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Pioneer in combined program at UPR-Medical Science Campus and Yale University

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The student Sherley Collado Justiniano, from the Department of Biology at the University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus, is the first Puerto Rican to be accepted into the combined MD/PhD program of UPR and Yale University.

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Puerto Rican students win in california

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San Francisco, California (April 3, 2017) - Student chapters from the Puerto Rico Section of the American Chemical Society (ACS) received the Outstanding Student Chapter Award, the highest award given by this organization. These Puerto Rican student chapters stood amongst the best chapters due to their academic, voluntary and outreach  efforts in and outside the country. 

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Award for Dr. Emma Fernández-Repollet

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Dr. Emma Fernández-Repollet, RCMI Principal Investigator at the Medical Sciences Campus was recognized by G Works and the Amgen Foundation as Distinguished Puerto Rican Women in STEM during the opening of the third PR STEM’s Up to the Challenge Education Submit held on March 7, 2017. The award was presented by Ms. Gretchen B. Guzmán, President of G Works, Inc. Dr. Fernández-Repollet shared this distinction with Dr. Álida Ortiz, Professor of Marine Biology at the University of Puerto Rico, Humacao and an educator in aspects of use, conservation and management of coastal and marine resources of Puerto Rico and the Caribbean.

RUM student receives poster presentation award

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Michelle D. Marrero, undergraduate student from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the UPR-Mayaguez, received the award for Best Overall Southeastern Section and second place in the Individual Research Poster category at the 2017 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Zone II conference.

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Exploring the way things work: Marissa Morales

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Ever since she was a young girl in the small town of Toa Alta, Puerto Rico, Oak Ridge National Laboratory researcher Marissa Morales has had a fascination with science.

“When I was a child- maybe 10 or 11- I would mix random ingredients. I put some samples in the freezer, other samples in the refrigerator, and I would dig a hole in the ground to bury the rest and see what would happen to the mixtures,” Marissa explained. “I have always been curious about what things are made of and how they work, which is why I decided to study chemistry.”

Inter Metro Principal Investigator member of prestigious NIH-NLM Committee

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Filipa Godoy-Vitorino, a Microbiologist at the Inter American University of Puerto Rico Metro Campus, was appointed to the National Library of Medicine’s Literature Selection Technical Review Committee (LSTRC) for a four year term. The purpose of this committee is to review journals for inclusion in MEDLINE, the world’s premier database of biomedical journal literature. The committee consists of approximately 14 members who meet three times a year at the NLM in Bethesda. Members are selected based on their scientific expertise and background. Approximately 140 journal titles are reviewed at each meeting, and 20–25 percent of these are selected for indexing.

Why attend ABRCMS? Student describe their experiences

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Students are the focus of the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS) meeting, held most recently November 9-12, 2016, in Tampa, Florida. Undergraduate and postbaccalaureate students make up over half the roughly 4,000 program participants, and many participants belong to minority populations often underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. While the American Society for Microbiology helps manage the meeting, student research on all STEM fields is easy to find at the numerous poster and oral presentations.

Psychology students from UPRM receive award

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Xiomara Michelle Cruz Pagán and Abimelec Torres Serrano, from the Department of Psychology of the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez Campus, received the award for Distinguished Undergraduate Students during the annual meeting of the Puerto Rico Psychology Association. 

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RUM Professor receives prestigious award

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Dr. Arturo J. Hernández Maldonado, Chemical Engineering Professor at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, received the Professional Achievement Award given by the Great Minds in STEM organization in recognition of his career achievements. 

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RUM students receive 5 awards at PACE Global forum

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Ten students from the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus (nine from the Department of Mechanical Engineering and one from the Department of English) formed part of a team that received 5 awards during the Global Forum of the Partners for the Advancement of Collaborative Engineering Education (PACE), that took place in Cincinnati, Ohio.

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