Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding to establish an alliance to accelerate technology transfer and commercialization of intellectual property produced at the University of Puerto Rico.
With the aim of being part of the recovery process of university students in Puerto Rico following Hurricane María, the Kinesis Foundation is joining the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) to provide Puerto Rican students the chance to pursue a semester at the stateside university.
Nonprofit organization Ciencia Puerto Rico (CienciaPR) invites young scientists in Puerto Rico to apply to the Yale Ciencia Academy, a program to transform the training of PhD students in Puerto Rico and the United States.
Sacred Heart University in Santurce, in partnership with the Faculty Resource Network, New York University (NYU) and the University of Cincinnati, has developed an online program, free of charge, for university students who were affected by Hurricane María.
Moody's Investors Service has placed the Ba3 rating on Sacred Heart University’s General Revenue and Refunding Bonds, 2012A on review for downgrade.
Parallel18 and the University of Puerto Rico in Río Piedras recently agreed on a collaborative partnership to offer students training and practical experience in developing marketing innovations generated on the island.
Puerto Rico’s Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González-Colón announced Tuesday awards adding up to more than $4.7 million for research on cerebral cancer at Caribbean Central University and for two research projects on evolutionary biology at the University of Puerto Rico.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Monday the projects selected to receive the USDA’s annual farm to school grants designed to increase the amount of local foods served in schools.
The Puerto Rico Consortium for Clinical Investigation (PRCCI) has entered into an agreement with Yale University Center for Clinical Investigation (YCCI) regarding the provision of quality services.
A total of 33 research projects in different strategic sectors have received grants from the Puerto Rico Science, Technology and Research Trust, promoting economic activity in the sector, the nonprofit said during a weekend event.
Hunt Holdings LP, an early stage tech investor in the U.S., added the edutainment startup Timokids to its portfolio, in a deal that will support the company's international expansion from Puerto Rico, the companies announced Monday.
The Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics and the Department of Education announced Thursday an interagency agreement that will allow unprecedented access to non-confidential statistics at the school level through the Data.PR.gov website.
Looking to present solutions to the island’s deep economic crisis for the past 11 years, a group of professors from the University of Puerto Rico — Mayagüez Campus recently published the “Essays for a New Economy: Puerto Rico’s Economic Development.”
As part of its Ford Driving Dreams program, Ford Motor Company Fund awarded 30 high school students from 9-12th grade with $50,000 in scholarships and technology prizes, the company announced Wednesday.
Infotech Aerospace Services (IAS) and the University of Puerto Rico in Mayagüez announced Thursday the creation of an Aerospace Center through a $115,000 donation from the company.
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