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New collaborative alliances at UPR Aguadilla

Submitted on 18 October 2016 - 11:06am

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The University of Puerto Rico - Aguadilla partipated of the First Colloquium for the Creation and Difusion of Research Projects and Community Work of the Jaguey Multidisciplinary Research Center. The purpose of this event was to create new collaborative alliances between UPR-Aguadilla, the Camuy River Cave National park and UPR-Arecibo.

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Polytechnic University receives important federal grant

Submitted on 18 October 2016 - 2:00am

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San Juan, Puerto Rico – The Hispanic Serving Institutions Program from the Department of Education of the United States assigned more than 10 million federal dollars to the Polytechnic University to develop programming aimed at increasing the number of students in STEM fields.

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Annual Meeting for Science and Material Engineering Clubs

Submitted on 18 October 2016 - 1:45am

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The Nanotechnology Center of the University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez (UPRM-CREST) will be hosting the Annual Meeting for the Science and Material Engineering Clubs (CIM Clubs) on Friday, October 28 at the Rafael A. Mangual Coliseum on campus. This event will bring together CREST sponsored CIM clubs established in 17 public school across the Island. 

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Community outreach and science policy: a vision

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As part of the 10th-anniversary celebration of Ciencia Puerto Rico, we have been collecting stories from our volunteers to celebrate them and the work they do while also sharing with you the team's future vision for CienciaPR.

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Testing for vaccine against Zika starts in Puerto Rico

Submitted on 13 October 2016 - 12:22am

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Dr. Jorge L. Santana Bagur, Professor from the University of Puerto Rico, Medical Science Campus in collaboration with Universities in the United States and Canada, are working simultaneously on a study to test the efficacy of a vaccine agaist zika virus.

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Use of Home tests help prevent HIV proliferation

Submitted on 12 October 2016 - 11:25pm

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A study implemented by the Medical Sciences Campus at the University of Puerto Rico in collaboration with Columbia University in New York, has positively impacted hundreds of gay men and transgender women through the distribution of more than one thousand home tests as a prevention method for the spread of HIV. 

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Emphasis on the monitoring and education function of the Vector Control Unit

Submitted on 12 October 2016 - 1:16pm

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The Puerto Rico Science, Technology and Research Fund announced that they would create and manage the Vector Control Unit of Puerto Rico whose primary function will be the creation of an exhaustive program to reduce aedes aegypti mosquitos.

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Science communication through social media

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As part of the 10th-anniversary celebration of Ciencia Puerto Rico, we have been collecting stories from our volunteers to celebrate them and the work they do while also sharing with you the team's vision for CienciaPR’s future.  We want to remind you that the crowdfunding campaign #ConCienciaPR is still active! If you haven’t had the chance yet, please help us continue with our science education and promotion initiatives.  Please visit bit.ly/ConCienciaPR to make your donation. Thanks!

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Peculiarities of bees in Puerto Rico – part II

Submitted on 5 October 2016 - 11:30am

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This is the second of two articles about the diversity of bees in Puerto Rico.

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