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Save the Parrot with Style / Desfile de Moda pro Cotorra Boricua, Casa Isleña, Puntas, Rincón

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Save the Parrot with Style
Saturday, March 16
Casa Isleña, Puntas, Rincón

Featuring:
- Miss Turismo Latino P.R.
- Jewelry Collection by Greetchen Díaz presented by models of the West Fashion Week
- Live music, raffle gifts from local shops and restaurants
- Free food

Donation: $5
To benefit The Puertorrican Parrot Genome Project and the Caribbean Genome Center (University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez)

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Clean water for our rivers and lakes

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César Irizarry Resto - redaccion@elperiodicopr.com

Water runoff reaches rivers and lakes and can contaminate them. To raise awareness about this issue, the town of Caguas begun a campaign to label sewers and drains and educate the public about the need to keep them clean and unclogged.

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Climate change puts the coquí at risk of extinction

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Laura M. Quintero

Three out of seventeen species of coquí have undergone extinction due to temperature changes, loss of their habitat and the spreading of the Bd fungus. Climate change is threatening at least 11 more species which would have a devastating effect on the ecosystem.

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Scientists to study the genome of the Paso Fino horse in Puerto Rico

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Mariam Ludim Rosa Vélez (mariamludim@uprm.edu)

Scientists from the UPR Mayagüez Genomics Center who sequenced the genome of the Puerto Rican parrot are now hoping to sequence the genome of the Puerto Rican Paso Fino horse.

 

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Puerto Rican scientist and vice-director of Ciencia Puerto Rico wins prestigious award on science communication and engagement

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Ciencia Puerto Rico and COPUS

CienciaPuerto Rico announces that our vice-director and news editor, Dr. Mónica Feliú-Mójer is the winner of the 2nd Paul Shin Award 2013 under the Coalition for the Public Understanding of Science (COPUS).  Congrats to Mónica, we are really fortunate to have you on our team!!

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Invitation for innovative educators

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Josefina Barceló Jiménez / jbarcelo@elnuevodia.com

Teachers from K-12 are welcome to participate in the II Forum for innovative educators sponsored by Microsoft. DEADLINE: MAY 3, 2013. All educators interested in participating need to register to Partners in Learning Network www.pil-network.com and enter http://bit.ly/Wzw25s.

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Scientific Museum based on STEM curriculum

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Josefina Barceló Jiménez / jbarcelo@elnuevodia.com

Lead by their teacher, Yajaira Torres de Jesús, at Colegio Rosa-Bell in Guaynabo, students from K-6th grades designed a Scientific Museum based on a STEM curriculum.

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