professor Terezinha de Jesus Andreoli Pinto from Faculdade de Ciências
Farmacêuticas, University São Paulo SP Brasil Towards Safer and EffectiveMedicines
and Biomaterials at Amphitheatre B.
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May 17
| 5.30 to 8pm | School of Dentistry Guest Lecture Series by External
Examiners with Professor Alan Gilmour presenting on Amelogenesis Imperfeca;
Professor Nicola Innes presenting on Sealing Carious Lesions and Professor Nigel
Matthews presenting on Managing TMJ Dysfunction at Amphitheatre A. For
additional details, please call 645-3232 ext. 4112 or 4115.
For more information,
please visit the Campus Events Calendar at
ENGINEERING THE FUTURE
9am to 11.30am
May 23
UWI St. Augustine
The Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing
Engineering presents their Annual Conference and
Exhibition under the theme, Engineering the Future.
It will showcase the Department’s Capstone projects
and selected MSc and MPhil/PHD research projects
and presentations. The Conference takes place
from 9am to 11.30am at the Max Richards Building
(Engineering Block 13) and the exhibition takes place
at JFK Auditorium from 9am to 5pm.
For more information,
please visit the Campus Events Calendar at
For conference rates and registration information
visit
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