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Monthly historic parish hikes, sharing scholarship through lectures and other learning activities, as well as an educational bus tour on Emancipation Day are among a raft of yearlong outreach activities planned to mark the 60^th anniversary of The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus which dovetails with the regional University’s 75th anniversary. Cave Hill, the third landed campus of The UWI community, opened in 1963 at a temporary location at the Deep-Water Harbour, before moving to its current location in 1967

The University of the West Indies (The UWI) is pleased to announce that the Induction Ceremony for Principal of the St. Augustine Campus, Professor Rose-Marie Belle Antoine will be held on January 21, 2023 at Daaga Auditorium on the St. Augustine Campus at 6.00 p.m. (Eastern Caribbean).

Staff, students, retirees, alumni, partners, and friends of The University of the West Indies (The UWI) turned out at the University Chapel at the Mona Campus in Jamaica on Sunday, January 8 for an Interfaith Convocation Service which signalled the start of the University’s 75^th anniversary celebrations.

“The 75th anniversary of The University of the West Indies is about to be a magnificent year.” These sentiments came from Vice-Chancellor, Professor Sir Hilary Beckles as well as University Registrar and Chief Administrative Officer, Dr. Maurice D. Smith during a media briefing held on Friday January 6, to launch the University’s 75th anniversary being commemorated throughout 2023.
 
This year marks 75 years since the official opening of its first UWI Campus in Mona, Jamaica.

The UWI Cave Hill Campus has entered into a new partnership with the National Experimental University of the Arts (UNEARTE) of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela as part of its plans to increase cultural education, training and artistic collaboration.

The Faculty of Medical Sciences the Cave Hill Campus of The university of the West Indies is celebrating the first cohort of graduates from its Postgraduate Diploma in Paediatric Nursing and Master of Science in Nursing programmes. 

The Barbados Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) and the Cave Hill Campus of the University of the West Indies have renewed their commitment to utilise their resources in support of initiatives that benefit both institutions and their stakeholders.

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The University of the West Indies (The UWI) congratulates Grenada’s Senator Simon Stiell on his new role as Executive Secretary of the United Nations Climate Change Secretariat.

Vice Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Dr. Thelma Krug is among speakers slated for the 2022 Americas Conference on Solar Radiation Modification to be hosted at The University of the West Indies (The UWI) Regional Headquarters in Jamaica on August 24 and 25, 2022.