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President of the UPR trusts that the NSF suspension will be lifted

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The interim President of the University of Puerto Rico (UPR), Dr. José Lasalde Dominicci, made assurances today that the institution has met 28 of the 32 requirements in the Corrective Action Plan of the National Science Foundation (NSF), designed to reinstate the funds of that agency to the university. 

The NSF will be visiting the UPR within two weeks.

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HIV in Puerto Rico

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Compared with the United States, Puerto Rico is one of the regions with the highest incidence of HIV/AIDS.

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Puerto Rican students will participate in Microsoft's Imagine Cup

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The PsyTrack Team, a group of student-programmers from several Puerto Rican universities, will participate in the Microsoft Imagine Cup in Russia. The students will present their game PiggySpanker, which consists of rescueing the main character, a pig, and its friends.
 

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Field experiment with oysters in the San Juan Bay Estuary

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Aurora Rivera Arguinzoni / arivera@elnuevodia.com

For the first time in the Caribbean, scientists will study the capacity of a species of oyster to filter water. A field experiment being conducted by the San Juan Bay Estuary Program will place native oysters, Crassostrea rhizophora, in different parts of the Condado Lagoon, to test how well the species can act as a natural water filter.

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Local hardware startup launches Kickstarter campaign

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Marie Custodio Collazo / mcustodio@elnuevodia.com

Puerto Rican company Kytelabs launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise $15,000, becoming the first local company to use the crowdsourcing site to fund a hardware project.

The company is looking to fund the BLEduino, a device that allows the creation of hardware projects that can easily communicate with smartphones.

See their Kickstarter campaign!

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Recognized for their Environmental work

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Six specialized high school received prizes for their environmental work as part of a competition sponsored by Garnier, a division of L'oreal.  The schools had the support of the Scuba Dogs Society and the Universidad de Sagrado Corazón.  The selected schools received a $500 prize to continue their environmental stewardship.

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Award Winning high school students visit Amgen

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Last week a of high school seniors, winners of the El Nuevo Día Educador 2013 Prizes, visited the Amgen facilities in Juncos.  The visit included tours of the analytical and manufacturing facilities to give the students a better understanding of the science and technology at work in the day to day activities of the company.

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UPR hosts first Chemistry student congress

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Verónica B. Fonseca García

More than 100 students from private and public schools throughout Puerto Rico participated in the first Chemistry Student Congress at the University of Puerto Rico - Río Piedras campus.  The activity was organized by the campus' American Chemical Society (ACS) chapter and the ACS Chem clubs at the high school level.  The activity included workshops, discussions and a plenary session with Dr. Luis Echegoyen from the University of Texas.  

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Playing and learning about dengue fever

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The company SC Johnson organized an orientation at the Villa Campestre summer camp, aimed at educating kids about dengue fever. The activities included games and learning about the Aedes aegypti,  the mosquito that transmits the disease.

 

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Puerto Rican physician in the NBA finals

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Joel Ortiz Rivera / joel.ortiz@elnuevodia.com

Dr. William Félix Rodríguez, who overcame severe dyslexia, hyperactivity and social stigma to become a physician specialized in emergency and sports medicine. He is now part of the medical team in the NBA Finals.

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