FirstBank donates $10K to Fundación Cortés educational program
June 10, 2022
Fundación Cortés has already reached 14,500 children and youth from public schools in Puerto Rico.
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CINED online platform seeks to educate future film industry professionals
May 25, 2022
The workshops offered on the platform are free.
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CNE study: Public university system needs to be ‘divorced from politics’
November 18, 2021
The Center for a New Economy (CNE) is incorporating the topic of higher or post-secondary education in its work agenda, for which it has added an expert who in an analysis concluded, among other things, that higher learning in Puerto Rico cannot be tied to election cycles. In her first analysis for the think-tank, titled […]
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Amazon Web Services bets on cloud tech for Puerto Rico’s digital transformation
September 7, 2021
Amazon’s cloud computing company, Amazon Web Services (AWS), plans to continue applying data analytics and cloud computing to develop the economy and create education and natural disasters response programs in Puerto Rico, officials told News is my Business. Abby Daniell, public sector program manager AWS in Latin America, Canada, and the Caribbean, said in an […]
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Public Relations Professionals Assoc. unveils on-demand courses, virtual library
August 18, 2021
The Puerto Rico Public Relations Professionals Association (ARPPR, in Spanish) announced it will offer its members access to seminars and courses with continued education through a new on-demand platform. The new benefit will include a catalogue of the courses the association has offered since 2020, as well as access to its professional development program “in […]
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Practical Techie: High tech supports back-to-school amid persistent pandemic
August 17, 2021
As thousands of students return to the classroom amid this last pandemic semester of 2021, the new mixed reality of transferring knowledge from teacher to students via online or a physical classroom makes learning and teaching more challenging than ever before. This year’s reality is a hybrid live and virtual flow of lessons, an […]
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Kinesis Foundation gets $100K donation from AbbVie Puerto Rico
August 6, 2021
Kinesis Foundation received a $100,000 donation from biopharmaceutical company AbbVie Puerto Rico to support economically challenged students with academic excellence. The agreement between both entities will benefit students from 10th to 12th grade in Barceloneta and Jayuya. Twenty-five students from each town will receive financial support. Students participating the Bright Stars Program will receive the […]
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Puerto Rico public schools to serve locally harvested products
July 13, 2021
The Puerto Rico Agriculture Department and the Education Department have reached an agreement through which public school lunchrooms will serve locally harvested products when students return to the classrooms in August, the agencies announced. The contract represents some $30 million in annual purchases that will benefit some 300 farmers, News is my Business confirmed. Funding […]
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SBTDC launches Biz Learning Center multimedia platform
July 13, 2021
The Puerto Rico Small Business and Technology Development Center (SBTDC) of the Inter-American University and the U.S. Small Business Administration, has launched a new multimedia platform, called BIZ Learning Center, for anyone who wants to learn how to establish a business in Puerto Rico, among other topics. The Puerto Rico SBTDC has created a digital […]
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Study shows uptick in local college grads, despite economic challenges for students
May 20, 2021
A study by nonprofit Excelencia in Education on university education in Puerto Rico revealed that, in the last 20 years, there has been a 40% increase in the total number of university degrees awarded, from 31,469 to 44,137, despite the fact that students do not have financial aid from scholarships fit for the rising cost […]
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Puerto Rico Chamber of Commerce partners with Babson College
December 15, 2020
The Puerto Rico Chamber of Commerce (CofC) will offer new, discounted access to executive education and part-time MBA programs in collaboration with Babson College to promote the entrepreneurial development of the Puerto Rico business community. Babson College is the leading institution for entrepreneurship, preparing and empowering entrepreneurial leaders to navigate change, accommodate ambiguity, surmount complexity, […]
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Puerto Rico Science Trust rewards student innovation, creativity
June 18, 2020
Puerto Rican students enrolled in public schools Naranjito, Las Piedras and Adjuntas won the top prizes of the “Resuélvelo Boricua” student competition, sponsored by the STEM Education Program, in collaboration with the Response Innovation Lab, both Puerto Rico Science, Technology and Research Trust programs. The competition consisted of preparing prototypes to address four vital areas […]
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Albizu University gets interstate approval to offer distance education
May 29, 2020
Albizu University, which has campuses in San Juan and Miami, as well as a University Center in Mayagüez, has just been accepted as a member of the National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements (NC-SARA) to offer distance learning courses across the U.S. mainland. “We’re marking an important milestone in our development as a university […]
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2nd edition of Puerto Rico HotelierCon 2020 slated for this week
March 9, 2020
XJTT Hospitality Inc. and the Puerto Rico Tourism Co. announced the celebration of the Puerto Rico HotelierCon 2020, an educational convention focusing on topics related to hospitality and tourism and developing local talent. The event will be held Mar. 11 at the Cabo Rojo Convention Center, organizer Xavier Ramírez confirmed, adding “we’re at a very […]
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USDA allocates $782K to P.R. for rural education, health care access
November 21, 2019
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development agency announced it is allocating $781,586 in two grants to further distance learning and rural education in Puerto Rico. Kinesis Inc. will receive a $291,887 grant that will enable it to create a distance learning network to provide advanced classes. There will be a hub-site at San Juan, […]
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