Annual Research Conference 2018 – Faculty of Arts
The Annual Research Symposium of the Faculty of Arts, under the main theme of “Challenges and Opportunities in the Advancement of the Humanities and Social Sciences in the Digital World”, was held on 8th – 9th November 2018, at the Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo. The keynote address was delivered by Dr. Ganeshan Wignaraja, Executive Director, Lakshman Kadirgamar […]
IIM Established a herbal garden collaboration with the IARS
Department of Dravyaguna Vignana of Institute of Indigenous Medicine Established a herbal garden collaboration with the Institute for Agro-technology & Rural Sciences of the University of Colombo on 6th November 2018 at Weligatta New Town in Hambanthota District. Staff members of the department with the director of the institute and students participated in this event […]
Inter-University Championship 2018
Inter-University Championship 2018, consisting of 22 games was held from 2nd June to 4th November 2018 with the participation of 14 state universities in Sri Lanka. University of Colombo team was the overall Champions, the University of Sri Jayewardenepura was the first Runners-up and the University of Moratuwa was the overall second Runners-up. Mr. M.S.N. […]
“Vaani Vizha” Celebrations 2018
“VAANI VIZHA” Celebrations were held at University of Colombo School of Computing and the Faculty of Management & Finance on 1st November 2018 at the UCSC premises and 22nd October at the Faculty of Management & Finance premises with the participation of students and the staff members.
Train-the-Trainer Blended Learning Workshops at the Sri Palee Campus
The advancement of technology has unprecedentedly resulted in revolutionizing the way of teaching, learning, and assessment is conceptualized, designed, and implemented in many higher education institutions in the world. Blended Learning (BL), the deliberate synthesis of online and face-to-face teaching and learning is a hybrid teaching methodology that has been integrated into the curricular by […]
Japan-Sri Lanka Academic Forum
The Annual Japan-Sri Lanka Academic Forum 2018 was held on 29th October 2018 at the Department of Economics Auditorium. Thereafter Japanese students left the university for their annual Sri Lanka excursion with the Colombo University students. This is an annual event of the Department of Economics academic calendar along with the other annual events such as International Tourism […]
Inauguration of the Training Programme in Fundamentals of Data Science
The inauguration of the Training Programme in Fundamentals of Data Science was held on 29th October, 2018 at the Senate Hall of University of Colombo. The Vice Chancellor, Senior Professor Lakshman Dissanayake graced the occasion as the Chief Guest. Professor K. R. Ranjith Mahanama, Dean Faculty of Science, Mr. Jeevan Gnanam, the Chairman of SLASSCOM, […]
Inter-University Championship 2018 Track & field Games
Inter-University Championship 2018 track & field games were held on 28th of October at Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo. View more photos on Facebook FOS Media Day 01 | Day 02 | Opening Ceremony & Prize Giving Colombo Beacon Inter-University Track & Field Championship
Sabbath Day 2018
The 24th of October the Catholic Students’ Movement units from the different universities made their way to the New Arts Theatre in order to join in the Annual Sabbath Day of the Catholic Students Movement of the University of Colombo. The Chief Guest, Most Reverend Dr. Oswald Gomis Archbishop Emeritus of Colombo and Chancellor of […]
Launch of Sinhala Akuru Puranaya (සිංහල අකුරු පුරාණය)
The launch of Sinhala Akuru Puranaya සිංහල අකුරු පුරාණය ( Chronicle of Sinhala Letters) written by Professor Sandagomi Coperahewa, Department of Sinhala, University of Colombo was held on 23rd October 2018 at 3.00 pm at the M.B. Ariyapala Auditorium , Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo. Emeritus Professor J. B. Disanayaka chaired this session and Professor […]
Foundation Stone Laying Ceremony of the Information and Learning Centre
Foundation Stone Laying Ceremony of the Information and Learning Centre was held on 18th of October 2018 at the Faculty of Science premises. The Chancellor Most Reverend Dr. Oswald Gomis, the Vice Chancellor Senior Professor Lakshman Dissanayake, the Rector of Sri Palee Campus, Professor R.C.K. Hettiarachchi, the Director of UCSC, Professor K.P Hewagamage, Deans of […]
8th Annual Sinhala Studies Symposium (සිංහල අධ්යයන සැසිය)
The 8th Annual Sinhala Studies Symposium organized by the Department of Sinhala, University of Colombo, was held on 17th October 2018 from 9.00 am – 6.00 pm at the Department of Sinhala. This year, the conference theme was “Sinhala Studies at Crossroads” and the event was extended through following sub-themes enabling a participation of wide range of scholars from both academic and non-academic […]
Dean’s Lecture Series II, Faculty of Arts
The 2nd lecture and the panel discussion of the of “Dean’s Lecture Series‘ was held on 16th October 2018, from 2.30 PM to 4.30 PM at the Board Room, Faculty of Arts. The topic of the lecture was “Humanities and Its Discontents in Higher Education Today” and was delivered by Professor Saugata Bhaduri, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and Professor […]
Award Ceremony and the Inauguration Ceremony
The Award Ceremony of the first batch of students and the Inauguration Ceremony of the second batch of students of the ‘Certificate Course in Communicative Arabic’, conducted by the Arabic and Islamic Civilization Unit, was held on 13th October 2018. The award ceremony was presided by Professor Premakumara de Silva, Dean – Faculty of Arts, Dr. N. Gafoordeen, […]
Human Library
The Main Library organized a Human Library programme, parallel to the National Reading Month, where the readers were able to meet Subjects Experts, on 10th October 2018 at 10 am. to 12.00 noon at the Main Library premises. The Vice Chancellor Senior Professor Lakshman Dissanayake, Professor Samantha Herath, Coordinator of the journalism Unit, Professor Sandagomi […]
Workshop by Prof. Mallika Rajaratnam for the Students/Staff of the Sri Palee Campus
Professor Mallika Rajaratnam, Department of Philosophy of the University of Peradeniya conducted a workshop to the Students of the Sri Palee Campus , University of Colombo themed on, Philosophy of Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy’s Indian Art, Comparative Aesthetics and Cross – Cultural Understanding, Immanuel Kant and Rabindranath Tagore on Philosophy of Beauty and Rabindranath Tagore and […]
