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NASA spacecraft will reach Pluto for the first time on Tuesday

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The Puerto Rico Astronomy Society announced that on Tuesday, July 14, 2015 the spacecraft "New Horizons" will come the closest to Pluto after nine years of being launched into space.

 

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Puerto Rican students win third place in national robotics competition

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Students from La Merced School in San Juan recently participated in a national underwater robotics in Boston, MA. The team of students, called Aquafreaks, obtained third place in the Obstacle Cours of the Sea Perch National Challenge.

 

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Summer biomedical research program for high school and middle school students

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The Biomedical Research Education Program (BREP) of the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) Medical Sciences Campus (MSC) held its Annual Biomedical Summer Internships for middle and high school students during the month of June.  Twenty three (24) Middle School students and twenty eight (27) High School students from three different educational districts participated in the internships. 

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Scientists mourn the death of meteorologist Dr. José A. Colón Pérez

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Meteorlogist José A. Colón Pérez, first director of the National Meteorology Center in San Juan, passed away today.

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New residential STEM school to open in Villalba

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Mildred Rivera Marrero

A new "Centro Residencial de Oportunidades Educativas", a residential STEM-oriented school similar to those in Mayaguez (CROEM) and Ceiba (CROEC) will soon open in Villalba.

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Young Puerto Rican engineer excels at designing airplane landing systems

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Gerardo E. Alvarado León

Josué A. Quiñones Acosta, 23, an electric engineer originally from Loiza, works at Parsons Corporation designing landing gear instrumentation. 

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Historic agreement between UPR and Yale

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José E. Delgado

As part of a collaboration agreement with Yale University, students of the University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine will be able to complete the PhD portion of their MD/PhD at the Ivy League school. Viceversa, students from Yale University will be able to complete their medical studies in Puerto Rico.

 

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DRNA updates drought information

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Carmen R. Guerrero Pérez, secretary of Departamento de Recursos Naturales y Ambientales (DRNA) updates the municipalities that experience different drought levels.

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Teacher participates in NSF funded research program at the Arecibo Observatory

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Reynaldo Castro Estrada is the first teacher participating in NSF funded research program (RET) at the Arecibo Observatory.

For more info call 787-878-2612, ext. 615 or visit the Facebook page: Arecibo.Observatory or Twitter @NAICobservatory.

 

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Public school students participate in biomedical research camp

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Fifty-one students from public schools participated in the Biomedical Research Education Program (BREP) at the Medical Sciences Campus of the University of Puerto Rico (UPR).

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