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Gov. Rosselló signs law to establish climate change policies

Submitted on 24 May 2019 - 9:32am

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El Nuevo Día

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Governor Ricardo Rosselló Nevares signed on Wednesday the Law for the Mitigation, Adaptation and Resilience to Climate Change of Puerto Rico, to establish public policies with goals, metrics and deadlines to address climate change.

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Teachers and students showcase their technology projects at the Microsoft Education Forum

Submitted on 24 May 2019 - 9:23am

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El Nuevo Día

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Amanda Pérez Pintado

More than 1,000 people attended the Microsoft Education Forum in Puerto Rico. There, students and teachers presented projects that foster the inclusion of technology in the classroom.

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Puerto Rican scientist to study zebra butterfly

Submitted on 24 May 2019 - 9:15am

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El Nuevo Día

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Amanda Pérez Pintado

Dr. Jesyka Meléndez Rosa was recently awarded funding by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to study the zebra butterfly, a species that is endemic to Puerto Rico.

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Plantain and banana micropropagation project goes to MIT

Submitted on 24 May 2019 - 9:10am

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El Nuevo Día

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Gerardo E. Alvarado León

A plantain and banana seeds micropropagation project, developed by students at the Interamerican University in Barranquitas, was among 33 selected for the MIT Solve competition, which seeks solutions to global challenges.

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Puerto Rico shines in global birding event

Submitted on 24 May 2019 - 9:04am

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El Nuevo Día

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Amanda Pérez Pintado

Dozens of bird watchers saw hundreds of species during Global Big Day, a world-wide birding event organized by Cornell University's Ornithology Lab. Puerto Rico was the second country in the Caribbean with the most bird sightings.

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$ 50,000 to restore the shine to the Bioluminescent Bay of Vieques

Submitted on 13 May 2019 - 1:49pm

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ConPRmetidos

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As part of its commitment to the economic development of Puerto Rico and its long-term sustainability, the non-profit entity CONPRmetidos made a donation of $ 50,000 to the Resilient Community Center of the Conservation and History Trust of Vieques. The grant was made to help fund efforts focused on the restoration of Vieques Bioluminescent Bay.