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UPR budget cut

Submitted by Mónica Ivelisse Feliú-Mójer on

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The University of Puerto Rico faces a budget cut, because the Government decided to stop a formula that would have given the institution a $37 million increase in next year's budget. This formula is part of the University's "fiscal autonomy". Is this yet another consequence of a highly politicized and bureaucratic system? What is your opinion on this subject?

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Dangerous political precedent that could affect research in UPR

Submitted on 26 June 2006 - 5:07pm

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Establishing a dangerous political precedent, this year, the House of Representatives chose to take $40 millions away form the UPR. Since 1966, to guarantee the UPR with fiscal autonomy from the political ups and downs and pressures, the UPR receives funding through a formula that, this year, equals 9.69% of the government revenues. However, this year the formula has been ignored, resulting in $40 million less for the main educational institution of the country. According to the Confederation of Associations of University Professors (CONAPU), this could affect research, among other things.

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MSC has new genetics laboratory

Submitted on 21 June 2006 - 1:03pm

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The Medical Sciences Campus (MSC) of the University of Puerto Rico announced today the establishment of a novel Mass Spectrometry laboratory that would make possible to run up to 30 tests to detect metabolic conditions of genetic origin in newborns.

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