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British High Commissioner Impressed by The UWI’s Pioneering Castor Bean Research

British High Commissioner Impressed by The UWI’s Pioneering Castor Bean Research

Her Excellency Judith Slater, British High Commissioner to Jamaica, is pleased with groundbreaking Castor Bean research under way at the Mona Institute of Applied Sciences  (MIAS) at The UWI, Mona.

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May 16, 2024
Repatriation Milestone: Specimen of 170-Year-Old Jamaican Giant Galliwasp returns home

Repatriation Milestone: Specimen of 170-Year-Old Jamaican Giant Galliwasp returns home

A rare Jamaican Giant Galliwasp (Celestus occiduus) specimen kept in The Hunterian Museum at the University of Glasgow in Scotland since the 1800s has finally returned to its homeland.

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May 13, 2024
The UWI's Mona GeoInformatics Institute wins Google Impact Award

The UWI's Mona GeoInformatics Institute wins Google Impact Award

The Mona GeoInformatics Institute (MGI) at The University of the West Indies has won the prestigious Google Geo for Good Impact Award for 2023/2024.

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May 08, 2024
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UWI Professor says early detection, treatment crucial to combating Leptospirosis

Paul Brown, professor of molecular biology at The UWI, Mona Campus, did not sound an alarm during his recent professorial lecture titled, "Genes and Shorts: lepto and other stories, through molecular lenses”.

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May 01, 2024
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The UWI and University of Glasgow partner to repatriate 170-year-old Jamaican Giant Galliwasp specimen

The University of the West Indies (The UWI) and the University of Glasgow (UofG) have announced the repatriation of a Jamaican Giant Galliwasp specimen from The Hunterian collection at UofG in Scotland, UK.
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April 30, 2024

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