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Students at RUM participate in global forum

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Ten students from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez (RUM) won awards at the Partners for the Advancement of Collaborative Engineering Education (PACE) global forum in Cincinnati, Ohio.

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This article was published in Diálogo Digital, see the original article at: 

http://dialogoupr.com/se-destacan-los-estudiantes-del-rum-en-foro-global/

Four science teachers from Puerto Rico will receive NSF award from President Obama

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Four science teachers from Puerto Rico will receive the National Science Foundation's Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching from President Obama. 

Esther Álvarez Meléndez- San Ignacio de Loyola

Carmen Olmo- Saint John's School

Nelson Franqui Flores- Saint John's School

Keyla Soto Hidalgo- University High School of the University of Puerto Rico

 

This article was originally published in El Nuevo Día, on August 23, 2016. To see the original publication visit: 

http://www.elnuevodia.com/noticias/locales/nota/obamareconoceadosmaestraspuertorriquenas-2233254/

Latina Science Outreach and Diversity Advocate Is Among 65 Inspiring Women in STEM Award Winners

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Dr. Mónica I. Feliú-Mójer, Vice-Director for Ciencia Puerto Rico (CienciaPR) and Science Outreach Program Manager for iBiology, has been selected to receive the 2016 Inspiring Women in STEM Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine.

This award honors women who work to make a difference in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Dr. Feliú-Mójer will be featured, along with 64 other recipients, in the September 2016 issue of INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the largest and oldest diversity and inclusion publication in higher education.

UPR at Humacao win two awards at Entrepreneurship Competition

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The University of Puerto Rico at Humacao won two awards under the category: Environment and Eneregy at the Entrepreneurship Competition 2015.

The original article was published at Diálogo Digital: http://dialogoupr.com/noticia/upr/upr-humacao-gana-dos-premios-en-las-justas-empresariales/

UPR RP students won third place at programming contest

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A group of Computer Science students at the University of Puerto Rico in Río Piedras (UPR-RP) won third place at the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest in Domincan Republic.

This article was originally published at the UPR RP website: http://www.uprrp.edu/?p=7394

 

Six students at RUM selected as University Innovation Fellows

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Six students at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez (RUM) were selected as University Innovation Fellows (UIF) from Epicenter. UIF is supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and Venturewell.

The students are: Jonathan Díaz Sepúlveda, Bryan Muñoz Vázquez, Emmanuel Oquendo, Angelisse Ramos Morales, Rodolfo Romañach and Jahannie Torres.

This article was originally published at Diálogo Digital, on December 10th, 2015:

http://dialogoupr.com/noticia/upr/seis-estudiantes-del-rum-son-elegidos-como-university-innovation-fellows/

By: Paola Solá y Mari Luz Zapata Ramos

Professor at UPR Humacao receives distinction as Professor Emeritus

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Dr. Roberto Mori González, former profesor at the University of Puerto Rico in Humacao was recognized as Profesor Emeritus by the Deaprtment of Social Sciences.

This article was originally published at Diálogo Digital, on December 9th, 2015. To read the original article visit: 

http://dialogoupr.com/noticia/upr/distinguen-profesor-de-la-upr-humacao/

Chronicle of an unexpected success

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 By: Katyria Torres and Cristian Soto (narrador)

 

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