Eleven Puerto Rican students from the Escuela Especializada Central de Artes Visuales will participate in the Robo Games Competition in robotics in California.

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Executives from Merck Pharmaceuticals met with all the scientist and other professionals involved in getting to market a new drug product, from discovery to product launch.  The product is called sitagliptin and is known in the market by the trade names Januvia and Janumet, depending on the formulation and is used for the treatment of type II diabetes. 

Puerto Rico's governor Alejandro García Padilla announced that seniors from public schools will be able to take the College Board exam free of charge starting this september.  He made the announcement during a visit from the Supreme Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor with elementaryt and middle school students.  Up to 27,00 students will be able to take advantage of this opportunity.  The exam will be given once a year during school hours and at the school they attend.