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Undergraduate and High School Students from Puerto Rican Institutions won several prizes at NASA Challenge Competition

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Alex Figueroa Cancel / alex.figueroa@gfrmedia.com

Several teams from Puerto Rican Institutions won prizes at a NASA Competition in Alabama. Some of the winners are:

University of Puerto Rico at Humacao team won the overall prize for the competition

Escuela vocacional Teodoro Aguilar Mora, Yabucoa- High School award

Escuela superior Rafaelina E. Lebrón Flores, Patillas,- won the amateur prize

Escuela superior Petra Mercado, Humacao- Best team work

University of Puerto Rico at  Mayagüez- First place in best report

 

 

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Puerto Rican students win several prizes at Robotics competition

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Aurora Rivera Arguinzoni / arivera@elnuevodia.com

27 teams from Middle Schools and High School in Puerto Rico represneted the Island at the VEX Robotics World Championship 2013, in Anaheim, California. Puerto Ricao won 12 prizes, Below is the liste of the prizes:

Support Award

Escuela Superior Robinson School

Escuela Superior Vocacional Antonio Lucchetti 

Escuela Superior Vocacional Miguel Such

Coquitron (Escuela Superior)

Sportsmanship Award

Escuela Superior University Gardens

Escuela Superior Brígida Álvarez

Cupeyville School  Superior

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Puerto Rico Teams Take Top Spots at 20th NASA Great Moonbuggy Race

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Angela Storey, Marshall Space Flight Center

Puerto Rico Teams Take Top Spots at 20th NASA Great Moonbuggy Race04.27.13

NASA today declared the winners of the 20th NASA Great Moonbuggy Race at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Ala. Team 1 from Teodoro Aguilar Mora Vocational High School of Yabucoa, Puerto Rico, won first place in the high school division; racers from the University of Puerto Rico at Humacao claimed the college-division trophy.

Puerto Rican develops an app to learn spanish

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José A. Delgado / jdelgado@elnuevodia.com

Jennifer Conde Powers has created an app to teach kids to learn and speak Spanish.  The app was created by Cupcake digital company and is based on the “Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! program.

To see the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Os9iceALKTQ

 

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Puerto Rican students won several prizes at international robotics competition

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Marga Parés Arroyo / mpares@elnuevodia.com

Students from secondary school and High schools around Puerto Rico won 12 prizes in an international robotics competiton.

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Environmental experts analyze reforestation efforts in Puerto Rico

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Limarys SUÁREZ Torres / lsuarez1@elnuevodia.com

El Nuevo Día and several environmentalists review the last 20 years of reforestation efforts in Puerto Rico and conclude that many of them have been done in the wrong places. Although 13 million trees have been planted in that period of time, they have done little to mitigate urban flooding, heat, noise and water contamination.

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The call of the leatherback turtle

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Luis Miguel Rico / Especial El Nuevo Día

As the leatherback turtle nesting season begins we must reflect on the importance of protecting this endangered species and how this efforts fit in the bigger environmental conservation picture.

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AIDIS prize for Robinson School on scientific fair projects

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Por María De León Cruz / Especial El Nuevo Día Educador

Students from Robinson School won the AIDIS-prize in a scientific fair at the Lilly Pharmaceutical.

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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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Puerto Rican guide with international reach

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Por Ivis Negrón Pérez

Raquel Martí (a Puerto Rican entreprenur with a master in philanthropy) has created a guide at Indiana University to help developing countries. This guide has been adopted by USAID.

 

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