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Limetree Bay Terminals Offers Information About Process Operator Positions

FREDERIKSTED -- Limetree Bay Refining in conjunction with the V.I. Department of Labor and the University of the Virgin Islands will be hosting process operator information sessions. This event will…

John McCarthy December 18, 2018

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UVI Receives $150,000 Scholarship Grant from Coca-Cola Foundation

CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- The University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) has received a $150,000 donation from The Coca-Cola Foundation to provide scholarships to students who represent the first generation in their family…

John McCarthy December 8, 2018

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NOAA Environmental Literacy Program Awards UVI $500,000 in Funds

CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- The University of the Virgin Islands has received $500,000 in funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Environmental Literacy Program (ELP) for its U.S. Virgin…

John McCarthy December 8, 2018

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UVI Welcomes New Professor of Computer and Data Science Joanne Sylvia Luciano

NEW FACULTY: Joanne Sylvia Luciano, Ph.D, in cognitive and neural systems, will teach in UVI's College of Science and Mathematics. CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- The University of the Virgin Islands welcomes Joanne…

John McCarthy November 29, 2018

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UVI Students Take Top Honors at National Biomedical Research Conference

Annual Biomedical Medical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS) Award Winners INDIANAPOLIS -- Three students from the University of the Virgin Islands, the Caribbean’s preeminent Historically Black College and University (HBCU)…

John McCarthy November 27, 2018

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University of the Virgin Islands Students Exhibit Works of Art in St. Croix Gallery

"Vase with Flowers on Table" painting by Matthew Perry CHRISTIANSTED -- Visual artwork of students from the University of the Virgin Islands Caribbean Art1 class, will be on display at…

John McCarthy November 14, 2018

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UVI’s Eastern Caribbean Center To Conduct Survey This Month and December

CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- The Eastern Caribbean Center of the University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) will conduct the 2018 Virgin Islands Community Survey (VICS) during the months of November and…

John McCarthy November 7, 2018

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St. Thomas’ Syanno Venzen Accused Of Multiple Counts of Child Abuse, Unlawful Sexual Contact

CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- A St. Thomas man who is accused of having inappropriate sexual contact with two female minors was arrested on Monday. Syanno "Juice" Venzen, 22, of Charlotte Amalie…

John McCarthy September 26, 2018

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Terminix Manager Jose Rivera Pleads Guilty to Illegally Using Methyl Bromide

CRUZ BAY -- The former branch manager of Terminix International USVI, LLC pleaded guilty on Monday to four counts of illegally applying fumigants containing methyl bromide in multiple residential locations in…

John McCarthy September 18, 2018

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OP-ED: Now Is Not the Time To Add Further Financial Obligations to Government

COMMENTARY BY: SORAYA DIASE COFFELT Two gubernatorial candidates have expressed publicly their support for legislation to give free tuition to every high school graduate in the U.S. Virgin Islands who…

VI Free Press September 15, 2018