Dr. Michelle James (centre) and some of her students from the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Guyana

RESIDENTS of Plaisance, East Coast Demerara and neighbouring communities on Wednesday benefitted from a medical outreach programme conducted by University of Guyana, Health Sciences students of Turkeyen Campus.

Utilising the compound of the Plaisance Seventh-Day Adventist Church, the students made available to the people, services such as blood pressure and glucose testing, nutritional counseling and other services.

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Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman (second from right) University of Guyana Vice-Chancellor, Professor Ivelaw Griffith (right) and Managing Director of Schlumberger for Trinidad and the Caribbean, Sean Herrera cut the ribbon. (DP photo)

With the advent of the oil and gas sector in Guyana, the University of Guyana (UG) is now equipped with a Geotechnical computer lab which will serve hundreds of students, according to the Department of Public Information (DPI).

Representing UG at the CCJ Law moot competition was Reon Miller, Senior Counsel; Cassandra Jaikaran, Junior Counsel; and Shameza David, Researcher

–at debating CCJ law moot this year

STUDENTS of the University of Guyana (UG) outshone several other teams from across the Caribbean to emerge the Best Academic Institution at the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)’s Law Moot competition.

Sarah Bovell, winner in the University category of the Tony Shields Memorial Essay Competition, being awarded by Patrick Harding. (Ministry of Natural Resources photo)

The Ministry of Natural Resources has announced the winners of its inaugural Tony Shields Memorial Essay Competition, including a University of Guyana (UG) student who has been awarded one year’s tuition.

– 140 students in petroleum, mining, geology and engineering programmes to benefit

DPI, Guyana, Friday, March 22, 2019

Over 140 students of the Faculty of Engineering and Technology (FET) of the University of Guyana (UG), who are involved in the petroleum, mining, geology and engineering programmes, are slated to benefit from new microscopes donated by the University of Toronto.

News Americas, GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Fri. Mar. 22, 2019: Guyana’s top tertiary institution is again counting down to another Diaspora conference.

The University of Guyana will host its second ‘Diaspora and Entrepreneurship Conference’ this July 21-25, 2019 at the Ramada Georgetown Princess Hotel under the theme: ‘Cultural Diversity and Innovation: Engaging the Diaspora for an Enhanced Caribbean Competitive Landscape.’

University officials are targeting participants from the Guyanese Diaspora globally as well as from Guyana and the wider Caribbean.