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CMU - NASA selects Puerto Rican educators for summer training on Artemis and Return to the Moon project

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NASA selects Puerto Rican educators for summer training on Artemis project and return to the Moon

Polytechnic University Students Take First Place in Prestigious Aerospace Competition

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San Juan , April 12, 2022 - The team composed of eight mechanical engineering students from Polytechnic University won First Place Overall and First Place Regular ClassMission Performance in the SAE Aero Design West competition organized by the Society of Automotive Engineers held this past weekend in California.

The aircraft, with a highly innovative design, performed perfectly the established flights and missions requested, which made them obtain the first places among more than 50 universities. The participating students were: Gabriel Altuz, Eduardo Siberio, Joel Lopez, Diego Ortiz, Alana Corahanis, Diego Santiago, Jammyl Andino and Sergio Urbina led by Professor Jose Pertierra from the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. 

Boricua students receive the Graduate Research Fellowship Program grant

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We would like to congratulate all the students who received the prestigious Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). This fellowship recognizes and supports students who have excelled in science, mathematics, technology or engineering (also known as STEM disciplines) and other fields of knowledge. Scholarship recipients receive a stipend of $34,000 per year to pursue graduate studies. The application is highly competitive and extensive, requiring several letters of recommendation, a personal essay and a research proposal with an intellectual merit section and a societal impact section. 

Hospital Association honors the work of women in the Health Sector in Puerto Rico

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Photo caption: The photo shows the group of healthcare professionals who received the "Women in Healthcare 2022" Award given annually by the Puerto Rico Hospital Association.  Seated from left to right: Dr. Aracelis Nieves (Medical Director, Manatí Medical Center); Dr. Maruja Santiago Vélez (Director, Centro Imágenes Hospital Metropolitano Dr. Pila) and Dr. Michelle M. Martínez Montemayor (Associate Professor, Universidad Central del Caribe). Jaime Plá Cortés (Executive President of the Puerto Rico Hospital Association), Representative Sol Higgins (President of the House of Representatives Health Committee); Dr. Ilia Zayas Toro (Chief Medical Officer at the CDT of the San Pablo Medical Group); Dr. Elba Arroyo Camuñas (Chief Medical Officer of the San Pablo Medical Group); Dr.

UPR Aguadilla students win best poster award at Louisiana Symposium

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UPR Aguadilla students win best poster award at Louisiana Symposium

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March 28, 2022 (Aguadilla, P.R.) - Students from the Department of Natural Sciences at the University of Puerto Rico at Aguadilla (UPRAg), led by Dr. Nancy R. Cardona Cordero, were awarded the Best Poster Award "Lead Poising Among Puerto Ricans: An Educational Intervention" last month at the Louisiana State University Dellinger Symposium. 

The project consisted of dynamically disseminating information to stakeholders about how lead poisoning affects daily life and testing the effectiveness of the Science Take-Out Kit, "Prevention of Lead Poisoning" as an educational tool among this Hispanic population. 

Graduate of the Department of Physics and Electronics of the UPRH hired by NASA 

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Graduate of the Department of Physics and Electronics of the UPRH hired by NASA 

(Humacao, P.R.) - Ms. Shamir Maldonado Rivera, a graduate of the Department of Physics and Electronics of the University of Puerto Rico at Humacao (UPRH) was hired by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to work in the area of electronic engineering, focused on research and development of aerospace technology.  

Women's Week kicks off with recognition of 10 outstanding women in the public school system

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The photo shows from left to right (seated) Jenny Cosme Figueroa, Corporate Executive; Eng. Ivette García Dunlap, Electrical Engineer and Betsy Velázquez Rodríguez, Corporate Consultant.  Standing left to right: Reinaldo Camps Gerena of the founding group of CROEM 1968; Laida Pla; Dr. Lourdes E. Soto de Laurido, Acting Dean of the School of Health Professions at the Medical Sciences Campus of the University of Puerto Rico; Ing. Olga D. González Sanabria, Director of Engineering at NASA Glenn Research Center; Dr. Fabiola Cruz López, Epidemiologist; Sonia Martínez de Vargas, sports leader; and Roberto Rivera Ponce, leader of CROEM graduate students.

Activities to celebrate CROEM's 54th Anniversary Announced

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Activities to celebrate CROEM's 54th Anniversary Announced

Students who obtained perfect scores in mathematics on the College Board and one who was nominated for the Presidential Medal will be recognized.

Mayagüez - The Association of Graduate Students of the Mayagüez Residential Educational Opportunity Center, better known by its acronym CROEM, announced the activities scheduled to celebrate CROEM Week and CROEMITA Day, declared by proclamation of the Puerto Rico Government's Department of State. 

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