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Local Team Creates Tools to Improve Housing Addresses in Puerto Rico

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The Initiative for Civic Address Systems Assessment in Puerto Rico, iCasaPR, a local nonprofit organization, has begun a project to tackle the challenges of address infrastructure in Puerto Rico and its effect on disadvantaged communities. This project, called Puerto Rico Civic Address Vulnerability Evaluation, PRCAVE, is the first systematic evaluation of address infrastructure in Puerto Rico. PRCAVE is backed by a generous donation from the non-profit organization Filantropía Puerto Rico. 

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FDA Professional Development Program in Food Science

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Foodborne disease outbreaks and food recalls frequent the news. What organisms cause these diseases? What can an individual do to protect themselves from these diseases? What measures are being taken by the federal government to prevent transmission of these diseases?

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Líderes para el Cambio Oceánico: nuevo programa dedicado al liderazgo de científicos/as estudiando la ciencia oceánica

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Desde ecologistas colaborando con las Primeras Naciones en la Columbia Británica, Canada, a geógrafos humanos trabajando con cooperativas pesqueras en Baja California, Mexico, hasta oceanógrafos estudiando el corriente oceánico de California: si usted es un científico/a social, natural o físico que trabaja entre el nexo del cambio climático y el océano Pacífico a lo largo de Canada, los Estados Unidos, y Mexico, lo/a invitamos a aplicar al programa de Líderes para el Cambi

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Submit your entry to the Lasker Global Student Essay Contest

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Now in its seventh year, the Lasker Foundation invites submissions to its global student essay contest – open to all aspiring bioscience and health communicators (med students, biomedical and public health students – graduate students and post-doc).

The winner will receive $10,000 and an all-expense-paid trip to New York City to attend the 2020 Lasker Awards on September 25.

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New Fortress Energy Awards Scholarships to Polytechnic University Students

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New Fortress Energy awarded important scholarships to four engineering students of the Polytechnic University to continue their studies. Students Bryan A. González Nieves, Gustavo J. Albelo Rivera, Josué E. Ortíz Acevedo and Angelica C. Soto Pomales will each be recipients of a $5,000 scholarship for their academic expenses.

Students were chosen to meet a series of criteria, among which were: academic index of 3.0 or more, demonstrate financial need, demonstrate participation in community and leadership activities. In addition, to opt for such financial assistance, they had to be students of electrical, mechanical or civil engineering at the undergraduate level.

Apply Now to the NIMHD Health Disparities Research Institute 2020

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The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) will host the Health Disparities Research Institute (HDRI) from August 3-7, 2020, in Bethesda, MD. 

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Nuevos cursos de Astronomía para Aficionados en el Recinto de Cupey de la UAGM

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El Centro de Estudios para el Desarrollo Sustentable del Recinto de Cupey de la Universidad Ana G. Méndez (UAGM), en colaboración con la Sociedad de Astronomía de Puerto Rico Inc. (SAPR) informan que ofrecerán el curso titulado Nuestro Sistema Solar a partir de este próximo martes, 11 de febrero de 2020.

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