Seven high school students participated in a four week long summer research experience the Nanotechnology Center at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus. During the program the students participated in workshops with topics such as laboratory safety, search of scientific literature, Excel use, etc. The camp ended with a research poster competition where students were able to communicate their research experience and learn from peers. 

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During the month of June the Center for Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST) of the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez held its traditional summer camp for high school students and its Research Program for school teachers. This summer, seven (7) high school students (10th & 11th grade) participated. We congratulate Cristina Figueroa, Angelie N. Figueroa, Coralysmarie Rosado, Cristina Crespo, Yomar J. González, Jeremy Márquez y Amir Gómez for their participation and effort.

The “New Venture Design Experience” (NVDE), is an initiative from the project “Pathways to Innovation”. This interdisciplinary effort brings together students from multiple colleges from the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus. These students take courses and work on a project to develop products, services and processes that are marketable and provide societal benefits. 

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One of the Master's students who graduated last week from the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) at the Mayaguez Campus, will be publishing his thesis work on the discovery of a new species in the entomology field. Fernando González Delgado, discovered the new species of fly Calycomyza portoricensis.

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