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Puerto Rican woman becomes first female psychologist on major American Medical Association panel

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By: Alex Figueroa Cancel

Idalia Massa is a native of San Lorenzo and a graduate of the University of Puerto Rico.

Puerto Rican Idalia Massa became the first psychologist to join the Panel of Editors of the important American Medical Association's (AMA) Compensation Guidelines.

Massa, who currently resides in Denver, Colorado, was nominated by the American Psychological Association to represent the field at the U.S. level on the prestigious committee.

Then, last week the AMA accepted and appointed the Puerto Rican to the panel, which was celebrated by the APA for being the first time that someone from the field of psychology is on the panel.

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Student of UPR-Rio Piedras investigares the impact of coffee farming on erosion

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The effect of coffee farming on erosion and its impact on marine life is the research problem that Yasiel A. Figueroa Sánchez is studying as he completes his masters degree in Interdisciplinary Envrionmental Sciences at the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras campus. 

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Promising research on aviculture waste to generate energy

Submitted on 7 March 2013 - 7:07pm

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Marieli Collazo Vega

A group of researchers from the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) at Río Piedras Campus are trying to generate energy from the waste called "gallinaza" generated by hens.

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