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UPR Rio Piedras receives $1.3 million award from NIH

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Dr. José Arcadio Rodríguez Martínez, professor in the Department of Biology at the University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras was awarded a $1.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study the proteins responsible for the development of the human heart. 

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UPR Rio Piedras receives $1.3 million award from NIH

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Dr. José Arcadio Rodríguez Martínez, professor in the Department of Biology at the University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras was awarded a $1.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study the proteins responsible for the development of the human heart. 

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Increased erosion in several Puerto Rican beaches

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A study by scientists at the University of Puerto Rico Río Piedras in collaboration with the Network of Beaches of Puerto Rico and the Caribbean revealed that 60% of the 4,324 areas analyzed in several beaches in Puerto Rico have increased coastal erosion.

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Geography Week 2016 at UPR Río Piedras

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The Puerto Rico Society of Geographers in collaboration with the Puerto Rico Astronomy Society invites the pubiic to celebrate Geography Week 2016, from November 27 to December 1, 2016 in the lobby of the Social Science Faculty at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras.

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Oportunidad de investigación subgraduada: PR-CLIMB

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The PR-CLIMB REU Site  developed by Professor Arthur D. Tinoco and Professor Dalice M. Piñero Cruz at the University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras seeks to provide undergraduate students a research experience that capitalizes on the academic and professional strengths of the university and Puerto Rico at large. As a minority-serving institution the site will offer a unique experience to a diverse set of students recruited from 2-year and 4-year institutions.

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New coding language for persons with disabilities created by Puerto Rican students receives award

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The presentation of a new coding language to allow people with disabilities to program using voice commands, created by students of the Department of Computer Science at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedrasm won second places in the Best Demo category at the ASSETS 2015 competition that took place recently in Lisbon, Portugal.

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Dr. Jorge Colón will receive highest honor by the Puerto Rico Chemists Association

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University of Puerto Rico in Río Piedras, Department of Chemistry

Rebecca Soler, President of the Puerto Rico Chemists Association (Colegio de Químicos de Puerto Rico), has announced that Professor Jorge L. Colón has been named the recipient of the highest honor conferred by the Colegio, the Dr. Osvaldo Ramírez Torres Award 2014-2015. The award is given to chemists that have stood out for their continuous and significant contributions to Science, the community, and the Colegio.

International Year of LIght exhibit at the UPR Río Piedras

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The exhibit titled "Light: Beyond the Lightbulb" is ongoing at the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) in Río Piedras, as part of the celebrations of the International Year of Light.

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UPR Río Piedras receives $7 million in federal funds to support biomedical research

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The University of Puerto Rico (UPR) Río Piedras Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement (RISE) Program received $7 millon for the training and professional development of undergraduate and graduate students in the departments of Biology and Chemistry. 

 

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