Filipa Godoy-Vitorino awarded as ASM/NSF UFRI INBRE Fellow

Submitted by Yaihara Fortis Santiago on 7 October 2015 - 5:37pm

ASM/NSF UFRI AWARD TO INBRE FELLOW Filipa Godoy-Vitorino

Dr. Filipa Godoy-Vitorino, an Associate Professor at the Inter American University of Puerto Rico, Metropolitan Campus and PI of the Microbial Ecology and Genomics Lab, was awarded the Undergraduate Faculty Research Initiative (UFRI) Fellowship supported by the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Leaders Inspiring Networks and Knowledge (LINK) program.

Filipa was recognized at the National level, as a model of excellence in STEM research, and a stellar example of an active researcher committed to student learning in undergraduate biology.

Prees release

Student at the UPR Mayagüez received fellowship by The Hydrographic Society of America

Submitted by Yaihara Fortis Santiago on 6 October 2015 - 11:37am

Adail A. Rivera Nieves is a graduate student at the UPR Mayagüez that received a fellowship by The Hydrographic Society of America for his thesis: Implementation of an Unstructured Three-Dimensional Circulation Model for San Juan Bay Estuary. Adail works under the supervision of Dr. Miguel Canals Silinder.

This article was published in Diálogo Digital on October 6th, 2015: http://dialogoupr.com/noticia/upr/estudiante-del-rum-recibe-galardon-en-hidrografia/

Students at University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez received fellowships

Submitted by Yaihara Fortis Santiago on 4 October 2015 - 1:58pm

Twenty one students at the University of Puetto Rico in Mayagüez recived fellowships from Xerox Foundation, Eastman Chemical and Johnson & Johnson.

By: Idem Osorio De Jesús

This article was published in Diálogo Digital on Friday, October 2nd, 2015. To read the original article visit: http://dialogoupr.com/noticia/upr/empresas-becan-a-estudiantes-del-rum/

UPR MSC recieves Grant from the NIH for Biomedical Research

Submitted by Yaihara Fortis Santiago on 23 September 2015 - 12:35pm

The Medical Sciences campus at the University of Puerto Rico received a grant from the NIH to established the Puerto Rico-IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (PR-INBRE) program.

This article was published in Diálogo Digital on September 23, 2015. To read the full article visit: http://dialogoupr.com/noticia/upr/impulso-de-20-millones-a-la-upr-para-investigaciones-biomedicas/

UPR Humacao recieve research grant from NSF

Submitted by Yaihara Fortis Santiago on 23 September 2015 - 11:18am

Diálogo Digital, By: RONALD ÁVILA CLAUDIO

The University of Puerto Rico in Humacao received a 3 million grant from the NSF for the Partnership for Research and Education in Materials (PREM) program in collaboration with the University of Pensilvania (PENN). For more info visit: http://prem.uprh.edu.

Toyota Foundation drives the academic careers of eighteen students committed to environmental innovation

Submitted by Yaihara Fortis Santiago on 20 September 2015 - 4:10pm

The organization bestowed university scholarships of $2,500 each

Five Puerto Rican Engineers Recognized as Luminaries in STEM at HENAAC

Submitted by Yaihara Fortis Santiago on 16 September 2015 - 11:07am

At least four talented Puerto Ricans will be recognized as luminaries in STEM at the HENAAC Conference (Great Minds in STEM) in Pasadena, California. These four Puerto Rican engineers are part of a group of 19 engineers that will be recognized by their work. The four Puerto Rican engineers are:

Adriana Santos – Alumna from UPR, Mayagüez in 2012

Paloma Díaz Candelas – Alumna from UPR, Mayagüez in 2011

Charles Parkhurst – Alumn from UPR, Mayagüez

Fernando Rosario – Alumn from Purdue

Marvi Matos _ Alumna, UPR Mayagüez and Carnegie Mellon

Students at the University of Puerto Rico in Mayagüez excelled in Brazil

Submitted by Yaihara Fortis Santiago on 14 September 2015 - 10:15pm

A group of mechanical engineering students at the University of Puerto Rico in Mayagüez excelled in several categories at a competition in Brazil.

Modelo del Vehículo REVO. (suministrada)

The original article was published in Diálogo Digital on September 10th, 2015. To read the original article visit:

Freshman at University of Puerto Rico in Humacao receives NASA Fellowship

Submitted by Yaihara Fortis Santiago on 14 September 2015 - 10:05pm

Jordan A. Caraballo Vega, freshman at University of Puerto Rico in Humacao received the Minority University Research and Education Projects (MUREP) Fellowhiship from NASA.

This article was published in Diálogo Digital on September 9th, 2015. To read the full article visit:

http://dialogoupr.com/noticia/estudiante-de-nuevo-ingreso-de-uprh-es-becado-por-nasa/