For the sixth consecutive year, the student chapter of the Meteorological Society of Puerto Rico (SMPR) of the University of Puerto Rico's Mayagüez Campus (UPR-M), conducted the Weather Fest, an event that brought together middle and high school students with the mission of creating an interest in the discipline that explores the atmosphere.

Zuleimary Rodriguez Velez, vice president and lead organizer of the group, explained that the initiative, which was coordinated by students assigned to the UPR-M Meteorology curriculum, receives 600 to 700 students annually.

The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO), inpartnership with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), presents the exhibit Here, there, and everywhere, from April 3- 29, 2013 at the José M. Lázaro Library of the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras campus, announced today Dr. Carmen A. Pantoja, Associate Professor if the Physics Department of the Natural Sciences Faculty, who is coordinating the activity.

The Astronomy Society of Puerto Rico is celbratng several events this weekend. For more info, write to:astronomiapr@gmail.com, or call 787-531-7277 . Visit facebook.com/saprinc or twitter, @SociedadAstroPR

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