Inventor of 1st email software system Ayyadurai to speak at Clinical Research Summit
May 6, 2019
Scientist, motivational speaker and the inventor of the first email software system, Shiva Ayyadurai, will be on the island this week to participate in the 2nd Clinical Research Summit hosted by the Puerto Rico Consortium for Clinical Investigation. In an exclusive interview with this media outlet, Ayyadurai — who holds four degrees from the Massachusetts […]
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UPR, Inter American Univ. ranked as ‘most affordable’ Hispanic-serving colleges
April 17, 2019
The Inter American University of Puerto Rico in San Germán and the University of Puerto Rico in Río Piedras were ranked the second and fourth “most affordable Hispanic-Serving Institutions” in the United States in a new report released this week by Student Loan Hero. Student Loan Hero examined tuition and fee data from the 2018-19 […]
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Toyota, Navy join to offer operational excellence methodologies workshop
March 25, 2019
Puerto Rico is once again playing host to the third annual Yees Lean, Leadership & Innovation Event, April 8-11 at the Vivo Beach Club in Isla Verde. Young Entrepreneurship Education System, or Yees, is a company dedicated to high impact business education, which together with Toyota Connected and the Navy, will hold workshops for a […]
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Dept. of Education inaugurates 1st of 28 STEM labs on the island
March 11, 2019
The Puerto Rico Department of Education unveiled the first of a planned 28 STEM-PBL lab at the Mariano Feliú Balseiro school in Bayamón. The new educational space that will promote among students learning of science, technology, engineering and mathematics through collaborative projects. At the same time, the agency will continue supporting teachers in getting STEM […]
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Microsoft, Science Trust launch 1st ‘Girls STEAM Challenge’
March 8, 2019
Within the framework of the celebration of the International Women’s Week, and the purpose of promoting the participation of girls and adolescents in the disciplines of STEAM, Microsoft Puerto Rico alongside with the Science, Technology & Research Trust announce the First Microsoft Girls STEAM Challenge. The challenge is aimed at students of public and private […]
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Startup With Purpose Foundation to launch new entrepreneur program
March 6, 2019
The Startup With Purpose Foundation, a nonprofit based in Palo Alto, California, that provides entrepreneurial mindsets and opportunities to youth in underserved regions, announced the start of a new program: Startup With Purpose, Puerto Rico. The foundation has partnered with Saint John’s School in Condado to host the program on the school’s campus from June […]
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Vimenti reveals achievements during 1st semester, needs of population it serves
February 21, 2019
Integrated services center Vimenti by Boys & Girls Club of Puerto Rico presented the results of its three programmatic areas obtained during its first semester of operation, as well as the center’s impact in the Ernesto Ramos Antonini housing project community. Through its educational program, its social program and its economic development program, Puerto Rico’s […]
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Puerto Rican Georgia Tech scholar urges evaluating future of college education
February 19, 2019
Educating for a generation that will have 10 to 15 jobs or careers in their lives and who in five years will have access to jobs that do not exist today is a challenge that universities currently face, Rafael Bras, a noted scholar who currently serves as provost and vice president of Academic Affairs at […]
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Ponce Health Sciences University to build new $80M campus
February 12, 2019
Ponce Health Sciences University has broken ground on the construction of an $80 million campus and medical research facility, which will be the largest of its kind in Puerto Rico, school officials said. The expansion comes in the wake of the conditional authorization it has received from the Liaison Committee on Medical Education – which […]
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CienciaPR recognized as a science defender by Union of Concerned Scientists
December 18, 2018
As an immediate response to María, CienciaPR activated its network of more than 9,500 members to support the scientific community in Puerto Rico.
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Scientist: ‘Access to science, treatment, disease control must be democratized’
November 12, 2018
Entrepreneurs, scientists, researchers, students, and technology and innovation enthusiasts gathered at the Forward Research and Innovation Summit 2018 sponsored by the Puerto Rico Science, Technology and Research Trust.
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PhRMA, NY officials announce support for STEM programs at República del Perú School
November 12, 2018
The grant will be used to support the rebuilding of the school and outfitting of a new science lab, which was severely damaged during Hurricane María.
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CienciaPR opens call for young scientists in P.R. to apply for Yale Ciencia Academy
October 18, 2018
The program is a collaboration between CienciaPR and Yale University and is subsidized by the National Institutes of Health.
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Hunter College, PRMA to host Social Entrepreneurship and Reconstruction conference
October 5, 2018
The conference will convene representatives of the University of Puerto Rico’s School of Planning as well as the PRMA and other civic organizations on the island and its diaspora.
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Analysis: UPR’s future grim, as reality of fewer students, less money catches up
September 26, 2018
The ongoing fiscal crisis is just the last straw on a long process of deterioration as debt restructuring stands now to override — for some time —any other consideration.
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