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Puerto Rican scientist and vice-director of Ciencia Puerto Rico wins prestigious award on science communication and engagement

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Ciencia Puerto Rico and COPUS

CienciaPuerto Rico announces that our vice-director and news editor, Dr. Mónica Feliú-Mójer is the winner of the 2nd Paul Shin Award 2013 under the Coalition for the Public Understanding of Science (COPUS).  Congrats to Mónica, we are really fortunate to have you on our team!!

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Puerto Rican scientists study Huntington's disease

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Sulay Rivera-Sánchez

A group of scientist at the Medical Sciences Campus (RCM), University of Puerto Rico (UPR) are studying Huntington's disease. The team is lead by Dr.Sylvette Ayala-Peña.

Ther author is a doctral student at RCM-UPR and a member of Ciencia Puerto Rico.

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Fellowship Kinesis for senior High students (Deadline May)

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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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Invitation for innovative educators

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Josefina Barceló Jiménez / jbarcelo@elnuevodia.com

Teachers from K-12 are welcome to participate in the II Forum for innovative educators sponsored by Microsoft. DEADLINE: MAY 3, 2013. All educators interested in participating need to register to Partners in Learning Network www.pil-network.com and enter http://bit.ly/Wzw25s.

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Facebook: Docentes innovadores de Puerto Rico
 

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Scientific Museum based on STEM curriculum

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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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Plena's DNA

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Ana Teresa Toro / ana.toro@elnuevodia.com

Using sophisticated technologies, similar to those used by the Curiosity, physicist Antonio Martínez Collazo from the Physics Department at the University of Puerto Rico is helping restores art pieces at the Museum of Art of Puerto Rico with the collaboration from NASA Space Grant Consortium of Puerto Rico, Environmental Sciences Department and the IGERT Graguate Program.

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50 years of discoveries

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Josefina Barceló Jiménez / jbarcelo@elnuevodia.com
 The Arecibo Observatory has served as the major player in important discoveries for over 50 years.

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Technological tools to teach

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Aurora Rivera Arguinzoni | arivera@elnuevodia.com

CAGUAS -  The Caribbean Science and Technology Center (C3tec) celebrated its first workshop for science teachers organized by EducaPR. Other organizations such as Urban Farmers Punto Com and Ciencia Puerto Rico o CienciaPR participated of the event that took place on Friday, February 22, 2013.

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Energy project threatens the Karst

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Lorraine Martínez

A proposed power generation project to be located in the northern Karst area in Manatí threatens this important ecological niche.

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