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Nov
29

Asian Universities Alliance Youth Forum (AUAYF)

The University of Colombo (UOC) hosted Asian Universities Alliance Youth Forum (AUAYF) as one of the two major annual events of the consortium from 25th to 29th November 2019 under the theme “Wellbeing Beyond Health”, in alignment with the Sustainable Development Goal 3, which was partnered with the World Health Organization (WHO). AUAYF 2019 was [...]
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Nov
29

Annual Research Symposium 2019 Faculty of Law

The Inauguration Ceremony of the Annual Research Symposium 2019 of the Faculty of Law, University of Colombo was held on 29 November 2019 at the College House Auditorium of the University of Colombo under the theme “Health and Well – being: The Law’s Response”. The Chief Guest of the Ceremony was Hon. Justice Prasanna Jayawardena, […]

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Nov
27

Library Research Symposium 2019

The Second Library Research Symposium of the University of Colombo was held on 27th November 2019, at the Auditorium of the Main Library and this year’s theme was ‘Information for Health and well-being’. The Vice-chancellor of the University of Colombo, Senior Professor Chandrika N Wijeyaratne graced the occasion as the Chief Guest. Professor Saroj Jayasinghe, […]

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Nov
27

Annual Research Symposium 2019 Faculty of Arts

Annual Research Symposium 2019 of the Faculty of Arts was held on 27th November 2019 under the patronage and the guidance of the Vice-Chancellor Senior Professor Chandrika N Wijeyaratne and the Dean – Faculty of Arts Senior Professor Premakumara de Silva amidst a distinguished gathering of academics and other participants. The theme of the Research […]

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Nov
26

Best Poster Presentation Award at the American Chemical Society (ACS) Publications Symposium

Ms Nimshi Fernando from the Materials research group at the Department of Physics won the Best Poster presentation award at the “American Chemical Society (ACS) Publications Symposium: Innovations in Materials Science and Technology”, Singapore 2019 for the poster titled “Desorption kinetics of Urea from morphologically different Nano Hydroxyapatite thin films”. It was a poster only […]

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Nov
26

Faculty of Education Research Symposium 2019

Annual Research Symposium 2019 of the Faculty of Education, University of Colombo was held on 26th November 2019 in the Faculty premises. Aim of the symposium was to bring together the academia, scholars and researchers in the field of Education to exchange the latest research findings in the field of Education. There were eight academic […]

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Nov
26

Inter Faculty Freshers’ Tournament 2019 – Closing Ceremony

The Closing Ceremony of the Inter-Faculty Freshers’ Tournament 2019 was held on 26th of November 2019 at the New Arts Theatre. University of Colombo School of Computing emerged as the Champions and the Faculty of Science became the 1st Runner-up. The 2nd runner-up was the Faculty of Management & Finance. View more Photos in FOS […]

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Nov
22

University of Colombo hosts AUA Executives’ Meeting 2019

The University of Colombo, a founding member of the Alliance successfully hosted the Executives’ Meeting on 21st and 22nd November 2019. The consortium houses fifteen flagship seats of higher learning in Asia including the University of Colombo. Senior Professor Chandrika N Wijeyaratne, the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Colombo is the current Executive President of […]

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Nov
22

Annual Research Symposium 2019

Health & Wellbeing 22nd November 2019 at the New Arts Theatre The Inaugural Ceremony of the 11th Annual Research Symposium of the University of Colombo was held on Friday 22nd November at the New Arts Theatre, amidst a large and distinguished gathering comprising scholars across Asia, diplomats, members of the Council of the University as [...]
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Nov
20

Delegation from Robert Koch Institute visits University of Colombo

A delegation led by the Head of the division of highly pathogenic viruses at the Center for Biological Threats and Special Pathogens (ZBS) at Robert Koch-Institute, Germany, Professor Andreas Nitsche visited University of Colombo on 20th of November. Dr. Janine Michel, Ms. Juliane Fraissinet, Ms. Beate Becker-Ziaja, Ms. Franziska Schwarz and Ms. Caroline Eberle representing […]

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Nov
15

The ICC of the Faculty of Technology targets direct industry student interaction through an Innovations Club with emphasis on commercializable innovations.

The inaugural meeting of the Industrial Consultative Committee (ICC) of the Faculty of Technology, University of Colombo was held on 15th November 2019 at the Heritage Hall of the Royal Colombo Golf Club (RCGC). The meeting was chaired by Professor Sumedha Jayanetti, Dean, Faculty of Technology. Participants included the heads of the four departments of [...]
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Nov
14

Corpora, Archives & Performance: Sri Lankan Languages and Literature

Corpora, Archives and Performance: A Conference on Sri Lanka Languages and Literature” organised by the Department of English, Faculty of Arts, was recently held with the participation of Vice-Chancellor Senior Professor Chandrika N Wijeyaratne, Senior Professor Premakumara de Silva, Dean, Faculty of Arts and Dr. Shermal Wijewardene, Head, Department of English. Day One included an […]

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Nov
06

SDC Awards Ceremony 2019

The Awards Ceremony of the Staff Development Centre of the University of Colombo was held on the 6th of November 2019 at the Senate Hall of the University, under the patronage of the Vice-Chancellor, Senior Professor Chandrika N Wijeyaratne. The event, which saw 44 participants from universities across the country receive their accreditation as teachers […]

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Nov
06

AUAEM, AUAYF & ARS – 2019 | Press Conference

A Press Conference to announce the Asian Universities Alliance Youth Forum, Asian Universities Alliance Executive Meeting and the Annual Research Symposium 2019 of the University of Colombo was held on the 6th of November at the Senate Hall, College House. Many key stakeholders including the current Vice-Chancellor, Senior Professor Chandrika N Wijeyaratne and the former […]

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Nov
06

Conference on ‘Discovering Central Europe and the Asia-Pacific’

The Departments of International Relations and Economics from the Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka in collaboration with the Faculty of Political Science and International Studies, University of Warsaw, Republic of Poland held a two day conference titled: ‘Discovering Central Europe and the Asia-Pacific: Harnessing the future of Poland-Sri Lanka Relations through multi-track […]

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Nov
01

Dean’s Lecture Series – Faculty of Arts

The 5th lecture of the Dean’s lecture series in the Faculty of Arts was held on 1st November 2019 at the Faculty Board Room. Professor Suresh Canagarajah (Edwin Erle Sparks Professor, Pennsylvania State University, USA), delivered the lecture on ‘Post-colonial English Language Curriculum Practices in South Asia’  and  Dr. Wenura Palihawadana (Consultant Psychiatrist, Base Hospital, […]

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