Professor from UPR Río Piedras: First Hispanic Woman to become director at large for ACS

Submitted by Zulmarie Perez Horta on 9 February 2016 - 12:17pm

"Women are able to hold many roles and to succeed in each one of them", affirmed Dr. Ingrid Montes, Chemistry Professor at UPR-RP. Dr. Montes became the first hispanic woman to be elected to the Board of General Directors of the American Chemical Society (ACS).

For the full blog post, please refer to the Spanish version of this site.

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

Submitted by Zulmarie Perez Horta on 14 January 2016 - 12:54pm

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

Submitted by Zulmarie Perez Horta on 18 December 2015 - 3:35pm

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/