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Egresada de UPRH reconocida con el premio de Excelencia en Farmacia de Salud Pública de los Estados Unidos

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(Humacao, P.R.) - Sindy Canales Díaz, a graduate of the Department of Chemistry at the University of Puerto Rico at Humacao (UPRH), recently completed her doctoral degree in pharmacy with a certification in strategic leadership from the University of Charleston. The doctor, also, was a recipient of the prestigious U.S. Public Health Excellence in Pharmacy Award.

Empresa boricua recibe galardón “Uno con el Ambiente” por sus soluciones de sostenibilidad para las industrias

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San Juan, Puerto Rico (martes, 30 de abril de 2024) — La ingeniera Geannette M. Siberón y su empresa Environmental & Safety Engineering Solutions (EnvSafe PR) recibieron el premio “Uno con el Ambiente” de FirstBank y un fondo de capital semilla como parte de la competencia de negocios del Grupo Guayacán, por diseñar soluciones que permiten a las industrias de manufactura reducir su huella ambiental para lograr sus metas de sustentabilidad y mantenerse competitivos en el mercado global.

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Science Spotlight: Puerto Rican studies ocean acidification in Hawaii

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On the occasion of Women and Girls in Science Day, oceanographer Melissa Meléndez highlights the importance of increasing the representation of women in STEM careers.


For oceanographer Melissa Meléndez, forging her career as a research scientist has been a "difficult, but enjoyable" process. Difficult because she was the first person in her family to earn a college degree, and enjoyable because she met mentors and friends who helped her overcome barriers along the way.

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"It was a little bit difficult because it was not only educating myself, but also my parents and my family about what I was going through and what I wanted to do," recalled Meléndez, who is currently studying ocean acidification in Hawaii.

Science Spotlight: Puerto Rican researching malaria in Ghana

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Ana Vázquez Pagán has been in the African country since last year on a scholarship for people interested in global health.


Scientist Ana Vázquez Pagán was in eighth grade when she lost a close family member who was pregnant during the 2009 influenza A (H1N1) or swine flu pandemic. The event scarred her, and that death planted a question in her mind: "How could this have happened?

At the time, Vázquez Pagán did not plan to pursue a career as a researcher. It wasn't until she was 17, when she participated in a nanotechnology camp at the University of Puerto Rico (UPR), that she considered becoming a scientist.

Over the years, that question remained with her.

Puerto Rican Professor Selected as USDA Agricultural Research Service Scholar

Submitted on 24 August 2023 - 3:34pm

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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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American Association for Microbiology highlights contributions of Puerto Rican scientist

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Environmental microbiologist Elizabeth Padilla Crespo is the first Puerto Rican to be included in a book by the prestigious organization.


As a young girl, when her interest in science began to blossom while studying in the urban center of Mayagüez, Elizabeth Padilla Crespo did never imagined that her name would occupy the same pages as those dedicated to the greatest in the field, such as the Dutchman Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, recognized as the "father of microbiology".

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“Borinqueñas en STEM: La exhibición” opens

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Caguas, Puerto Rico (December 6, 2022)- The Centro Criollo de Ciencia y Tecnología del Caribe (C3Tec) presents the exhibition "Borinqueñas en STEM", a recognition of 37 outstanding Puerto Rican women in the field of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

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Puerto Rican woman selected as president of California State University, Monterey Bay

Submitted on 20 July 2022 - 5:56pm

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Vanya Quiñones, a graduate of the University of Puerto Rico, will begin her duties on August 15.

Washington D.C. - Puerto Rican educator Vanya Quiñones has been named the new president of California State University, Monterey Bay (CSUMB).

In making the announcement, the California State University Board of Trustees highlighted the experience of the Puerto Rican educator, who has served as Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs at Pace University in New York.

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First Puerto Rican female biologist receives prestigious NOAA fellowship

Submitted on 20 July 2022 - 5:50pm

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Doctoral student Fabiola Rivera Irizarry, from the Department of Biology of the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, and Research Associate of the Marine Environment Society, has just received the prestigious Dr. Nancy Foster Scholar grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). 
 

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