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AMGEN prize for excellence in Science Teaching

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AMGEN awarded Luz Deliz Burgos Berríos, professor at Cayey (Colegio Radians), for her innovative way of teaching science with the award; Excelence in Science teaching. Other intiatives were also presented at the event.

To view workshops for teachers in Puerto Rico: http://goprior.com.

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Looking for life beyond the Earth

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Dr. Abel Méndez, professor of Physics and Chemistry at Univerity of Puerto Rico in Arecibo, has created a guide to habitable planets beyond the Earth.

To access his lab page: www. http://phl.upr.edu/
 
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Undergraduate and High School Students from Puerto Rican Institutions won several prizes at NASA Challenge Competition

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Several teams from Puerto Rican Institutions won prizes at a NASA Competition in Alabama. Some of the winners are:

University of Puerto Rico at Humacao team won the overall prize for the competition

Escuela vocacional Teodoro Aguilar Mora, Yabucoa- High School award

Escuela superior Rafaelina E. Lebrón Flores, Patillas,- won the amateur prize

Escuela superior Petra Mercado, Humacao- Best team work

University of Puerto Rico at  Mayagüez- First place in best report

 

 

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Gifted for robotics

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Students from the University of Puerto Rico at Cayey Institute of Research and Development for gifted students (IIDED by its acronym in Spanish) took the top places at the events of the underwater robot competition SeaPerch PR 2013 celebrated in Ponce. Students from various schools developed underwated robots that competed in different events like an Obstacle course, Deep Water Challenge, among others.  

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Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and NASA present the exhibition "Here, there, and everywhere" at the UPR Río Piedras

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The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO), inpartnership with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), presents the exhibit Here, there, and everywhere, from April 3- 29, 2013 at the José M. Lázaro Library of the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras campus, announced today Dr. Carmen A. Pantoja, Associate Professor if the Physics Department of the Natural Sciences Faculty, who is coordinating the activity.

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Astronomy events this weekend

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The Astronomy Society of Puerto Rico is celbratng several events this weekend. For more info, write to:astronomiapr@gmail.com, or call 787-531-7277 . Visit facebook.com/saprinc or twitter, @SociedadAstroPR


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INTERNADO DE NANOTECNOLOGIA 2013: NanoSummer Camp para maestros y estudiantes

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El campamento de 5 semanas Nano Summer camp, para jóvenes y maestros de escuela superior, se llevará a cabo en la Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto Río Piedras. La fecha límite para someter solicitudes es el 13 de Abril.

http://nanomat.uprrp.edu/uploads/doc/Solicitud_INTERNADO_DE_NANOTECNOLOGIA_2013%28NanoSummer_Camp%29.pdf

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Plena's DNA

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Using sophisticated technologies, similar to those used by the Curiosity, physicist Antonio Martínez Collazo from the Physics Department at the University of Puerto Rico is helping restores art pieces at the Museum of Art of Puerto Rico with the collaboration from NASA Space Grant Consortium of Puerto Rico, Environmental Sciences Department and the IGERT Graguate Program.

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50 years of discoveries

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 The Arecibo Observatory has served as the major player in important discoveries for over 50 years.

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