Robinson School sweeps 5th annual ‘Stock Market Game’ competition
June 4, 2012
A team of students from San Juan’s Robinson School won this year’s local “The Stock Market Game” competition sponsored by the New York Stock Exchange and organized locally by Oriental Financial Group.
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High schoolers offer lessons in sustainable economic development
May 28, 2012
A trio of 10th grade students from the Antonio Reyes Padilla Vocational High School with a clear vision of how to further the economic development their hometown of Utuado walked away this year’s winners of the 14th edition of the Partnership for Economic Education and Personal Finance’s National Economy Competition held late last week.
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Microsoft recognizes innovative teaching
May 28, 2012
Some 800 educators and support staff from schools throughout Puerto Rico took part in a recent forum co-sponsored by Microsoft Puerto Rico and the Education Department.
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SUAGM opens Maryland campus as it expands across U.S., overseas
May 25, 2012
WHEATON, Md. — Three years ago, the large squat building at the entrance to suburban Westfield Wheaton Mall housed a Circuit City. These days, the big-box retailer is long gone — a victim of bankruptcy and hard times — and has been replaced by the Washington, D.C., area’s first fully bilingual private institution of higher learning.
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Polytecnic Univ. revises curriculum in line with Pell Grant changes
April 30, 2012
Responding to upcoming changes to the Pell Grant, the Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico announced it has revised its undergraduate engineering and geomatic sciences programs at it’s San Juan and Orlando, Fla. campuses.
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Microsoft opens $37K learning center in Dorado library
March 26, 2012
Software giant Microsoft, in cooperation with nonprofit organization Trust for the Americas, recently donated $37,000 to open a new learning center at the Jane Stern Dorado Community Library.
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SIFE makes its mark on society one project at a time
March 20, 2012
The local chapter of Students in Free Enterprise, a nonprofit organization that works with business and higher education leaders to motivate university students develop sustainable entrepreneurial projects, has no plans of slowing down on its mission to leave a positive mark on Puerto Rico.
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Polytechnic to offer P.R.’s 1st ‘cloud computing’ graduate course
March 1, 2012
Keeping up with the latest trends in computer science and information technology, the Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico in Hato Rey is poised to become the first college on the island to offer a graduate computer science course in cloud computing, starting next semester.
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Amgen, UPR join to launch BioTALENTS program
February 27, 2012
Pharmaceutical giant Amgen has teamed up with the University of Puerto Rico and private universities to launch its BioTALENTS program.
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$50M planetarium, hotel planned for Arecibo Observatory
February 1, 2012
Nearly 50 years after it was founded in Arecibo, the world’s foremost single-dish radio telescope facility is the focus of a massive redevelopment project that calls for the construction of a hotel and planetarium to the tune of $50 million, government and facility officials said Tuesday.
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Gov’t, Intel strike tech education agreement
January 12, 2012
Technology giant Intel will expand the scope of its “Intel Teach” program to Puerto Rico, where it will provide training to some 21,000 public school teachers, Gov. Luis Fortuño announced Thursday morning.
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ICPR Junior College keeps an eye on evolution as it marks 65th anniversary
December 7, 2011
The longevity of any educational institution mostly depends on its capacity to keep up with the times and job market changes. Meeting these two criteria seems to be the secret to ICPR Junior College’s latest milestone — marking its 65th anniversary since its founding in Hato Rey.
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EPA, Ponce School of Medicine join to promote environmental careers
November 15, 2011
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Ponce School of Medicine and Health Services, or PSMHS, signed an ‘Memorandum of Understanding’ Monday to promote environmental and public health protection in Puerto Rico.
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UPR Río Piedras, Mayagüez get more than $1M in USDA money
October 31, 2011
University of Puerto Rico’s Río Piedras and Mayagüez campuses will split more than $1 million in grant money awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to “enhance the ability of these colleges and universities to support underserved students and develop a skilled American work force."
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Ponce college injects $20M to upgrade facilities, expand curriculum
October 28, 2011
The Pontifical Catholic University in Ponce has invested some $20 million over the past two years in its facilities, human resources and to strengthen its research programs to enrich its academic offer, school officials said Thursday.
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