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Arecibo Observatory reveals detailed pictured of Asteroid (436724) 2011 UW158

Submitted on 17 July 2015 - 11:54am

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Ruth E. Torres Hernández e Yvonne Guadalupe Negrón

Arecibo Observatory reveals detailed pictured of Asteroid (436724) 2011 UW158. This asteroid passed nearearth at a distance of 7 million miles.

The original article is available in Spanish.

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Ruth E. Torres Hernández
Oficial de Relaciones Públicas
Observatorio de Arecibo
787-878-2612, ext. 615
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Yvonne Guadalupe Negrón
Directora-Oficina de Relaciones Públicas
Universidad Metropolitana
787-766-1717, ext. 6405
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Student develops program to educate about Hepatitis C

Submitted on 17 July 2015 - 11:04am

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Diálogo Digital

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FRANCES M. NÚÑEZ

Jessenia Zayas, student at the Medical Sciences Campus at the University of Puerto Rico developed a program to educate about Hepatitis C as part of her masters work. 

To learn more about the program email jessenia.zayas@upr.edu, gdavila@iniciativacomunitaria.org or call 787 758-2525.

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UPR Humacao convenes professors at computing skills workshop

Submitted on 17 July 2015 - 10:53am

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The project Ciber girls at the University of Puerto Rico at Humacao (UPRH) will convene professors in biology, social sciences and math at the workshop Improving the human condition via computer sciences, from August 3 to 5.

For more info visit https://tidesuprh.wordpress.com/, or call Maricelis Lebrón at (787) 850-0000 ext. 9162 or email lcasillasm@gmail.com.

To read the original article visit the Spanish version of this site.

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NSF funds UPRM to train undergraduates in materials scientists

Submitted on 16 July 2015 - 11:21am

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Prensa RUM

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Dr. Ubaldo M. Córdova

The Department of Chemical Engineering at UPR Mayaguez received funding from NSF to host a REU Program.

The original article is available in Spanish.

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Contacto: Dr. Ubaldo M. Córdova, investigador principal

Tel. 626-825-9596

Open enrollment at Arecibo Observatory Space Academy

Submitted on 16 July 2015 - 11:12am

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Arecibo Observatory

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Ruth E. Torres Hernández e Yvonne Guadalupe Negrón

Luisa Fernanda Zambrano-Marín from Arecibo Observatory Space Academy announced that it is recruiting students for a Pre-College Research Program.

The original article is in Spanish.

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Ruth E. Torres Hernández
Oficial de Relaciones Públicas
Observatorio de Arecibo
787-878-2612, 615

Yvonne Guadalupe Negrón
Directora- Oficina de Relaciones Públicas
Universidad Metropolitana
787-766-1717, ext. 6405
787-242-0806

Universidad Politécnica named "Top 25 institutions in STEM education"

Submitted on 16 July 2015 - 10:58am

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El Nuevo Día

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WASHINGTON, June 17, 2015 – Excelencia in Education today unveiled new analysis of the top 25 colleges and universities graduating Latinos in science, technology, engineering, and math fields in 2012-13. This new brief provides a profile of the current Latino workforce in science, technology, engineering, and math fields and shares some current and potential opportunities for action to increase Latino student success in these disciplines.

Yale and University of Puerto Rico team to create new M.D.-Ph.D.s

Submitted on 16 July 2015 - 10:50am

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Bill Hathaway

Top officials from the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) met July 15 with Yale President Peter Salovey in Woodbridge Hall to celebrate a new cooperative agreement designed to increase the research experiences of students at both institutions.

Under the new M.D.-Ph.D. program, students accepted in the M.D. program at the University of Puerto Rico Medical School can enroll in Yale’s Combined Program in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences and will be assigned student and faculty mentors while studying for their Ph.D.s in New Haven. 

Puerto Rican scientists present plan against childhood obesity at Yale

Submitted on 15 July 2015 - 4:49pm

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El Nuevo Día

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A group of Puerto Rican investigators and physicians presented a strategic plan to reduce the high prevalence of childhood obesity in Puerto Rico during a forum of the Global Health Leadership Institute at Yale University.

You can read the full original version of this article in Spanish by clicking on ESPAÑOL at the top right corner of your screen.

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NAIC/NRAO students observe football-shaped asteroid using the Arecibo Radiotelescope

Submitted on 15 July 2015 - 11:34am

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Observatorio de Arecibo/Universidad Metropolitana

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Ruth E. Torres Hernández e Yvonne Guadalupe Negrón

Students and researchers who participated in the NAIC/NRAO 8th Single-Dish Radio Astronomy School were able to obtain images from asteroid 2015 HM10. The asteroid was observed when it passed at about the same distance from Earth as the Moon (around 440,000 km or 270,000 miles),

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Invention that saves lives

Submitted on 13 July 2015 - 5:10pm

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El Nuevo Día

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Marian Díaz

The company Momentum Creative Labs has created an product called Gardien, a sensors and alarms system that alerts parents when a child is left inside a car.

 

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