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CDC director and UPR create agenda to fight zika

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The director of the Center for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta, Thomas Frieden, participated in a conversatory with the principal investigators of the Medical Science Campus of the University of Puerto Rico to discuss strategies to fight the Zika virus in Puerto Rico.

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Tsunami drill in the Caribbean

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For the eight consecutive year, the Red Sísmica de Puerto Rico (RSPR), affiliated to the Geology Department at the University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez, together with federal, local and regional agencies, will carry out the tsunami drill named CaribeWave 2016. This exercise will take place on Thursday, March 17, 2017 starting at 10:00 am. 

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Math Professor from UPR receives prestigious international award

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The contributions of Luis F. Cáceres, Mathematics Professor from the Univeristy of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, to advance the Special Mathematics Olympics of Puerto Rico (OMPR) and Latin America have made him deserving of a prestigious international award from the World Federation of National Mathematics Competitions (WFNMC). 

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Math Sciences seminar returns to UPRH

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The University of Puerto Rico at Humacao (UPRH) will host the Seminario Interuniversitario de Investigación en Ciencias Matemáticas XXXI (SIDIM) to be celebrated on March 4-5, 2016 in the theater on campus.

The full academic community is invited to participate in this event. For more details on the program and registration please visit the following webpage:  http://sidim.uprh.edu.

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New opportunity to develop energy projects

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Now more than ever, with the economic crisis, it is important to look towards the future and develop projects that contribute to the sustainable development of Puerto Rico. For this reason, the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) and the organization Mentes Puertorriqueñas en Acción (MPA) established an alliance to offer young individuals the opportunity to kick-off and implement renewable energy projects. 

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Students of Public Health Analyze Repercussions of the Incinerator

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The forum "Repercussions of the Arecibo Incinerator: Solution to the problem or a new problem without solution?", was presented recently by students from the Graduate School of Public Health at the Medical Science Campus from the University of Puerto Rico. Topics on the possible harmful effects on the environment and public health that can occur after the construction of the incinerator were discussed. 

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UPR Utuado celebrates Planet Earth Semester

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The University of Puerto Rico at Utuado will celebrate a calendar of events of international scale on topics related to nature and the environment. 

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http://www.uprutuado.edu/content/upr-utuado-celebra-semestre-del-planeta-tierra

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How to control zika, dengue and chikungunya in Puerto Rico

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Pedro Bosque Pérez

The Aedes aegypti mosquito that can transmit the viruses that cause dengue, zika, chikungunya and yellow fever is an insect that is easy to control with the proper sanitary measures. Taking these measures would prevent the thousands of viral infections caused by this insect in Puerto Rico every year.

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We are mosquito food

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Pedro Bosque Pérez

Human beings are indispensable for the survival of Aedes aegypti, since we are the most abundant food source for the mosquito responsible of transmiting viruses such as Zika, Dengue and Chikungunya. The male mosquito does not bite since it feeds from nectar. On the other hand, the female mosquito depends on our blood to develop the eggs that will allow the survival of the species. 

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Yale and University of Puerto Rico collaborate on M.D./Ph.D. studies

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Karen Zusi

When Daniel A. Colón-Ramos, Ph.D., arrived from Puerto Rico to begin his Harvard undergraduate career in 1994, things didn’t exactly go as planned. Moving to the campus early for a summer program, he took a taxi from Logan Airport into Cambridge. But once in his dorm room, he set down his bags and lay on the bed feeling dizzy—and by the time his roommate arrived, Colón-Ramos recalled, “I told him, ‘I’m dying. You have to take me to the hospital.’ ”

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