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Yale Ciencia Initiative is Recognized by White House for Answering Call to Action on Hispanic Education

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For a second time this year the Yale Ciencia Initiative has been recognized by The White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics (WHIEEH). This time the organization has been highlighted for committing to launch The Voice of Experience, a bilingual online resource to help inform students about career possibilities in science, technology, engineering, math (STEM) through the examples and “voices” of successful Latino STEM professionals.

A Celebration of Women in Science: Part One

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This month, countries around the world celebrate the contributions of women—to our history, our heritage and, each day, to all factions of society. Although women have made many contributions to science, mathematics, engineering and technology, their achievements, sadly, have been often left out of the history books, as evidenced by the incredible recent discovery of Puerto Rican botanist Ana Roque de Duprey. This month we want to give voice to the stories of female scientists who inspire us: those who have left a legacy, as well as those who are currently working for the advancement of science. 

"Boricua brains" awarded prestigious scholarship at the federal level

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The National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF- GRFP) is perhaps the most competitive and prestigious scholarship for doctoral students interested in a variety of disciplines related to science, engineering, technology and mathematics.

We are pleased to celebrate with you the names of twenty-three students from Puerto Rican universities who received this prestigious award and of three students who received honorable mentions. Only 17% of people who apply are awarded the scholarship.

Happy holidays and a wonderful new year!

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On behalf of the Ciencia Puerto Rico team, Happy Holidays!

... and our best wishes for science and Puerto Rico in the new year. 

Dear friends of CienciaPR, 

The holidays are a great time to give thanks for all the beautiful things in life and to share goodwill with family members and friends.

Celebrating the great talent of the Puerto Rican scientific community

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Dear Friends,

The last month has been one of many achievements for the scientific community of Puerto Rico.

At CienciaPR we want celebrate these achievements and give more visibility to these scientific heroes that raise the profile of Puerto Rican science around the world. 

Here we highlight a few of these recent recognitions. If you have others to share with the CienciaPR community, please send a message to contact@cienciapr.org.

Celebrating the natural wonders of Puerto Rico

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To celebrate the holidays and the coming of a new year, we designed a new shirt to highlight the natural wonders and recent discoveries of Puerto Rico. We hope that Puerto Rico continues to serve as source of wonder, inspiration, discovery, and understanding for many generations to come.

Can you identify all the images presented in the design? We have the explanation at the bottom of the image

Congrats to Puerto Rican students who received awards at ABRCMS!

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During November 7-10 the twelfth Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS) took place in San Jose, California. ABRCMS is the largest professional conference for minority students in science, engineering and mathematics.

As in previous years, a large number of Puerto Rican students attended the conference. Ciencia Puerto Rico was not able to attend this year but we received news that a large number of students from Puerto Rican received awards.

Through this blog post we wish to acknowledge and extend our congratulations to the awardees. Thanks for representing Puerto Rico so well!

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