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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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Save the Parrot with Style / Desfile de Moda pro Cotorra Boricua, Casa Isleña, Puntas, Rincón

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Save the Parrot with Style
Saturday, March 16
Casa Isleña, Puntas, Rincón

Featuring:
- Miss Turismo Latino P.R.
- Jewelry Collection by Greetchen Díaz presented by models of the West Fashion Week
- Live music, raffle gifts from local shops and restaurants
- Free food

Donation: $5
To benefit The Puertorrican Parrot Genome Project and the Caribbean Genome Center (University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez)

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Clean water for our rivers and lakes

Submitted on 3 March 2013 - 11:46pm

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Water runoff reaches rivers and lakes and can contaminate them. To raise awareness about this issue, the town of Caguas begun a campaign to label sewers and drains and educate the public about the need to keep them clean and unclogged.

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Climate change puts the coquí at risk of extinction

Submitted on 3 March 2013 - 11:31pm

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Laura M. Quintero

Three out of seventeen species of coquí have undergone extinction due to temperature changes, loss of their habitat and the spreading of the Bd fungus. Climate change is threatening at least 11 more species which would have a devastating effect on the ecosystem.

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Scientists to study the genome of the Paso Fino horse in Puerto Rico

Submitted on 3 March 2013 - 11:20pm

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Mariam Ludim Rosa Vélez (mariamludim@uprm.edu)

Scientists from the UPR Mayagüez Genomics Center who sequenced the genome of the Puerto Rican parrot are now hoping to sequence the genome of the Puerto Rican Paso Fino horse.

 

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Fellowship Kinesis for senior High students (Deadline May)

Submitted on 26 February 2013 - 12:52pm

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Josefina Barceló Jiménez / jbarcelo@elnuevodia.com

The Kinesis fellowship sponsored by Fundación Kinesis, grant funding to High students to pursue careers outside Puerto Rico. In the past students have completed their degrees in Harvard, Cornell, Syracuse, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Universidad Autónoma Valencia and Charles University in Prague. Kinesis also has the ProgramBright Stars College Access for students in high school that are planning to obtain bachelors degrees outside Puerto Rico.

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Scientific Museum based on STEM curriculum

Submitted on 26 February 2013 - 12:36pm

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Josefina Barceló Jiménez / jbarcelo@elnuevodia.com

Lead by their teacher, Yajaira Torres de Jesús, at Colegio Rosa-Bell in Guaynabo, students from K-6th grades designed a Scientific Museum based on a STEM curriculum.

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