The University of Puerto Rico’s Mayagüez Campus (RUM, in Spanish) announced the availability of its first online master’s degree in Agricultural Economics, under the College of Agricultural Sciences. The degree received the approval of the Puerto Rico State Department’s Board of Postsecondary Institutions and the UPR’s Governing Board. The milestone positions the RUM “as the […]
The US Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration announced the assignment of $10 million for repairs to the 11,000-plus foot, 8-26 runway at the Rafael Hernández Airport in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González confirmed. The funding is part of a global $30.5 billion allocation available to support public transportation systems across the US […]
Representatives from the Central Office of Recovery, Reconstruction and Resiliency (COR3, in Spanish) recently participated in the Hazard Mitigation Sprint Meeting to establish a joint plan with the Federal Emergency Management Agency to “expedite and maximize” the use of some $4 billion earmarked for the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program. “During the past months, COR3 has […]