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Budget cut could desestabilize the UPR

Submitted on 29 June 2006 - 11:47am

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With the UPR formula, that would give the University a 9.6% of the average Government’s income of the previous two years, stalled by the Legislature, the first educational institution of the country faces a possible crisis that would affect the academic offer, research, cultural programs, among other things.

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UPR budget cut

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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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BREP Program Sponsors 4th Biomedical Summer Internship Program for Middle School Students

Submitted on 26 June 2006 - 11:01pm

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The 2006 Summer Internship will consist of conferences, informal talks and interactive laboratory workshops. Researchers and graduate students from the Medical Sciences Campus, as well as science teachers will collaborate in these activities. In addition, the students will be able to c onverse with researchers and students from the six schools at the Medical Sciences Campus about career opportunities in the area of biomedical sciences

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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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Vieques ecosystem threatened by undetonated, rusty US Navy bombs

Submitted on 25 June 2006 - 2:25am

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After six decades of military practices in the island of Vieques, the US Navy left many undetonated bombs underwater around the shores of the Puerto Rican island. These bombs are now corroding and threaten the fragile ecosystem of the island.

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