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

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/

Mónica I. Mercado Oliveras, student at the Electrical Engineering Department, at the Univerity of Puerto Rico Mayagüez (RUM), won first place for her poster presentation at the North American Power Symposium (NAPS) held at the University of North Carolina.

UPR press release.

This article was published at Diálogo Digital:

http://dialogoupr.com/noticia/upr/estudiante-del-rum-triunfa-en-competencia-de-energia-fotovoltaica/

Marla Rivera-Oliver, a graduate student at the Institute of Neurobiology of the University of Puerto Rico, was selected to present her research in the oral Neuroscience session at the Southeast Regional IDeA conference in Biloxi, MS (Nov 11-13, 2015). Marla’s presentation, "The Modulatory Effects of Caffeine on the Intrinsic Properties of Spinal Lateral Motoneurons", a collaboration with Yocasta Alvarez-Bagnarol and her research mentor Dr. Manuel Diaz-Rios, received a commemorative certificate and a $500 award. She was the only neuroscience graduate student to be selected for an oral presentation. 

We are proud of Marla, who is also a volunteer with CienciaPR. Congratulations!