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Petroleum Geoscience engineers use innovative monitoring techniques and equipment to warn Piparo residents of volcano risk.
Serah Acham
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I write thoughtful features on people, culture, social issues, health, education, and arts, turning complex ideas into clear, engaging, and relatable stories.
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I’m not a technical writer and avoid breaking news, politics, and gossip, though I can simplify expert info for general readers in well-researched features.
Serah Acham’s Journalist Portfolio
View as a gridVishal: Attorney-at-Law - UWI Today | December 2024
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Vishal's story, however, really begins about a decade earlier, when, one New Year's Eve, his mother walked out of their home and never returned. He was barely five years old. This, he says, is one of the reasons he chose a career in law.
Mentoring migrants
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...UWI project prepares Venezuelan children for school
Effort and Heart
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UWI in Society UWI volunteer pilot project gives students the opportunity to make a difference by mentoring Venezuelan migrant children in English and other primary school basics By Serah Acham If you happen to be on The UWI's St Augustine campus on a Thursday afternoon and walk past the Centre for Language Learning (CLL), you'll likely be met with a curious sight - kids, some as young as five, chatting intently with UWI students at their sides.
A Philosophy of Impact: Dr Alicia Elias-Roberts, pioneering Oil and Gas legal scholar at UWI St A...
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When the UWI St Augustine campus approached Dr Alicia Elias-Roberts to join its Faculty of Law teaching staff in 2011, she saw an opportunity. Today, that faculty is one of the few in the world to offer oil and gas law as part of its curriculum.
CARICOM turns 50: 'In unity there is strength' - UWI Today | December 2023
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This year, we celebrate the 50th anniversary of CARICOM - the intergovernmental body established to unify the Caribbean region of the 1960s and 70s. For the then newly independent territories and those seeking independence - underdeveloped, small and lacking resources - joining forces was a strategy of survival.
Valedictory Words of Wisdom
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UWI St Augustine's 2023 valedictorians belong to a unique cohort. Among the first students to have had a mostly virtual university experience, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, they've learnt resilience. They found community and connection through screens and keyboards, and found strength in the people around them.
First, black female president of Victoria University - UWI Today | September 2023
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First is a weighty word, heavy with expectation, possibility and responsibility. It alludes to power, sometimes trial, always hope. More than most, Dr Rhonda McEwen understands this, because on October 12, 2022, she was installed as the first black, female President and Vice Chancellor of Victoria University at the University of Toronto, Canada.
'Together, we can make it happen' - UWI Today | August 2023
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"All students are members of the Guild of Students, every one of us," says Inool Nabbie, Treasurer of the 2023-2024 Guild of Students Council.
Macro journey through a micro world - UWI Today | June 2023
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We live in a microbial world. So says Professor Adesh Ramsubhag, newly inaugurated Professor of Microbiology and Biotechnology at The University of the West Indies, St Augustine campus. We can't see its microscopic inhabitants, but they're a population of millions of trillions and they're all around us - on every surface and in our every breath.
The History Keepers - UWI Today | May 2023
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Some things are just meant to be. You feel the tug of possibility, and if you're brave enough, you take the leap of faith and fulfil your destiny.
‘We will build, one step at a time’ - UWI Today | February 2023
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Inducted to accolades, Campus Principal Rose-Marie Belle Antoine stresses campus' role in serving communities and a pragmatic approach to getting things done By Serah Acham On Saturday, January 21, 2023, UWI's St Augustine campus inducted its 10th Pro Vice-Chancellor and Campus Principal Professor Rose-Marie Belle Antoine.
A Creative Lament for Festivals Lost
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After two years without Carnival, students express themselves through mas making By Serah Acham On the surface, Carnival is about spectacle - the splendour of Trinbagonian culture, of our people, wrapped up in a dazzle of feathers, beads, glitter, soca, and steelpan. And we love it, we miss it, we can't wait to have it back.
Ávera Tech revolutionising tourism in the Caribbean through technology | Loop Cayman Islands
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For us, by us. That's the philosophy at the heart of the US Virgin Islands-based tech company, Ávera Tech, which is on a mission to leverage technology to revolutionise the Caribbean tourism industry.
Fostering change for climate change - UWI Today | December 2021
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From the courtroom to the conference room to the classroom, Professor Raphael Heffron's career is the epitome of multifaceted. Combining the areas of law, economics, energy and climate change, policy, and education, his work on achieving a just transition to a low-carbon economy has impacted and continues to impact countries around the world.
Honouring Our Change-makers
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Each year, along with the thousands of students whose hard work and dedication The University of the West Indies celebrates at its graduation ceremonies, a few select individuals are honoured for their contributions to society. The tradition of conferring honorary degrees began in 1965 when UWI granted the first to Queen Elizabeth II.
Execs share their vision for the future of tech in the Caribbean | Loop Jamaica
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From contactless payments to self-driving cars to the race to space, technology is advancing at a rapid pace. Businesses and economies around the world are moving swiftly along with it, and several Caribbean companies have joined the dash.
The power of voice: The next wave of social media
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Voice is the new big player in social media - thanks in large part to the global pandemic's call for strict stay-at-home measures, and the inevitable limitations to human interaction offered by more conventional digital channels.
Access and resilience key to effective cybersecurity strategy | Loop Caribbean News
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Safety is a basic human need. As we move more and more facets of our lives to the internet, our virtual safety in the World Wide Web is becoming increasingly susceptible to digital security attacks. For business owners, strict cybersecurity measures are crucial.
Tech Beach talks innovation with Caribbean executives | Loop Caribbean News
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Discussions around innovation tend to focus on the brand new. 'Start-ups' and 'disruption' are common buzzwords used, associating innovation with new companies and never-before-seen products and services. However, already established and successful enterprises play "a massive role" when it comes to business innovation, says Kirk-Anthony Hamilton, co-founder of Tech Beach Retreat, a Caribbean technology ecosystem that seeks to connect regional talent with the global resources required for sustainable growth.
Nourishing Work - UWI Today | June 2021
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Growing up in the 1950s and 60s, in her grandmother's kitchen in Reform Village, Gasparillo, Dr Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted learned that nutritious food made you strong and smart. This lesson, translated into a philosophy of "nourishing, not feeding", governed her work throughout her 50-year career as a nutrition scientist, and lies at the heart of the research, innovations and life-changing impact that made Dr Thilsted the 2021 World Food Prize Laureate.
Kevon Willie: Beating a sound for T&T
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By Serah Acham When Kevon Willie started KAW Drums in 2013, he was looking for a sound for Trinidad and Tobago. In 2021, in the middle of an unrelenting pandemic that cancelled the festival for which this country lives and which lives in every Trinbagonian, he used his drums to honour that sound and to show us that it would live forever.
Rainy Days, Ordeals and Redemption
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UWI’s final-year Visual Arts students added a flair for the contemporary to the Trinidad and Tobago National Museum and Art Gallery this April. With its largely conceptual theme, the Department of Creative and Festival Arts’ 2018 Degree Student Exhibition, served as both complement and contrast to its venue.
Crossing to the Dark Side
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The bitter sweet life of chocolatiers.