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Guayacan is ready

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Guayacán, a robot that will represent Puerto Rico in the Bots IQ contest, to be held in Miami from April 9, is ready for the battle. This robot is product of the creativity of a team of Puerto Rican high schools students that will compete against teams of more than 30 high schools from the United States. The purpose of this competition is to use engineering in a novel way and it evaluates design, construction, management, and application.

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Students "explore" their brains

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The Puerto Rican chapter of the Society for Neuroscience, the Department of Medicine and the Biomedical Sciences Division of the Medical Sciences Campus of the University of Puerto Rico, celebrated the activity “Explore your brain”, on Friday, March 16, 2007. In this activity, around 150 high school students had the opportunity to learn about the nervous system, its diseases, and how this fascinating structure is studied. The activity included interactive study stations about neuroanatomy, the senses, memory, addiction, neurological diseases and the spinal cord.

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Fellowships in Science and Technology doubled at the UPR

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The University of Puerto Rico anticipated that it will distribute this year, for the first time, around $12 million to talented students in sciences and technology, subjects crucial for the economical development of the country. This amount doubles the original estimate of the UPR in the new programs: Academic Competitiveness Grant (ACG) and the Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation (SMART) fellowship. This was possible given the large amount of outstanding students in mathematics and sciences studying at the UPR, according to the Associate Vice-presidents of Students, Dr. Jose Luis Cruz Rivera.

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To the final the best in arts and sciences

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Nineteen of the best students in sciences and arts faced each other in the 4th Operation Success (Operación Éxito) competition, held at Puerto Rico’s Museum of Art. The winners of this edition were David Acevedo, of the José Santos Alegría school in Dorado; Kenny Ng, of the José Collado Colón school in Juncos; and Félix Rodríguez, of the Francisco García Boyrie school in Guayama. Operation Success is an interactive competition developed by the Casa Grande organization. It has the support of the Department of Education and sponsors like Banco Popular and El Nuevo Dia.

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Students start a Club at RUM

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Thirty students of 10th, 11th and 12th grade from the Eugenio María de Hostos High School in Mayagüez, had an initiation last December 12, 2006, as members of the Science and Materials Engineering Club, a project that is part of the initiatives of the Partnership for Research and Education in Materials (PREM) a joint venture of the Engineering Department of the University of Puerto Rico in Mayaguez and the National Science Foundation (NSF). This Club aims to foster interest toward science and materials engineering in high school students. Also, it is a source of future engineers or scientists.

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Search for volunteers to help the Estuary

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The San Juan Bay Estuary Consortium is establishing a Voluntary Monitoring Program so people interested and committed to take care and learn about the environment can join their effort. Volunteers will go to the field periodically to observe and collect data on the ecosystem to asses its health. The volunteers would take temperature, oxygen and salinity measures, asses the diversity and abundance of species to see “if the ecosystem is healthy or if there are problems affecting it.” Those interested can call (787) 274-3374.

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Helpful tool for pre-college students

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The first Student Guide of Puerto Rico, an information tool about superior education institutions in the country, started being distributed yesterday during an activity at Madame Luchetti High School in San Juan. This Guide provides information about universities and their academic offerings, financial aid, time management advice, criteria to select housing or student exchange programs, among others. The Guide will soon have an internet site.

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El Morro becomes a laboratory

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Students from the Gabriela Mistral High School in San Juan took bacterial and fungal samples from the walls of El Morro, to determine if they can damage and slowly deteriorate the historical structure. This project, directed by Lilliam Casillas and the teacher Egda Morales, has among its purposes to establish collaboration between science students and researchers.

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