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The Island that only a few know

Submitted on 4 September 2013 - 11:44am

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ISLA DE MONA - Isla de Mona has a system of caves that has been studied for many years and that showed the history of Puerto Rico.

 

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Succesful conservation project in Isla de Mona

Submitted on 4 September 2013 - 11:34am

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ISLA DE MONA - Several studies with the most abundant turttle in the Puerto Rican coasts the carey (Eretmochelys imbricata), have helped preserved its population.

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A Nobel Prize with a Puerto Rican connection

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This October 2013 science commemorates the 20th anniversary of Joseph Taylor and Russell Hulse’s Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of the first binary neutron star. The scientists used the Arecibo Radiotelescope to collect their historical data, back in the 1970s.

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When technology jumps the gun

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The pages of history are full of cases when a new scientific discovery is commercialized without fully understanding the side effects or health risks involved. Examples such as x-rays, París green, radioactive materials, nanotubes, and genetically-modified crops must be carefully examined so that we can learn how to avoid deadly technologies.

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Fondos de NSF para estudiantes graduados que quieran hacer experimentos en Asia/Australia/Nueva Zelandia

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East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes for U.S. Graduate Students (EAPSI)

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First Bank fellowship for graduate students

Submitted on 29 August 2013 - 2:58pm

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The graduate association (La Asociación de Graduadas de la Universidad de Puerto Rico (UPR)) at UPR and the First Bank Interrnship Program are offering a fellowship for graduate students to complete their doctoral degrees. The application materials can be sedn to:

Vicepresidencia en Asuntos Académicos de la UPR

Administración Central, Jardín Botánico Sur 1187 Flamboyán

San Juan, PR 00926-1117.

 

Or by email: Isabel.mena@upr.edu

 

The deadline is September 6, 2013.

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2013 ABRCMS Travel Award Opportunity

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ABRCMS-LINK Travel Award: The Leaders Inspiring Networks and Knowledge (LINK) Program, a structured-mentoring initiative from ASM and NSF, is offering travel awards to the 2013 Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS) to be held November 13-16, 2013 in Nashville, Tennessee.

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