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were signed with two companies from the

USA involved in medical marijuana – Ganja

Labs, LLC, USA regarding research, indoor

and outdoor greenhouse laboratories for

growing, and Steep Hill Labs Inc, USA

regarding research and testing.

Academic staff continued to engage

in activities that bring international

perspectives and diversity to the learning

environment at UTech, Jamaica. One staff

member from the School of Computing

and Information Technology was a visiting

faculty at University of North Carolina at

Chapel Hill, USA further to an MOU that

was established earlier in the year.

Groundwork began for the establishment

of linkages with Japanese institutions

regarding teaching and research in the

area of rural development, especially the

livelihood of women small farmers.

Ambassador the Hon. Burchell Whiteman, (3rd left) Acting President, University of Technology,

Jamaica (UTech) and Dr. Donald Land, Chief Scientist, Steep Hill Labs Inc. shake hands

following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between both entities to examine

the scientific and medicinal application of legal marijuana held Friday, November 14, 2014 at

UTech’s Papine campus. Sharing in the landmark moment from left are Dr. Claire Sutherland,

Senior Director, International and Institutional Linkages, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, MP, Minister of

Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Dr. Ellen Campbell-Grizzle, Dean, College of Health

Sciences, UTech and Dr. Cliff Riley, Associate Professor and Associate Dean of Graduate

Studies, Research and Entrepreneurship, College of Health Sciences, UTech.

From left: Professor Colin Gyles, Dean, Faculty of Science and Sport; Mr Irwine Clare Snr.

OD, CEO Team Jamaica Bickle, USA and Member of the Jamaican Diaspora in New York;

Dr Dennis Johnson, CD, Lecturer and mentor, Faculty of Science and Sport, UTech, Jamaica;

Mr Herman LaMont, Jamaica’s Consul-General to New York; Dr Claire Sutherland, Senior

Director, International and Institutional Linkages, UTech, Jamaica, on the occasion of Dr Dennis

Johnson being honoured in New York, April 2014 by - Team Jamaica Bickle at their 20th

Anniversary celebrations; a United States House of Representatives Proclamation from the

Office of US Congresswoman Yvette D Clarke; A New York Assembly Citation from the Office of

Assemblyman N Nick Perry, and; a New York Council Citation from the Office of Council Member

Jumaane D Williams.

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