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Estudiante del Recinto Universitario de Mayagüez de la UPR recibe la Generation Google Scholarship for Women in Gaming

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Student Nicole Noemí Román Correa, who will begin her fourth year this semester in Software Engineering (INSO) at the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) Mayagüez Campus (RUM), received the Generation Google Scholarship for Women in Gaming 2022. The scholarship grants her $10,000 to cover her study expenses and an invitation to a virtual conference to meet the other winners and Google leaders.

The schoolgirl, a resident of Hatillo, is the only young woman enrolled in a Puerto Rican university who is part of the scholarship cohort, which includes 258 students from the United States, Canada, Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

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New Fortress Energy awards scholarships to five students at the University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez Campus

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June 28, 2022. San Juan, Puerto Rico - As part of New Fortress Energy's (NFE) mission to boost the communities where it operates by increasing access to quality education, the company awarded scholarships to five engineering students at the University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez (UPRM) to help them continue their educational journey. The recipients of the NFE emPOWER Puerto Rico 2021-2022 Scholarship at UPRM are Kevin W. Rodríguez García, Penélope O. Nieves Colón, Adriana Danielle Kleshick Segarra, Kevin Caleb Caraballo Irizarry and Miguel A. de Jesús Soto. Each student will receive $5,000 to be used for tuition and academic expenses. This is the first year that UPRM students will receive the scholarship. 

SHPE's Women In Leadership Summit

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This past Friday, April 20th, the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) hosted their first ever Women in Leadership Summit, where they had a panel of guests talk about their careers and their trajectory. The roster of guests was full of women, with Alexandra Lúgaro, Ada Monzón, Gretchen Clavell, Daneris Fernández, Dr. Madeline Torres Lugo, and Dr. Mari Luz Zapata, as well as Mariano Vela, a guest speaker from Chevron.

Nanotechnology center impacts low-income students by introducing them to STEM careers

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The Nanotechnology Center at the University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez impacts students in public schools on the west side of the Island, where 73% of students are below the poverty level. This program exposes students to STEM careers and encourages them to pursue higher education.

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NANOSCIENCE AT MAYAGÜEZ MALL

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Last Saturday, March 25, the Nanotechnology Center at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus hosted the event called Nanolandia: Searching for scientific treasures. This year they had the participation of Science Clubs, a video games group and the University Association for Sign Language. 
 
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Más allá del aire que liberamos; burbujas que permanecen.

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Nuestro cuerpo tiene la capacidad de adaptarse a cambios en nuestro ambiente, pero cuando estos cambios son muy rápidos nos vemos afectados grandemente. Las burbujas pueden visualizarse como algo inofensivo e inútil, pero dentro de nuestro cuerpo, y en otros campos del saber, tiene un papel crucial. Cambios rápidos en la presión que es ejercida sobre nosotros puede provocar la formación de microburbujas que afectan nuestra salud.

Help me be a physician-scientist (MD-PhD)

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Saludos a todos,

Por favor, agradecería si pudieran apoyarme en mi meta de convertirme en una doctora-científica (MD-PhD).

Mi sueño es poder desarrollar medicina personalizada para personas con enfermedades catastróficas como el cáncer, problemas neurodegenerativos y cardiovasculares.

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Profesores del RUM abogan por nuevas oportunidades energéticas en Puerto Rico

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Varios profesores del Recinto Universitario de Mayagüez se destacan entre los expertos que abogan por la inclusión de recursos renovables como medida para reducir el impacto ambiental y la dependencia de los combustibles fósiles.

Origen de Data; NanoSIMS

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Para obtener un mayor provecho a nuestro alrededor es necesario entender y comprender la materia y todo lo que nos rodea. Por esta razón que el implementar formas para obtener data es crucial para los investigadores y para el crecimiento del mundo. NanoSIMS es solo una de las maneras que el ser humano ha desarrollado para entender la materia.

ALTERNATIVAS A LA CRISIS ENERGÉTICA QUE NUNCA HAS ESCUCHADO

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El petróleo. En el Siglo 20, acceso a esta fuente de energía económica y abundante trajo una de las eras de mayor progreso en la historia humana. A nivel mundial, la llamada energía barata impulsó un gran crecimiento económico, expandió la agricultura, y promovió el desarrollo de nuevas tecnologías; permitió que el hombre caminara en la Luna. Aceleradamente, esta “Era del Petróleo Barato” se acerca a su fin.

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