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Center for Industrial Biotechnology Learning wins 2006 Innovation prize

Submitted on 12 April 2006 - 8:09pm

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The Center for Industrial Biotechnology Learning (CABI) of the University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez (UPRM) recently won the 2006 Innovation prize presented by the Southern Growth Policies Board, an organization that promotes economical development in the Southern region of the United States, including Puerto Rico. CABI was selected out from 200 nominations, for developing an exemplary technological initiative.

Casa Pueblo offers course about role of microorganisms in the forest

Submitted on 10 April 2006 - 10:28am

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“Casa Pueblo, a communitarian organization, who avoided the mining of gold, copper and silver in the mountainous area in central Puerto Rico, is offering a course about the role of microorganisms in the tropical forests.”

Project 1000: Recruiting, Admitting, and Graduating Underrepresented Minority Graduate Students

Submitted on 27 March 2006 - 8:36pm

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Project 1000 is a national program, based at Arizona State University, which aims to assist underrepresented minority students applying to graduate school. Students may apply to up to seven of the over 88 participating Project 1000 institutions by using one application. Participation is FREE OF CHARGE to individual students and to the participating institutions!

Hatchery in the middle of the city

Submitted on 30 November 2005 - 12:00pm

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Students from the Environmental Sciences Laboratory in the Metropolitan University of Puerto Rico are in charge of keeping aquaponic project. This projects aims to grow plants using organic fertilizers from the tilapia fish manure, and at the same time, the plants will serve as a filter so that those fertilizers do not concentrate in the water, harming the fishes.

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