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Puerto Rico celebrates the biggest Public Health Forum in their history

Submitted on 7 March 2016 - 12:51am

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The Graduate School of Public Health from the Medical Science Campus at the University of Puerto Rico will celebrate the V Puertorrican Conference on Public Health. This Conference will bring together the principal international researchers and academics with the purpose of discussing the most pressing and diverse topics in public health at a global scale. This event will be held May 2-4, 2016.

For more information related to the event, please communicate with the Division of Continuing Education and Professional Studies at EGSP at 787-758-2525, extensions 1411, 1475, 4627.

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RUM celebrates Marine Science Day

Submitted on 7 March 2016 - 12:44am

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Sara Rivera Martínez

The Student Association of the Department of Marine Science from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez (AECiM) will celebrate “Marine Science Day” on Saturday, March 12, at the Isla Magueyes in Lajas.

The activity, co-sponsored by the Sea Grant Program of Puerto Rico will begin at 9:00 a.m. and will serve as an Open House to the Department of Marine Science to the general pubic.

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RCM, the healdh and education department unite to train mentors for asma

Submitted on 7 March 2016 - 12:26am

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With the purpose of transforming the 600 teachers that are participating in the AIRE project into Mentors for Asma; the School of Health Professionals from the Medical Science Campus, the Program for Asma from the Health Department and the Program of Scholar Health from the Department of Education joined forces to develop a seven day training initiative that will impact all educational regions in the Country.

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Zika virus cases continue on the rise

Submitted on 7 March 2016 - 12:16am

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Nydia Bauzá

The Secretary of the Health Department,  Ana Ríus Armendáriz, confirmed that 40 new cases of Zika virus have been reported this week. Amongst these cases one patient required hospilization and 9 were pregnant women.  

For more information please visit the Department of Health webpage:  www.salud.gov.pr.

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Math game designed to teach the subject

Submitted on 7 March 2016 - 12:09am

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Sharon Minelli Pérez

Elvin Torres Alicea, an undergraduate student from the University of Turabo developed the app DoUMath, which allows the user to learn math by playing games on their iPhone.

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Singularity University in Silicon Valley actively seeks the best exponential innovations in Puerto Rico

Submitted on 4 March 2016 - 6:16pm

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San Juan, Puerto Rico - The Puerto Rico Science, Technology and Research Trust announced that an open call-for-entries for innovators to take part in the local edition of the Singularity University Global Impact Competition will launch on March 7, 2016. This is an international event that seeks to identify the most innovative proposals for technological solutions aimed at improving the living standards of billions of people worldwide over the next five to ten years.

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UPR Río Piedras inaugurates the Coastal Geomorphology Laboratory

Submitted on 4 March 2016 - 5:58pm

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This new laboratory represents an interdisciplinary space to develop research and academic studies focused on coastal processes especially beach systems. There are currently four research projects being developed in this new spave that have external funding. 

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The path lights up for the Posterriqueño

Submitted on 2 March 2016 - 10:48pm

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The Technologic Energy Project known with the name Posterriqueño is ready for development after the Governmental Board of the University of Puerto Rico approved the creation of a corporation directed to promote the initiatives lead by students and researchers at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, months ago.

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Math Sciences seminar returns to UPRH

Submitted on 2 March 2016 - 10:42pm

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The University of Puerto Rico at Humacao (UPRH) will host the Seminario Interuniversitario de Investigación en Ciencias Matemáticas XXXI (SIDIM) to be celebrated on March 4-5, 2016 in the theater on campus.

The full academic community is invited to participate in this event. For more details on the program and registration please visit the following webpage:  http://sidim.uprh.edu.

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New opportunity to develop energy projects

Submitted on 2 March 2016 - 10:36pm

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Now more than ever, with the economic crisis, it is important to look towards the future and develop projects that contribute to the sustainable development of Puerto Rico. For this reason, the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) and the organization Mentes Puertorriqueñas en Acción (MPA) established an alliance to offer young individuals the opportunity to kick-off and implement renewable energy projects. 

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