Dear Graduand, CEREMONIAL GRADUATION 2019 – UNDERGRADUATE As per the meeting held on 25/10/2021 at the Senate Hall with Rector, Deans, Directors, Registrar, and the Graduate Representatives, I wish to highlight,The Ceremonial Graduation of the University of Colombo 2019 will be held at the main conference Hall of the BMICH on 17th 18th and 19th…

The Department of Zoology and Environment Sciences of the University of Colombo held a Virtual Inauguration Ceremony for the newly enrolled students of the MSc / Postgraduate Diploma in Climate Change and Environmental Management 2021 intake, on the 25th of September 2021 in attendance were Prof. Chandrika Wijeratne, the Vice Chancellor of the University of Colombo, Prof. Upul Sonnadara,…

2015/2016 intake of students (Special Degree) & (Four Year General Degree)2016/2017 intake of students (General degree) D.P.P. Samarasekara Peace Prize Student of the Year Award Canekeratne Prize General Merit Prof. Tilak Hettiarachchy Award for Academic Excellence Qualified candidates are requested to tender their applications for the above open awards to the Senior Assistant Registrar /…

The fourth installment of the Ministry of Nerds Seminar Series will be held on the 22nd October (Friday) at 12 noon. Dr. Himali Ratnayake‘s research group (Climate and Quantitative Ecology (CliQuE) Lab, and EcoServ will be hosting A/Prof. Justin Welbergen from the Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Australia. Talk title – The secret lives of flying-foxes:…

Applications are invited from students who qualify under the following criteria for above scholarship. Please note that the scholarship will be awarded on the results of the 1st & 2nd year examination in Science and to a student who is in need of financial assistance. Qualified candidates are requested to submit the applications (with first &…

“We are trapped between kidney diseases and day-to-day income” A common yet despairing phrase among individuals, particularly in North Central Sri Lanka. Some of them might not know that the water they drink is contaminated with inorganic species such as heavy metals and fluoride, which is considered hazardous in many parts of the world. Chronic kidney…

“நாங்கள் சிறுநீரக நோய்களுக்கும் ,அன்றாடம் ஈட்டும் வருமானத்திற்கும் இடையில் சிக்கிக்கொண்டோம்” தனிநபர்களிடையே, குறிப்பாக வட மத்திய இலங்கையில் வசிக்கும் கூடுதலான இலங்கையர்களுக்கு தெரிந்த விரக்தியான தகவல் யாதெனில் அவர்கள் குடிக்கும் நீரில் அசேதன இரசாயன இனங்களான புளோரைட்டு மட்டும் பாரஉலோகங்கள் ஆகியவற்றினால் மாசடைந்து இருப்பதாகும் .இது உலகின் பல பகுதிகளில் அபாயகரமானதாகக் கருதப்படுகிறது. இதனால் நாள்பட்ட சிறுநீரக நோய் ஏற்படுகின்றது இந்த நோயானது அறியப்படாத நோயியலுடன் (CKDu)சேர்ந்து , மருத்துவ சமுதாயத்தை குழப்பிய அமைதியான கொலையாளியாக மாற்றமடைந்துவிட்டது…

ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ උතුරු මැද පළාතේ පුද්ගලයින් බොහෝ කාලයක සිට නිදන්ගත වකුගඩු රෝගයෙන් (CDKu) පීඩා විඳිනු ලබන්නේ තවමත් නිශ්චිත හේතුවක් සොයා පිළියම් යෙදීමට නොහැකි වීම නිසාවෙනි. නමුත් නොදැනුවත්භාවය නිසා දීර්ඝ කාලයක් බැර ලෝහ සහ ෆ්ලෝරයිඩ් මිශ්‍ර අපවිත්‍ර ජලය පානය කිරීම මෙම රෝගය වැළඳීමට හේතුකාරකයක් වන බව වෛද්‍ය මතය යි. මෙයට විසඳුමක් ලෙස ෆ්ලෝරයිඩ්, ඊයම්, ආසනික් සහ කැඩ්මියම් ඇතුළු…

The Career Guidance Unit will hold the workshop on ‘Higher Educational Opportunities’ which is conducted by Dr. Josh Coco from Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Miami, USA.   Date: 27/09/2021, Monday Time: 6.30 pm to 7.30 pm (Sri Lankan time) Meeting credentials: https://learn.zoom.us/j/66960436720… Meeting ID: 669 6043 6720 Passcode: DqJun03&

Planet Earth has been in existence for 4.56 billion years and is its own witness to change.  Deep Geological Time analysis allows us to view the natural systems and limits of our planet and the variations in environment.  Earth has seen ice caps at the equator, and an ice free Earth.  Life has existed in…