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11 Puerto Rican students will participate in a robotics competition

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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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Fellowship opportunities at Universia

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Universia has posted over 300 opportunities related to fellowships at becas.universia.pr

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Before getting to the manufacturing site: Merck executives visit Puerto Rican drug discoverers

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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. 

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Gifted for robotics

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Students from the University of Puerto Rico at Cayey Institute of Research and Development for gifted students (IIDED by its acronym in Spanish) took the top places at the events of the underwater robot competition SeaPerch PR 2013 celebrated in Ponce. Students from various schools developed underwated robots that competed in different events like an Obstacle course, Deep Water Challenge, among others.  

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College Board will be provided free of charge for public school students starting this september

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Rebecca Banuchi; rebecca.banuchi@gfrmedia.com

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.

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