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Research team at the UPR-School of Medicine discovers how the brain responds to frustration

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San Juan - It has happened to us more than once that we find ourselves in a hurry and the elevator we are waiting for takes too long to arrive. Immediately, we proceed to press the up or down key repeatedly, until we give up and decide to take the stairs. From a research perspective, the explanation for this fenomena of frustation was unknown until today. Guided by Drs. Fabricio Do Monte and Gregory Quirk, a team of neuroscientists in the School of Medicine at the University of Puerto Rico (UPR-RCM), discovered how the brain reacts to a frustrating event.

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AERONAUTICAL INSTITUTE OF PUERTO RICO awarded for its educational quality

Submitted on 26 October 2016 - 7:17pm

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The Aeronautical and Aerospace Institute of Puerto Rico (AAIPR), a non-profit corporate subsidiary of the University of Puerto Rico, received the Best Aerospace Educational Program 2016 award. 

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I-Corps returns with 15 teams of innovators

Submitted on 25 October 2016 - 11:44pm

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Grupo Guayacan and the Puerto Rico Science, Technology and Research Trust launched the fourth edition of I-Corps Puerto Rico, an intensive program for entrepreneurs searching for ways to validate their business ideas and how to serve their potential clients.

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On their way to discover Costa Rica's success

Submitted on 12 October 2016 - 1:35pm

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Students from the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus will travel to Costa Rica as part of an undergraduate course to learn from Costa Rica's successful renewable energy system. 

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Becas UPRAA/Ford Motor para estudiantes Universidad de Puerto Rico

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The Association of University of Puerto Rico Alumni and Friends Abroad (UPRAA) invites you to apply for the UPRAA/Ford Motor Fund Scholarship and congratulates you for your efforts in pursuing your studies.

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Breast Specialists will meet at Puerto Rico Conference

Submitted on 12 August 2016 - 3:34pm

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The Puertorrican Senologic Society is organizing the third edition of the "Caribbean Breast Symposium", which will reunite medical experts specializing in mammary diseases and breast cancer from around the world.  

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Professor from UPRM receives Paul Erdös Award 2016

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Doctor Luis F. Cáceres Duque, Professor from the Mathematical Science Department at the University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez Campus, received the Paul Erdös Award at the Univesity of Hamburg in Germany on July 30, 2016. This prestigious award is given by the World Federation of National Mathematics Competitions for those who have played a significant role in the development of mathematical challenges in the 20th century. 

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Student from UPR-Mayaguez wins first place in poster competition at Annual Conference in California

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Andres F. Calle Hoyos, a graduate student from the Industrial Engineering Department at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, won first place in the poster competition during the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE) Annual Conference & Expo 2016 held in Anaheim, California during May 21-24, 2016.

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Alert for those who suffer from asthma and allergies

Submitted on 19 July 2016 - 1:09am

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Dr. Benjamín Bolaños, Microbiology Professor at the Medical Sciences Campus from the University of Puerto Rico, alerted Puertorrican citizens that there will be a high concentration of fungus spores reaching the Island due to dust from the Sahara desert. 

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14 High School students graduate from project seed

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During this summer fourteen talented high school students are participating in summer resarch through Project Seed, an initiative sponsored by the American Chemical Society (ACS). This program takes place at the Faculty of Natural Sciences in the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus.

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