CienciaPR gets $1.6M grant to develop science experts
November 20, 2015
Nonprofit organization Ciencia Puerto Rico has received a $1.6 million, five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health to establish, in collaboration with Yale University, an innovative program to transform the training of young scientists on the island and stateside.
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InterAmerican unveils air traffic control training package
October 9, 2015
Students who successfully complete air traffic control training at Airways New Zealand’s training hub in Puerto Rico, and who pass the FerroNATS selection process, will have the opportunity to enter the job pool of one of Europe’s premier air traffic services providers.
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80% of P.R. Universia pollsters favor entrepreneurship
August 3, 2015
Puerto Rico’s economic crisis, layoffs and company closures appear to have sparked an entrepreneurial spirit among young people, who, according to a recent poll by Universia and Trabajando.com, confirmed an interest in starting a business.
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‘Virtual Educa’ to hold ’16 conference in Puerto Rico
June 24, 2015
Puerto Rico will be the host of the 17th annual Virtual Educa 2016 International Gathering next year, on June 20-24, when thousands of educators from the region will gather at the Convention Center in Miramar.
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UPR-Mayagüez, Ahkeo to build 1st microgrid power lab
April 27, 2015
The University of Puerto Rico in Mayagüez and Ahkeo Holdings LLC, a Puerto Rico based conglomerate focused on renewable energy solutions, recently partnered to establish the island’s first Microgrid Power System Laboratory to develop electrical redistribution options that can either run independently of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority and within the network connection, if necessary.
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Foundation for Puerto Rico promotes island in CT
March 25, 2015
The Foundation for Puerto Rico is participating for the first time in the New Haven College Fair Consortium 2015, in Conn., to promote “Campus Puerto Rico,” a program with representation from public and private universities that band together to advocate for Puerto Rico as an academic destination.
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4th, 8th grade students in Puerto Rico fall short in math
March 13, 2015
Many of Puerto Rico's fourth- and eighth-grade public school students are falling short in mathematics achievement, according to “The Nation's Report Card: 2013 Mathematics Assessment in Puerto Rico.”
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‘Productive financing’ driving social, economic dev’t
February 25, 2015
Productive financing, or financial products and services granted for the development of entrepreneurs who have no access to the conventional financial system, is the most effective way to fight poverty and inequality, said Manuel Méndez del Río, president of the BBVA Microfinance Foundation, during a conference this week.
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RUM selected for NSF’s Pathways to Innovation program
February 17, 2015
The University of Puerto Rico’s Mayagüez Campus, known as RUM, has been selected among 25 U.S. institutions by the NSF-funded National Center for Engineering Pathways to Innovation (known as Epicenter) to join the Pathways to Innovation Program.
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Education, tech firm Declara partner for online platform
February 9, 2015
The Puerto Rico Department of Education recently partnered with Silicon Valley-based Declara to launch a pilot project to connect secondary-level teachers on a single content-rich platform where they will develop professional learning communities, support each other in their endeavors, share best practices and success stories.
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Puerto Rico’s public schools getting $15M tech upgrade
December 2, 2014
Puerto Rico Department of Education officials announced Monday the start of a $15 million technological upgrade program that aims to improve the infrastructure for Internet connectivity at the island’s 1,384 schools over the next five years.
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Janssen launches ‘Bridge to Employment’ program
November 21, 2014
Janssen Pharmaceutical launched the Bridge to Employment (BTE) Program for 57 sophomores in Manatí and Gurabo, as part of its Early Talent Strategy to engage millennials with the life sciences manufacturing sector.
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Thousands of professionals apply for free English course
October 29, 2014
Some 7,000 Puerto Rican professionals from a gamut of sectors applied for a Department of Education-backed free conversational English course that had only 550 spaces available, showing the need for this type of education to language skills, officials from America Aponte & Associates, the company hired to teach the classes, said Tuesday.
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Ana G. Méndez University System gets $464K from USDA
October 23, 2014
The Ana G. Méndez University System has been selected to receive a $463,862 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to replace analog microwave radio transmitters with digital radio transmitters, Rural Development State Director for Puerto Rico José Otero said Wednesday.
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Inter American inaugurates air traffic control program
September 29, 2014
The School of Aeronautics at the Inter American University of Puerto Rico and Airways New Zealand recently inaugurated the first training center for international air traffic control, the first of its kind on the island and the Latin American region.
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