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First graduating class of biomedical engineers

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Gerardo E. Alvarado León

The Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico recently graduated its first class of 14 biomedical engineers. 

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First women-owned biopharmaceutical company in Puerto Rico

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GK Pharmaceuticals CMO is the first Puerto Rican women-owned and -founded biopharmaceutical company in Puerto Rico in the U.S. 

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Latina professors find an interdisciplinary way to teach about microbiology, hurricanes, colonialism and politics

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By: Dr. Wilson Gonzalez-Espada, Ciencia Puerto Rico

 

At first look, history and microbiology may seem disciplines with nothing in common. However, two Latina faculty members at the College of the Holy Cross, in Worcester MA, vehemently shattered the perceived boundaries between these disciplines to provide their students with a unique and long-lasting learning experience.

A cry for help from the bottom of the ocean

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David Cordero Mercado

A study by the Scuba Dogs Society showed evidence of microplastics in beaches throughout Puerto Rico.

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Puerto Rican scientist discovers oldest fossil of monk seal

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Dr. Jorge Vélez Juarbe was part of a team of scientist that discovered the oldest fossil of monk seal in the Northern Pacific.

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