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Rosa Navarro Haydon: Founder of Puerto Rican School Science Education 1926-1966

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Prof. Rosa Navarro Hayden. Photo courtesy of Iveliz M. Cruz Irizarry, UPR Universiyt Archive.

Many historians agree that one of the most difficult periods in the history of Puerto Rico occurred between late 1920s and early 1940s. During this time, the Island faced natural disasters, lie hurricanes San Felipe (1928) and San Ciprián (1932), and economic disasters like the collapse of the world economy, the infamous Big Depression [1].

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Internship

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The NASA Internships are available to are available to high school through graduate level students attending full-time accredited programs appropriate to the NASA internship. You must be a U.S. citizen, majoring in wide-variety of majors ranging from business to science and engineering to be considered for this internship. College-level interns must maintain a minimum GPA of 3.0.

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Makerspace PR celebrates third annual Arduino Day

Submitted on 31 March 2017 - 5:35pm

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For the third consecutive year, the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, will celebrate Arduino Day. This event is organized and directed by MakerspacePR, the first maker community in the island. The event will be held on Saturday, April 1 at 9:00 am in the Business Administration Building.

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Students prepare for robotics competition

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Seven students from CROEV School, a public school specialized in science and mathematics in the town of Villalba, prepare to represent Puerto Rico in a submarine robotics competition to be held at Georgia Tech University in Georgia, USA. 

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The Puerto Rican astronaut Joseph Acabá will return to space

Submitted on 31 March 2017 - 5:02pm

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The Puerto Rican astronaut, Joseph Acabá, will return to space in September on a new NASA mission. He will travel aboard Soyuz to the International Space Station where he will stay for six months.

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NANOSCIENCE AT MAYAGÜEZ MALL

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Last Saturday, March 25, the Nanotechnology Center at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus hosted the event called Nanolandia: Searching for scientific treasures. This year they had the participation of Science Clubs, a video games group and the University Association for Sign Language. 
 
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Class on how to use a telescope and star atlas

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San Juan, PR, March 27, 2017 — The class titled "How to use a telescope and star atlas to observe the night sky" will begin next Saturday, April 1, 2017 at UMET in Cupey. The class will meet from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm for four consecutive Saturdays.

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RUM highlights meteorology at festival

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Nearly 600 middle and high school students participated of the Meteorology Festival celebrated at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus. This event was organized by the student chapter of the Society of Meteorology of Puerto Rico and focused on the mission to educate and motivate students for meteorology. 

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Children projected as future inventors at C3Tec

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At the workshop "Discover the inventor in you" dozens of children learned about intelectual property, patents and brands from international experts.

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