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Puerto Rican scientist Francés Colón appointed director of international climate affairs at the Center for American Progress (CAP)

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Dr. Frances Colón has been appointed Senior Director for International Climate Affairs at the Center for American Progress (CAP), the most influential organization on issues related to the environment and climate change. Colón was Deputy Adviser for Science and Technology at the US Department of State, when John Kerry was the secretary during the presidency of Barack Obama.

Kerry is now President Joe Biden's special envoy for climate affairs.

The CAP noted that Colón coordinated the climate change policy for the Climate and Energy Alliance of the Americas announced by then-President Obama, and that he will now help develop strategies to strengthen the United States' partnerships with the international community to address change. climate.

Colón-Ramos Named Director of Wu Tsai Institute’s Center for Neurodevelopment and Plasticity

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Daniel Colón-Ramos has been named the inaugural director of the new Center for Neurodevelopment and Plasticity in the Wu Tsai Institute at Yale University.

¡Regresa Semillas de Triunfo para niñas de 7mo a 9no grado!

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Ciencia Puerto Rico (CienciaPR), invita a jóvenes estudiantes de séptimo a noveno grado interesadas en desarrollarse en las carreras de ciencia, tecnología, ingeniería, matemáticas (STEM por sus siglas en inglés) a solicitar al programa educativo “Semillas de Triunfo”.

CienciaPR launches a new educational campaign to promote vaccination against COVID-19

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To inspire confidence in COVID-19 vaccines and promote vaccination as an act of solidarity, the non-profit organization Ciencia Puerto Rico (CienciaPR) has just launched the second public service campaign of the "Aquí Nos Cuidamos Toolkit" under the theme, "Vacúnate, por ti y por mí" (Get vaccinated, for you and for me). This effort coincides with the World Immunization Week declared by the World Health Organization and celebrated from April 25 to May 1 this year.  

El científico puertorriqueño Dr. Daniel A. Colón Ramos es designado como miembro de la Academia de Ciencias e Ingeniería de Connecticut

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El Dr. Ramos, quien es asesor y fiduciario del Fideicomiso para Ciencia, Tecnología e Investigación de Puerto Rico (FCTIPR), fundador de Ciencia Puerto Rico y profesor de Neurociencia y Biología Celular de McConnell Duberg en la Universidad de Yale, es uno de los 15 nuevos miembros de la prestigiosa Academia dedicada a la innovación tecnológica en la ciencia.

Egresada de la UPR en Humacao primera puertorriqueña en lograr prestigiosa beca

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(Humacao, P.R.) – La Dra. Aida I. Rodríguez Roig, rectora de la Universidad de Puerto Rico en Humacao, felicita a la egresada Valeria Reyes Ruiz tras ser recipiente de la prestigiosa beca Hanna H. Gray del Instituto Médico Howard Hughes (HHMI, por sus siglas en inglés), convirtiéndose así en la primera puertorriqueña en lograr esta distinción. 

Gonzalez Named NC State University Faculty Scholar

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Groundbreaking intestinal disease clinician-researcher Liara Gonzalez has been named to this year’s class of NC State University Faculty Scholars.

Gonzalez, assistant professor of gastroenterology and equine surgery at the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine, is one of 21 early- and mid-career faculty earning this year’s distinction.

CienciaPR launches #AquíNosCuidamosPR, a free community-centered COVID-19 prevention toolkit

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To continue promoting education for the prevention of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, the non-profit organization Ciencia Puerto Rico (CienciaPR) developed the "Aquí Nos Cuidamos Toolkit" or #AquiNosCuidamosPR. It consists of four public service campaigns with free informational and educational resources.

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