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NOTHING TO CLAM UP ABOUT! Scientists Discover Species of Ancient ‘Clam-Shrimp’ On St. Thomas Golf Course

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Water hazards are something to watch out for on a golf course. But in academics, a water hazard is a place to be explored, not avoided. Because…

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U.S. News & World Report Ranks UVI #7 Top Public School Among Southern Regional Colleges

WASHINGTON — In the much-anticipated release of its 2021 edition, U.S. News & World Report published its Best Colleges report ranking the University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) number seven among the top U.S. public schools in the category of…

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UVI Gets Bennie & Martha Benjamin Foundation Gift to Support School of Nursing

FREDERIKSTED — The University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) accepted four new gifts from the Bennie & Martha Benjamin Foundation (Benjamin Foundation) that it said "will bolster the university’s School…

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UVI Caribbean Green Technology Center To Host ’Lunch And Learn’ Webinar Series

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Throughout the month of October, the University of the Virgin Islands’ Caribbean Green Technology Center (CGTC) will commemorate National Energy Awareness Month with several activities.  The month kicked off with “Back to the Basics: Renewable Energy…

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UVI Tech Stack Poll Picks Donna Frett-Gregory and Kurt Vialet To Finish First In Senatorial Races

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A new poll was released by VI Tech Stack in collaboration with the University of the Virgin Islands Center for Excellence in Leadership and Learning (CELL). It revealed…

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RTPark Hopes Job Archive Program Will Begin To Reverse ‘Brain Drain’ In The Territory

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — UVI’s Research and Technology Park wants to bring Virgin Islanders back home with their new Vista+ (Virgin Islands STEM Talent Archive) workforce development initiative. The official launch…

VI Free Press October 5, 2020

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Annas Retreat Community Garden Hopes To Sprout Many Such Gardens Across The Territory

Guess who came to the Garden to be? None other than Shelly Jacobs of ABC Landscaping! Police Captain Sandra Colbourne and Sgt. Milton Petersen and myself had an outdoor meeting…

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UVI AND SBDC Team Up To Offer Free ‘Health And Safety’ COVID-19 Webinar

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Virgin Islands government has outlined a plan to reopen the territory as of June 1, but safe work environments won't happen by chance. To assist small…

VI Free Press May 15, 2020

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University Outfits Local Hospitals With 70 Much-Needed Respiratory Masks

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — In response to the coronavirus pandemic, the University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) has extended a philanthropic hand by producing 3-D respiratory masks. Personal protective gear is…

VI Free Press April 8, 2020

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UVI’s Director Of Center For Student Success Dies Of COVID-19 In Kentucky

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The University of the Virgin Islands' director of the Center for Student Success has died of the coronavirus while on the U.S. mainland, according to a message…

Bro Bot April 2, 2020