INAUGURAL PROFESSIORIAL LECTURE – PROFESSOR TANNECIA STEPHENSON – FACULTY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
T he product of The UWI, Mona’s research, teaching and student development activities continues to impact national and regional economic and social development. All Faculties and several other units engaged our stakeholders through various initiatives in AY 2022/2023. Below are a few of the reported activities for the year under review.
SHOWCASING SCIENCE
The Faculty of Science and Technology (FST) hosted a Science Festival as part of The UWI’s 75th Anniversary celebrations. The festival showcased science and technology in business, government, security, health and wellness, environment, and education as well as products and services developed through science and technology. It also provided a space for the public to engage with science and technology in interactive, informative, and innovative ways. Over 3,000 visitors participated in the two-day festival. FST undertook other key UWI 75th outreach activities including its Science Discourse : The Professor Speaks, Science for Today series, and departmental seminars, which continued to encourage conversations on the science aspects of topical issues, while showcasing current researchers and their research. The Departments within the Faculty and their collaborators also hosted: the weekly Biotechnology, Chemistry, Life Sciences and Mathematics Seminar Series ; Disaster Heritage: Can Memorializing Disaster Make People More Resilient? – A Discussion Forum; a symposium on Global Security Perceptive; Synchroton Light: Energising Modern Advanced Economies in Caribbean Islands; Let the Research Speak for Itself: Inaugural Professorial Lecture – Professor Tannecia Stephenson ; UWI 75th Lecture with Professor Paul Reece : Harvesting a Selection of the Fruits of Nature; a seminar titled, The Legacy of Professor Kenneth Magnus: Transforming Lives, Institutions, and the Economy; and a public lecture, ChatGPT and Education: Threat or Opportunity.
ENGAGING THE SOCIETY 04.
STEM Building in High Schools
The Department of Mathematics in the Faculty of Science and Technology (FST)continued its successful annual Jamaican Mathematical Olympiad programme. The 2022/2023 edition saw the participation of 2,800 students from 92 schools, and a return to a face-to-face experience. Similarly, the Faculty returned to face-to-face mode for its annual CAPE workshops in chemistry, biology, physics, mathematics, geography , and computer science .
61 UWI MONA ANNUAL REPORT 2022/2023
60 UWI MONA ANNUAL REPORT 2022/2023
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