Five members of the academic staff at the Cave Hill, Mona and St. Augustine Campuses of UWI will receive the prestigious 2008/ 9 Vice Chancellor’s Award for Excellence on Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 6 pm at the Mona Visitors’ Lodge and Conference Centre, UWI, Mona.

The awardees at Mona are Dr. Michael Ponnambalam, Lecturer in Physics in the Department of Physics, for excellence in Teaching;  Professor Anthony Harriott, Director of The Institute of Public Safety and Justice, for all-round performance in research accomplishment and contribution to public service; and  Professor Affette McCaw-Binns, Professor of Reproductive Health Epidemiology in the Department of Community Health & Psychiatry,  for  all-round excellent performance in research accomplishment and contribution to public service.

Other recipients are Professor Clèment Imbert, Professor of Mechanical Engineering in the Department of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering, St Augustine Campus, for Public Service, and Professor Robin Mahon, Director of the Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies (CERMES), Cave Hill, for all-round excellent performance in research accomplishment and contribution to public service.