Jamaica Gleaner Arts &Leisure
Published: Monday Sunday | October 4, 2009
'The art of can'
More than 200 persons flocked to Devon House in St Andrew last week Wednesday to witness art like they've never seen it before. Read More...
England in the Summer
This was supposed to be a 'barbeque summer' for the sun-loving British. But after the Tennis Championships at Wimbledon, the sun disappeared, rain arrived and everyone who had stayed home to enjoy a barbeque in the backyard complained bitterly about the weathermen. Read More...
Orrin Carr tops universities and colleges 'Seh Sup'm'
When the rhymes and lines had settled and poet Dingo delivered the judges' decision at the Village Blues Bar, Barbican Road, St Andrew, last Sunday night, Orrin Carr was declared winner of the Universities and Colleges Seh Sup'm Poetry Competition. Read More...
UTECH focus - Professorial appointments
Prof the Hon Errol Morrison, OJ President, University of Technology (UTech), Jamaica is pleased to announce the following academic appointments resulting from the recent review by the University's Appointments and Promotions... Read More...
At the intersection of academia, science and art
It came as no surprise when Shanti Persaud was declared the winner of the Super Plus Under-40 art competition 2009, held recently at the Mutual Gallery, Oxford Road. Her work was better than that of the other three candidates in at least one of the requirements - by being fresh and unique in her interpretation and expression of her theme, 'Intersection Series - Night'. Read More...
UWI NOTEBOOK - UWI launches township scholarships
The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, launched its University Township Scholarship on Wednes-day, September 30, at the Bryce Hill Plaza in August Town, St Andrew. Eight undergraduate students who reside in the Greater August Town community were presented with scholarships tenable at the Mona campus. Read More...
NCU bulletin: Complete education - the key to nation building
Jamaica has descended to a place where civility to each other, in an alarming number of instances, is no longer practiced. Etiquette has been abandoned; courtesy, renounced. We still do not form a queue to enter public transportation, nor do we enjoy cordially greeting the stranger we pass on the street. Read More...