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UPR-RUM students won the Texas Instruments Engineering Contest

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Javier R. Rivera Collazo, Jesús R. Torrado Díaz and Eduardo G. Rodríguez Galindo, students at the Electrical and Computer Engineering Departament (INEL) at UPR- Mayagüez (RUM), created a system to tune up guitars and won the 3rd place award at the TI Analog Design Contest, 6th edition, sponsored by Texas Instruments (TI).

 

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First Bank fellowship for graduate students

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The graduate association (La Asociación de Graduadas de la Universidad de Puerto Rico (UPR)) at UPR and the First Bank Interrnship Program are offering a fellowship for graduate students to complete their doctoral degrees. The application materials can be sedn to:

Vicepresidencia en Asuntos Académicos de la UPR

Administración Central, Jardín Botánico Sur 1187 Flamboyán

San Juan, PR 00926-1117.

 

Or by email: Isabel.mena@upr.edu

 

The deadline is September 6, 2013.

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Ivy Plus Universities to recruit students in Puerto Rico

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Providence, RI, August 22, 2013 – Again this year, representatives from top US research universities will be visiting Puerto Rico to recruit undergraduate students for master’s and doctoral programs.  The Ivy Plus Group has come to the island annually for the past 20 years.

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A "miracle" at the Puerto Rico Society of Microbiologist's Annual Conference

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Dr. Joseph M. Campos, secretary for the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) praised the work of the Puerto Rico Society of Microbiologists (SMPR) as a "miracle" at their annual conference. In the last two years SMPR has presented 12 student chapters, the most in the U.S. 

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Poor urban planning evidenced once again

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The recent landslide in Villa España, Bayamón, evidences, once again the unsustainable and poor urban planning policies in Puerto Rico. Experts agree that the geological risks of an area are often ignored to give way to construction.

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Measure to protect our coasts

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Aurelio Mercado-Irizarry / Oceanógrafo

The recent landslide in Bayamón, the publication of the long awaited Land Use Plan and the news that sea level rise has surpassed expectations underscore the need for a Coastal Construction Separation Line (CCSL) to protect Puerto Rico's coasts.

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OAJ announced alliance with PUCPR

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As a part of an agreement the OAJ have announced an alliance with PUCPR to stop the brain drain of professionals in Puerto Rico.

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An important insect: bee

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This article discuses the importance of the bee for the ecosystem as well as for the human being.

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Cuba faces vast land losses as sea levels rise

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Cuba risks losing a vast stretch of beach front homes and pristine coastal habitat by 2050, because of rapidly rising sea levels, a top environmental official warned Thursday. 

At a panel discussion on Cuban environmental policy, Tomas Escobar, director of the island's National Environment Agency, said rising oceans could submerge huge areas of the Caribbean island, with potentially devastating consequences.

Report: Puerto Rico unprepared for climate change

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Environmental officials and scientists warned Friday that Puerto Rico is dangerously vulnerable to the effects of global climate change and urged it to prepare by better-regulated coastal development, and perhaps even by building artificial reefs. 

The storm-caused floods and erosion that have always affected the U.S. Caribbean territory are expected to grow worse as temperatures and seas rise, perhaps by 22 inches (57 centimeters) by 2060, according to a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers study.

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