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UPR Aguadilla students participate in workshop at MIT

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This is an intensive workshop on quantitative tools and programming languages used to analyze experimental data in biology and neuroscience at the renowned institution. 

(Aguadilla, P.R.) - Students from the Department of Natural Sciences of the University of Puerto Rico in Aguadilla, led by their professor Dr. Miguel Méndez, participated in early January and for the second consecutive year in the Quantitative Methods Workshop offered by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

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UPR Aguadilla stands out at the American Public Health Association Annual International Conference

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Presented two projects on environmental impact and health in the face of exposure to chemical compounds in the Puerto Rican community.

(Aguadilla, P.R. - November 23, 2022) The University of Puerto Rico at Aguadilla (UPRAg) stood out with the presentation of two projects on environmental impact and exposure to chemical compounds in the Puerto Rican community, at the Annual Conference of the American Public Health Association last November 6-9 held in Boston, Massachusetts. 

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UPR Aguadilla anuncia su campamento enfocado en la energía solar renovable

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Aguadilla, P.R. - Con el enfoque de educar sobre la energía solar renovable a jóvenes de escuela superior del País, la División de Educación Continua y Estudios Profesionales (DECEP) de la Universidad de Puerto Rico en Aguadilla anuncia la apertura de las inscripciones de su campamento de verano Photovoltaic Solar Energy Summer Camp que comenzará el sábado, 2 de julio de 2022.

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UPR Aguadilla wins $880,000 grant for STARp project

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The project focuses on undergraduate research, active learning strategies and citizen science projects. This is the first time that UPR-Aguadilla receives a grant from NSF, the most important and prestigious federal scientific agency in the United States.

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Two STEM awards for research at UPR Aguadilla

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Aguadilla, P.R. - Thanks to the support of the Puerto Rican people, the research project entitled Citizen Science as a teaching tool presented by natural science students from UPR Aguadilla and under the direction of Professor Dr. Jesús Lee Borges, won two awards: "Presenters' Choice" and "Public Choice" in the international competition The 2022 STEM for All Video Showcase: Access, Inclusion, and Equity.

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UPR Aguadilla students win best poster award at Louisiana Symposium

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UPR Aguadilla students win best poster award at Louisiana Symposium

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March 28, 2022 (Aguadilla, P.R.) - Students from the Department of Natural Sciences at the University of Puerto Rico at Aguadilla (UPRAg), led by Dr. Nancy R. Cardona Cordero, were awarded the Best Poster Award "Lead Poising Among Puerto Ricans: An Educational Intervention" last month at the Louisiana State University Dellinger Symposium. 

The project consisted of dynamically disseminating information to stakeholders about how lead poisoning affects daily life and testing the effectiveness of the Science Take-Out Kit, "Prevention of Lead Poisoning" as an educational tool among this Hispanic population. 

New academic programs at the UPR

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Multiple Campuses of the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) have created new academic programs in the STEM fields. 

UPR at Mayagüez (RUM) have created 2 new bachelors in engineering.

UPR at Aguadilla created an associate degree in Aeronautics and Aerospatial Technology.

 

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UPR in Aguadilla will offer associates in Aeronautics and Aerospatial Technology

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The University of Puerto Rico at Aguadilla will offer an associates in Aeronautics and Aerospatial Technology.

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Engineers recognize ecological restoration center at UPR in Aguadilla

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The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) recognized the ecological restoration work at the Isabela beaches conducted by Vida marina, at the University of Puerto Rico, Aguadilla.

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