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Gov. Rosselló signs law to establish climate change policies

Submitted on 24 May 2019 - 9:32am

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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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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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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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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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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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Job Opening, The Exploratorium Teacher Institute, San Francisco, CA

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The Exploratorium Teacher Institute (TI) is seeking a PhD scientist with expertise in environmental science and the ability to explain complex ideas using basic principles from multiple science disciplines.

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Puerto Rican students win first place in NASA competition

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Students from the Centro Residencial de Oportunidades Educativas de Mayagüez (CROEM; a specialized STEM school in Puerto Rico) won first place in the “Veggies in Space o NASA Growing Beyond Earth (GBE)” competition sponsored by NASA.

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Clinical research industry in Puerto Rico continues to grow

Submitted on 30 April 2019 - 10:44pm

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The clinical research industry in Puerto Rico continues to grow, as evidenced by the doubling in size of the summit of the Puerto Rico Consortium for Clinical Investigation.

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