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CITec from the University of Puerto Rico receives EBSCO prize

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The Center for Information and Technology (CITec) at the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras campus wins EBSCO 2015 award for the creation of a digital tool that wil ease the search for information in the areas of Natural Sciences.

For the full article, please refer to the spanish version of this site.

Undergraduate student presents a study on tree diversity in local forests

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Original in Spanish.

Damaris Rodríguez-Fernández, estudiante en el programa subgraduado de Manejo de Vida Silvestre (Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Humacao) culminó su trabajo investigativo con dos presentaciones en conferencias profesionales. Junto a los profesores Denny Fernández y Raymond Temblay, sus mentores, compartieron sus hallazgos en el Congreso Annual de la Sociedad Ecológica de América (Baltimore, MD) y el 30mo Simposio de Flora y Fauna del Caribe (Humacao, PR).

NSF awards $815,000 to the Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico

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WASHINGTON.-  The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded $815,108 to the Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico to promote education in cyber security.

The original article was published by El Nuevo Día, and can be found in the following link: 

http://www.elnuevodia.com/noticias/locales/nota/fundaciondelascienciasotorga815000alapolitecnica-2149232/

 

UPRH has a new Doctor in Material Science

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The student, María Abreu Sepúlveda, succesfully defended her thesis at the University of Rochester in New York, obtaining her doctorate degree in Material Science.

The original article was published by Diálogo Digital: 

http://dialogoupr.com/noticia/upr/uprh-tiene-una-nueva-doctora-en-ciencias-de-materiales/

 

 

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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A group of students at the University of Puerto Rico in Mayaguez won several awards at the Pervious Concrete Cylinder Competition in Denver, Colorado.
 
This article was originally published at Dialogo Digital: http://dialogoupr.com/noticia/upr/cronica-de-un-triunfo-inesperado/
 
 

 By: Katyria Torres and Cristian Soto (narrador)

 

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