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• Secrets of Jamaican Speed Uncovered?

  From the 1940s, Jamaica has been a force to be reckoned with on the track. The country's astounding achievements in the 29th Olympiad in Beijing, China saw a record haul fo six gold, three silver and two bronze medals. Amid the celebrations, the question remains: how did a small developing nation of 2.8 million achieve such success?

• Testosterone & Fatherhood in Jamaica

  Biological fathers who have a visiting relationship with their children experience high levels of emotional engagement with these children and this impacts their hormonal levels. This is the finding of a joint research project undertaken by researchers at The University of the West Indies, (UWI) Mona and the Unviersity of Las Vegas.

• Centre for Caribbean Thought at 8 Years

  The experience of the Caribbean, a region of no more than 50 million people with a history that stretches only half of a millennium, has helped to shape the modern world. According to Professor of Social and Political Change, Brian Meeks, the work of the region’s thinkers has a large part to play in this remarkable phenomenon, and the UWI’s Centre for Caribbean Thought (CCT) within the Department of Government, Faculty of Social Sciences seeks to archive and explore the region’s great thinkers and their legacies.

• UWI to Establish Confucius Institute

  The University of the West Indies, Mona and the Government of the People’s Republic of China have signed an agreement to establish a Confucius Institute at Mona. The Institute will be the first of its kind in the English-speaking Caribbean. The agreement was signed on Thursday, February 12 by Mona Principal, Professor Gordon Shirley, and China’s Ambassador to Jamaica, H. E. Chen Jinghua at a ceremony held at the Office of the Prime Minister, Jamaica.

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