La asociación estudiantil IEEE Power and Energy Society (PES) del Recinto Universitario de Mayagüez (RUM) invita a la comunidad a participar en su Primer Simposio de potencia y energía para la transformación, que se celebrará el jueves, 12 de octubre y el viernes 13, de octubre de 2023 de 8:30 a.m. a 4:00 p.m. en el Anfiteatro Ramón Figueroa Chapel. El evento, que es gratis y abierto al público en general, contará con alrededor de 13 presentaciones y cinco paneles con expertos de calibre mundial, quienes abordarán el tema de la transformación energética de Puerto Rico.

Today, the U.S. National Science Foundation announced an investment of over $5 million over five-years for a collaborative partnership between three higher education institutions and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory to establish a new multidisciplinary, world-class educational center at the Arecibo Observatory site in Puerto Rico.

Forest fires, torrential rains, droughts and extreme heat affect the countries that supply the archipelago, forcing an increase in local production, according to experts.

On an island that imports 85% of what it consumes, seeing the shelves full of products in supermarkets, despite the fact that the last natural disaster was a year ago with Hurricane Fiona, does not hide an irrefutable fact: Puerto Rico is at the mercy of the ravages of climate change in the countries that supply it with food, agreed multiple voices consulted by El Nuevo Día.

The collaborations that Dr. Elizabeth Padilla Crespo formed with researchers from the federal Department of Agriculture will allow her to take her work "to the next level".
A research professor from the Aguadilla campus of the Inter-American University of Puerto Rico was the only Puerto Rican chosen, along with seven other U.S. researchers, by the federal Department of Agriculture (USDA) to participate as a Science Fellow in the 2023 Kika de la Garza Fellowship Program.