The first winner of the Commonwealth Cyber Initiative Impact Award is Duminda Wijesekera, computer science professor and acting chair of the Department of Cyber Security Engineering at George Mason University. “I am delighted and honored to receive the award,” Wijesekera Read More …
Category: CUFSAA News
News from Colombo University Faculty of Science Alumni Association of North America.
COLOMBOUNILANKA – ASTEROID NAMED AFTER UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO
Dr. Nalin Samarasinha, an accomplished astronomer and a co-discover of the Asteroid, named it COLOMBOUNILANKA after the University of Colombo, his alma mater, describes what asteroids are and details of COLOMBOUNILANKA. This video is a proud presentation by CUFSAA (Colombo Read More …
Webinar on “Advances in Natural products in chemistry”
Interest in the biological activities of natural products from different organisms, especially for the discovery of useful medicines, has been a major driving force for the development of organic chemistry concepts and laboratory techniques. Natural products encompass the exploration of Read More …
Prof. Valentine Joseph Memorial Gold Medal Winner – 2021
Prof. Valentine Joseph Memorial Gold Medal 2021 Winner: Osanda Abhiru Illeperuma Where did you grow up? I am Osanda Abhiru Illeperuma. I grew up in a small village called Unanvitiya located in the District of Galle. I received my primary Read More …
Prof. Valentine Joseph Memorial Gold Medal Winner – 2020
Prof. Valentine Joseph Memorial Gold Medal 2020 Winner: Vindula Kumaranayake Where did you grow up? Kirillawala, Gampaha, Sri Lanka Why did you decide to major in mathematics? I came to the University of Colombo wanting to do physics, but in Read More …
Prof. Valentine Joseph Memorial Gold Medal Winner – 2019
Prof. Valentine Joseph Memorial Gold Medal Winner – 2019 Praveen Niranda Praveen Niranda receiving the Gold Medal at 2018 Convocation
Holiday Greetings!
Request Participation by Domestic Undergraduate or Graduate Students in US
Dear CUFSAA Member, A group of young researchers (including some UG and PG students) in the department of Zoology and Environment Sciences at the University of Colombo are organizing a Webinar titled “Building Resilience Together” highlighting the importance of disaster Read More …
ACES 2021 – June 17, 2021 (Register for the Virtual Conference)
ACES 2021, a truly international symposium graced by three Nobel Laureates and two more excellent scientists, organized by the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Colombo, on June 17th (starting at 8.30 AM/Sri Lankan time) to celebrate the Read More …
Microscopes donation by CUFSAA to the Department of Zoology and Environment Sciences
Highlighting the opportunity and responsibility of past students to serve their Alma mater, Colombo University Faculty of Science Alumni Association (CUFSAA- NA) officially handed over ten bright field light microscopes (Olympus CX23) and one dissection microscope (Olympus SZX7) to Read More …