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Welcome to the team, Dayanna, Ben and Kevin!

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This August, our Ciencia Puerto Rico team welcomed two new members: Dayanna N. Seguí Moró, Benjamin (Ben) Runyon and Kevin Rubén Lebrón. Dayanna is the new Coordinator of L’Oreal For Girls In Science-Puerto Rico, where she will contribute to the development of skills in young Puerto Rican girls and help them become mentors for other girls in our Seeds Of Success program.

Climate change threatens imports and increases Puerto Rico's food vulnerability

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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.

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Puerto Rican scientific community promotes innovation against microplastics

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Although these tiny particles continue to contribute to the water pollution problem, local researchers are exploring new solutions.


"These are everyday sights in Puerto Rico today," said Jorge Bauzá, pointing to photos of piles of plastic bottles, garbage bags and foam coolers piled up on idyllic beaches.

"We still have a long way to go to change this plastic culture," emphasized the oceanographer and scientific director of the San Juan Bay Estuary Program, during the annual conference of the Puerto Rico College of Chemists -PR Chem- held recently.

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Puerto Rican Professor Selected as USDA Agricultural Research Service Scholar

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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.

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Director Advises AAAS

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Congratulations to our Executive Director, Dr. Giovanna Guerrero-Medina, on her selection to the Empowering Career Pathways Multidisciplinary Committee of the prestigious scientific organization AAAS. Reporting to the organization's leadership, the committee will develop practical tools and recommendations to break down barriers to entry into STEM careers and improve talent retention.

Team Transitions

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With a mix of emotions we announce that our dear colleague, Edmy Ayala Rosado, who served as CienciaPR's Community Projects Manager and Science Outreach Specialist, has moved on to become the Director of Communications and Community Impact at the Centro para la Reconstrucción del Hábitat. For 3 years, Edmy was an important part of our work team, leading, among other things, the communication and health promotion campaigns of Aquí Nos Cuidamos and working hand-in-hand with community leaders through our Community Science Laborato

Xpand invertirá $100,000 en capital semilla en empresas destacadas de su tercera generación y extiende periodo de convocatoria

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El programa liderado por parallel18 y subvencionado por Popular ofrecerá mentoría a fundadores de empresas puertorriqueñas e innovadoras sobre levantamiento de capital, exportación y expansión hacia nuevos mercados.

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The CienciaPR Team Continues Growing!

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Three college students have joined our team thanks to our collaboration with the Summer VISTA fellowship from Mentes Puertorriqueñas en AcciónMarylys Rivera Flores, Natalia Ramos Rivera and Isaac Correa Pagán, welcome to the CienciaPR team! We also celebrate the continued collaboration of four college interns: Daiza Orench Rivera, Elan A. Reinoso Jimenez, Jabes Hernández Matias and Larisa Isabel Cordero Campos. We are grateful for our university interns and all their contributions!

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