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Looking for innovative teachers

Submitted on 7 March 2013 - 1:05pm

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On May 29th at the Sheraton Hotel in Miramar, Microsoft will recognize innovative K-12 teachers that integrate technology in their classrooms.

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Student from Puerto Rico is awarded first prize in nanoscience at an NSF in Washington, DC

Submitted on 7 March 2013 - 2:37am

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Nicole Blanco-Vicéns, student in the Departament of Industrial Engineering and member of the Applied Optimization Group of Dr. Mauricio Cabrera-Ríos, won first prize in the nanosciences category in a poster competition that took place during the 2013 NSF Emerging Researchers National Conference in STEM, held in Washington DC from February 28 to March 3rd. 

The CienciaPR team and her group and department are very proud of her success and congratulate this young scientist on her achievements. 

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Ethical dilemmas of modern science

Submitted on 5 March 2013 - 9:51am

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This article discusses several ethical issues raised by recent science and technology advances. Some of the issues discussed are hacking into medical devices, climate change, cars that drive themselves, and more. These dilemmas were published by the John J. Reilly Center for Science, Technology and Values at the University of Notre Dame. You can read that list here.

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"Hackers" get together to promote computer programming

Submitted on 5 March 2013 - 9:37am

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Students and developers who share a poassion for computer programming and coding celebrated the second Puerto Rico Hackathon last Sunday. They shared insights on how to develop web and mobile apps, software, and hardware for various applications.

Several awards were given to notable projects including

Best Hack for a college audience: EncryptedStudentID

Rafael Esparra
Roxana Gonzalez
Xiomara Figueroa

Best Hack for a Web Platform: Projected Pong

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Students and professors from Natural Sciences Department at UPR-RP participate of the project ALFALFA at the Arecibo Observatory

Submitted on 1 March 2013 - 2:24pm

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Students and professors from Natural Sciences Department at UPR-RP participate of the project ALFALFA 9 Arecibo Legacy Fast Arecibo L-band Feed Array Survey) at the Arecibo Observatory

For more info, call 787-764-0000, ext. 2311.

 

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