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The Caribbean Writer (TCW) invites the general public to the official online launch of its 38th volume on Tuesday, Feb. 25, from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Volume 38 explores ideas about “Legacies: Reckoning and Resilience.”

Members of the media are invited to cover and photograph the official launch of the new Research Center, Caribbean Climate Change Adaptation, Cancer and Health Disparities Research Center (CARIB-CARES), which will focus on the effects of climate change on the cancer control continuum in the Caribbean region.

The Recovery Innovation Coordinator and Center of Excellence (RICCE), a program of the Democratic Training Institute, is partnering with the University of the Virgin Islands Center for Excellence in Leadership and Learning (UVI CELL) to offer nonprofit professionals a free online workshop titled "Tools for Grant Award Implementation: Turning Awards into Achievements”. The workshop will take place on Thursday, Feb. 20, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. AST.

A video released this week highlights the efforts of dedicated community volunteers to clean up marine debris from the “forgotten shorelines” of the U.S. Virgin Islands’ (USVI) mangroves and offshore cays. These areas, rarely included in cleanups, face a persistent challenge with marine debris.

The University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) Eastern Caribbean Center is collaborating with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to facilitate local surveying efforts on St. Thomas, St. Croix, and St. John. The NOAA National Coral Reef Monitoring Program is engaging local surveyors to conduct a USVI-wide survey that will collect information on residents’ use of coral reefs and their knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions of coral reef ecosystems and coral reef management.

Members of the media are invited to cover and photograph the Grand Opening of the University of the Virgin Islands St. John Community Resource and Development Center (CRDC), from 4-8PM, located in the St. John Marketplace on the 2nd Floor.

The University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) School of Agriculture has signed an articulation agreement with the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College (HLSCC) to establish combined degree programs leading to Bachelor of Science degrees in Agricultural Business, Agroecology, Animal Science, Aquaponics, and Horticulture. The signing ceremony took place in January 2025 at UVI’s Albert A. Sheen Campus on St. Croix.

The Caribbean Writer today applauds the work of graphic novelist Devon Pelle on the publication of his first book titled, “The Mortal Pulse – The new humans” — a work appearing under his pen name, GuzBez.

Members of the media are invited to cover and photograph the University of the Virgin Islands Spring 2025 Student Convocation featuring the United States Supreme Court Justice the Honorable Ketanji Brown Jackson from 3 to 4:30 p.m. on Feb. 7, in the Elridge Wilburn Blake Sports and Fitness Center on the Orville E. Kean Campus on St. Thomas. The event will be live streamed to a close circuit feed in the Great Hall on the Albert A. Sheen Campus on St. Croix.

The University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) will mark the historic inauguration of its sixth President Dr. Safiya George with a series of events culminating with the official Investiture Ceremony on Monday, March 17, at 10 a.m. in the Elridge W. Blake Sports and Fitness Center on the Orville E. Kean Campus on St. Thomas. As part of the inauguration celebration, UVI will commemorate the 63rd anniversary of its charter when the University was formed by an act of the Legislature of the Virgin Islands in 1962.