Esta noticia esta un poco viejita pero puede ser de interes...
Giovanna
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http://apnews.myway.com/article/20071118/D8T09VN80.html
Pharmaceutical Plants Retreat From PR
Nov 18, 3:23 PM (ET)
By MICHAEL MELIA
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Otro anuncio de interés que recibí por email.
Giovanna
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Dear Colleagues,
I would like to bring to your attention a funding program available
through the National Science Foundation (NSF) called the East Asia and
Pacific Summer Institutes (EAPSI). The EAPSI program offers U.S.
graduate students in science and engineering a unique opportunity to
study abroad with foreign researchers (in Australia, China, Japan,
Amigos de CienciaPR,
Acá les dejo este anuncio para un fellowship sobre política científica (science policy). El fellowship es corto pero muy interesante. Yo participe en este programa en el 2005, asi que si tienen alguna pregunta pueden contactarme en confianza.
Giovanna
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CHRISTINE MIRZAYAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM, WASHINGTON, D.C.
Hola amigos, recibí la siguiente notificación y pensé que sería de interés para algunos de ustedes.
Para más información por favor accedan aquí: http://ent.groundspring.org/EmailNow/pub.php?module=URLTracker&cmd=track...
Saludos,
Giovanna
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2008 Conference on Global Health
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