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Special needs students shine at inaugural UWI-UNICEF Special Mathematical Olympiad
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BY VANASSA MCKENZIE Observer Online reporter mckenziev@jamaicaobserver.com 
March 19, 2026
Students from the Salvation Army School for the Blind and Visually Impaired and Lister Mair Gilby School for the Deaf walked away with top awards in t...
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Keshawn McGrath seeks Guild president position at UWI
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BY KEVIN JACKSON Observer Writer 
March 18, 2026
Taylor Hall resident at the University of the West Indies (Mona) and computer science student, Keshawn McGrath, says the need to advocate for better e...
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Jermaine Francis, a student leader with a mission
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Jermaine Francis, a student leader with a mission
KEVIN JACKSON, Observer writer 
March 18, 2026
For University of the West Indies (Mona) marketing student Jermaine Francis, the best interest of his fellow students is his first priority. Currently...
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Accounting student Leanne Williams cops Miss SoSci (UWI) title
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Accounting student Leanne Williams cops Miss SoSci (UWI) title
BY KEVIN JACKSON Observer Writer 
March 11, 2026
Leanne Williams, who is pursuing a degree in accounting at the University of the West Indies (Mona), was on Sunday night crowned Miss SoSci 2026. A to...
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Keneil Bernard and Janeilia Hemmings crowned Mr and Miss Law (UWI) 2026
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Keneil Bernard and Janeilia Hemmings crowned Mr and Miss Law (UWI) 2026
BY KEVIN JACKSON Observer Writer 
March 9, 2026
Keneil Bernard and Janeilia Hemmings are the newly crowned Mr and Miss Law (UWI) 2026 titleholders. The pageant took place last Saturday on the roof o...
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Jesse Royal joins lineup for Essential Notes seminar at UWI
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Jesse Royal joins lineup for Essential Notes seminar at UWI
February 18, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica— Two-time Grammy-nominated reggae superstar Jesse Royal will be among the panelists for Essential Notes–The Seminar, a free educatio...
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‘9 to 5 no longer enough’: Seiveright urges UWI students to embrace AI
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‘9 to 5 no longer enough’: Seiveright urges UWI students to embrace AI
February 13, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Delano Seiveright, is urging young Jamaicans to move beyon...
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UWI rises in global rankings
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UWI rises in global rankings
February 6, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The University of the West Indies (UWI) has risen to the top three per cent of universities worldwide, according to the latest Tim...
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Photos: Sterling Asset blends academia and finance at UWI Professor & Senior Staff Mingle
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January 27, 2026
Sterling Asset Management’s UWI Professor & Senior Staff Mingle, held on Wednesday, January 21, 2026, at the University of the West Indies’ Regional H...
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UWI confers honorary doctorate posthumously upon late Don Wehby
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UWI confers honorary doctorate posthumously upon late Don Wehby
January 22, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The University of the West Indies (UWI) posthumously conferred the degree of Doctor of Laws (honoris causa) upon the late Honourab...
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Andre Haughton among lecturers raised to professor rank at UWI
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Andre Haughton among lecturers raised to professor rank at UWI
November 28, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica —  The University of the West Indies (UWI) has elevated five of its lecturers across campuses to the rank of professor, including Ja...
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UWI students urge extension of hurricane fee waiver
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UWI students urge extension of hurricane fee waiver
DANA MALCOLM, Observer Online reporter, malcolmd@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 17, 2025
While expressing gratitude for the institution’s ongoing response, students at the University of the West Indies Mona Campus say they are hoping some ...
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UWI Mona students plan sit-out over decision to resume classes less than a week after Hurricane Melissa
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UWI Mona students plan sit-out over decision to resume classes less than a week after Hurricane Melissa
November 3, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Students at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona campus, are set to stage a peaceful sit-out Monday, in protest of the un...
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Student found dead at UWI in suspected suicide
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Student found dead at UWI in suspected suicide
October 16, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A University of the West Indies (UWI) student was found dead by her room mate on Thursday in what is suspected to be a case of sui...
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UWI Integration hosts King & Queen of Integration talent series
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UWI Integration hosts King & Queen of Integration talent series
BY KEVIN JACKSON Observer Writer 
October 1, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Integration Thursdays, the weekly lyme at the University of the West Indies (UWI), kicked off the new school year last Thursday, S...
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West Jamaica Conference of Seventh-day Adventists awards $10 million in scholarships to 42 students
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West Jamaica Conference of Seventh-day Adventists awards $10 million in scholarships to 42 students
September 14, 2025
ST JAMES, Jamaica — The Seventh-day Adventist Church demonstrated its commitment to holistic ministry when the West Jamaica Conference recently awarde...
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UWI Mona to launch cybersecurity major in September
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UWI Mona to launch cybersecurity major in September
July 15, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The University of the West Indies (The UWI) Mona campus is set to launch an undergraduate major in cybersecurity this September, a...
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UWI teachers to strike Monday
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UWI teachers to strike Monday
May 30, 2025
KINSGTON, Jamaica — The West Indies Group of University Teachers (WIGUT) says its members at The University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona will be stri...
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Trinidad Gov’t and UWI on collision course regarding Debe campus
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Trinidad Gov’t and UWI on collision course regarding Debe campus
May 23, 2025
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – Trinidad and Tobago's government and the University of the West Indies (UWI) appear to be on a collision course regard...
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Flow inspires communication and marketing students at BrandCamp
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Flow inspires communication and marketing students at BrandCamp
May 14, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Marketing strategy and creativity was on full display at BrandCamp last Wednesday as Flow’s Head of Marketing, Latoy Lawrence, too...
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It’s all systems go for D’Aftermas
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It’s all systems go for D’Aftermas
March 15, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Organisers of the highly-anticipated D’Aftermas are buzzing with excitement as another staging of the event draws closer. Slated ...
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UWI Research Day to feature groundbreaking prostate cancer research
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UWI Research Day to feature groundbreaking prostate cancer research
March 13, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Innovatory prostate cancer research by a Jamaican scientist specifically focused on black men will take centre stage at the Univer...
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AI meets dancehall
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