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Sep
03

International Symposium on ‘Sociology for Everyday Life’

The International Research Symposium of the Department of Sociology organized in celebration of its fiftieth milestone, with the theme ‘Sociology for everyday life‘ was held successfully on the 3rd and 4th of September 2019 at the University of Colombo premises. The inauguration ceremony was held on the 3rd of September at the College House Auditorium. The Chief […]

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Sep
02

Obituary Notice – Professor Carlo Fonseka

It is with a deep sense of sorrow I announce the demise of Professor Carlo Fonseka, a great philosopher, scientist and teacher par excellence. He adorned our halls of learning in the Faculty of Medicine Colombo with great precision and aplomb, and never missed an opportunity to join us in fellowship when we traversed major [...]
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Sep
02

12th Annual Vidya Jyothi Professor V. K. Samaranayake Memorial Oration 2019 and ICTer 2019

12th Annual Vidya Jyothi Professor V. K. Samaranayake Memorial Oration 2019 and 19th International Conference on Advances in ICT for Emerging Regions Conference Inauguration was held on Monday 2nd September 2019 at the Vidya Jyothi Professor V K Samaranayake Auditorium, University of Colombo School of Computing (UCSC). View more photos on Facebook – Day 1 […]

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Aug
30

Grantsmanship workshop – Successful grant writing: principles, pearls & pitfalls

The University Business Linkage (UBL) Cell hosted ‘A Workshop on Successful Grant Writing: Principles, Pearls and Pitfalls’, its inaugural event, on 30th August 2019 at the Senate Hall of University of Colombo. The Workshop that was widely attended by young academic staff representing all Faculties of the University lead by the Vice-Chancellor Senior Professor Chandrika […]

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Aug
23

Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) Program 2019 Inauguration

The Faculty of Management and Finance inaugurated its Doctor of Business Administration program on 23rd August 2019.  The event was held with the participation of the Vice-Chancellor Senior Professor Chandrika N Wijeyaratne. Dr. Darin Gunasekara, the Chief Executive Director – Wiros Lakh Institute, delivered an inspiring keynote speech at the event.  

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Aug
13

‘Waste to Treat Waste’: A revolutionary waste management process for the textile industry

A revolutionary filter technology developed at the University of Colombo use aluminium waste for treating wastewater in the textile industry. The new process is a sustainable closed-loop model that creatively uses the waste from aluminium anodizing to treat the wastewater from textile industry and any waste left at the end is converted into eco-bricks. A [...]
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Aug
13

Licensing Agreement for Sustainable Waste Water System

‘Waste-to Treat- Waste’; A revolutionary Waste Management Process for the Textile Industry using Aluminium  industry’s waste A sustainable waste water management process which could be adapted by any industry Tuesday, 13th August 2019, Colombo; A revolutionary filter technology developed in Sri Lanka to use aluminium waste for treating waste-water in the textile industry. The new [...]
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Aug
10

SLUG XIII 2019 | Rugby

SLUG XIII 2019 Rugby match between University of Colombo and the University of Kelaniya was held on 10th of August at BOI Grounds, Koggala. University of Colombo won the match. Read More on FOS Media Students’ Blog View more photos on FOS Media | FMF Media

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Aug
06

Unveiling a photograph of Dr. Siva Chinnatamby

Hewa Mawatha is the University of Colombo owned hostel since 17th March 2016, situated at No 11, Hewa Mawatha, Colombo 7. Dr. Siva Chinnnathamby is the owner of this house and she has donated her residential house by her last will to accommodate female students of the University of Colombo. Her portrait was unveiled at […]

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Aug
05

Orientation Programme 2018/2019 – Institute of Indigenous Medicine

The Orientation Programme for the year 2018/2019 batch in the Institute of Indigenous Medicine was held on 5th August 2019 at the IIM main auditorium. The Ceremony took place with the presence of the Vice-Chancellor Senior Professor Chandrika N Wijeyaratne as the chief guest, The Director IIM Professor Priyani A Paranagama and the staff members […]

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Aug
02

Magnate’19

Magnate’19 under the theme of ‘Financial Intelligence for Future Magnates’ organized by the students of the Department of Finance was held on 2nd August 2019 at the Faculty of Management and Finance. The Vice-Chancellor Senior Professor Chandrika Wijeyaratne graced the occasion as the Chief Guest of the event and the Key Note Speaker of the […]

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Immediate action to Safeguard Against Ransomware Attacks

Three Steps to Resilience Against Ransomware: Back-Up Your Systems – Now (and Daily) Immediately and regularly back up all critical agency and system configuration information on a separate device and store the back-ups offline, verifying their integrity and restoration process. If recovering after an attack, restore stronger system than you lost, fully patched and updated […]

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Jul
30

37th Annual General Meeting of Alumni Association

The 37th Annual General Meeting of the Alumni Association of the University of Colombo was concluded recently at the Senate Hall, College House, University of Colombo. Alumni President Rajeev Amarasuriya and the Office-bearers were elected for a further term of office. The Chief Guest at the AGM was Hon. Rauff Hakeem, MP, Minister for City […]

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Jul
27

Launch of the Colombo Law Review 2018

The 13th Volume of the Colombo Law Review was launched on the 27th July 2019. The journal which is one of the two key annual academic publications of the Faculty of Law, University of Colombo was published by the Department of Private and Comparative Law. The Colombo Law Review, a peer-reviewed journal, compiles scholarly contributions […]

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Jul
26

Peking University visits University of Colombo

A group of faculty members and doctoral students led by Professor Wu Changqi, Vice Dean, Guanghua School of Management and Professor Jiang Guohua, Vice Dean, Graduate School of Peking University, China visited University of Colombo on 26th July 2019. Professor Wu and Professor Jiang were accompanied by Professor Liu Neng, Professor Wang Xu, Professor Zhang [...]
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Jul
25

International Conference on AI + Education in Shenzhen, China

Professor Manjula Vithanapathirana, Dean, Faculty of Education represented University of Colombo at the International Conference on AI + Education in Shenzhen, China, organized by International a Centre for Higher Education Innovation, UNESCO and Southern University of Technology, China during 23-25 July 2019. She made an invited presentation and participated in a discussion forum in the […]

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