UPRM

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

Submitted by Alondra Caraballo Franco on

Alondra Caraballo Franco's picture

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.

Read the full story in the spanish version.

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

Submitted by Alondra Caraballo Franco on

Alondra Caraballo Franco's picture

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

Submitted by Nicole E. Félix on

Nicole E. Félix's picture

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

Submitted on 13 September 2017 - 11:07pm

This article is reproduced by CienciaPR with permission from the original source.

Original Source: 

UPRM

CienciaPR Contribution: 

No

By: 

UPRM

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.

For the full article, please refer to the Spanish version of this site.

 

Tags: 

NANOSCIENCE AT MAYAGÜEZ MALL

Submitted on 31 March 2017 - 4:49pm

This article is reproduced by CienciaPR with permission from the original source.

Original Source: 

UPRM

CienciaPR Contribution: 

No

By: 

Adelaida Rivera
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. 
 
For the full article, please refer to the Spanish version of this site. 
 

Tags: 

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

Submitted by Esmarline De Leon on

Esmarline De Leon's picture

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.

Rating: 

0

Forums: 

Tags: 

CURSO LATINOAMERICANO EN ANÁLISIS DE DATOS MULTIVARIADOS PARA CIENCIAS AMBIENTALES UPR MAYAGÜEZ, PR

Submitted by Samuel L Díaz Muñoz on

Samuel L Díaz Muñoz's picture

El Departamento de Ciencias Marinas del Recinto Universitario de Mayagüez (RUM) de la Universidad de Puerto Rico (UPR) llevará a cabo el Primer Curso Latinoamericano y del Caribe en Análisis de Datos Multivariados usando PRIMER V7 & PERMANOVA add on. Dicho curso dará comienzo el día 23 de mayo y finalizará el 3 de junio de 2016 en la Isla de Magueyes, en Lajas Puerto Rico.

Rating: 

0

Forums: 

Tags: 

Tsunami drill in the Caribbean

Submitted on 13 March 2016 - 11:57pm

This article is reproduced by CienciaPR with permission from the original source.

Original Source: 

El Nuevo Día

CienciaPR Contribution: 

No

By: 

El Nuevo Dia

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. 

For the full article, please refer to the spanish version of this site. 

 

Tags: 

Loíza needs to tackle erosion problems

Submitted on 18 December 2015 - 12:02pm

This article is reproduced by CienciaPR with permission from the original source.

Original Source: 

DRNA

CienciaPR Contribution: 

No

By: 

DRNA

The Department of Natural and Environmental Resources has suggested that Loíza develops a plan to tackle erosion problems.

To read the full article, visit the Spanish version of this site.

 

Tags: 

Pages

Subscribe to RSS - UPRM