Initiative promotes STEM education for girls with mentoring, lab visits, and academic support. #NewsismyBusiness
We cannot afford to wait until college introduces our youth to STEM disciplines. #NewsismyBusiness
The initiative seeks to help university students who want to see their ideas in science converted into a product or service. #NewsismyBusiness
Twelve schools will receive funding for science and technology education. #NewsismyBusiness
The nonprofit known as CienciaPR is carrying out its “Sowing seeds of success in your school” initiative.
The Puerto Rico Science, Technology and Research Trust and the Puerto Rico Public Health Trust announced the start of a pilot project to establish local telemedicine and telehealth programs, with a $500,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture grant. With the funding, the nonprofits will buy specialized equipment that will allow remote health services […]
The talent of two U.S. Naval Research Laboratory research engineers from Puerto Rico speaks to the promise and potential of a new generation of the science technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) workforce. As college students, Freddie Santiago and Carlos Font inspired STEM programs in Puerto Rico that still operate today, gaining them an intellectual reputation […]
Oriental announced it has awarded $46,000 to college students as part of its internal scholarships program for employee’s children.
Ciencia Puerto Rico (CienciaPR), the largest network of Puerto Rican scientists in the world, will launch today its #ConCienciaPR campaign to raise funds that will help the organization to expand its programs for students and educators.
The Centros Sor Isolina Ferré and the Amgen Foundation announced recently they will join forces to deliver sciences to more than 350 public high school students in low-income communities through its “Ciencia Móvil” mobile lab.
Grupo Guayacán, a nonprofit with more than 10 years of experience in entrepreneurial development programs, on Tuesday gathered more than 500 students to encourage careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) and entrepreneurship as part of the kickoff of a new educational initiative aimed at high school students.
The Puerto Rico Science, Technology and Research Trust will be putting up to $1.4 million in grants to help scientists complete federal grant funding applications and to attract new talent to local universities, Interim Executive Director Iván Ríos-Mena said Wednesday.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will be holding day-long workshops on Sept. 11-12 at the University of Puerto’s Rio Piedras campus to share information about ways in which people can get involved in collecting environmental data in their communities.
Ciencia Puerto Rico, an online network designed in 2006 to connect people interested in science and Puerto Rico, has been profiled in the prestigious scientific journal PLoS Biology as a model to link scientists from groups traditionally underrepresented in science and increase their visibility and ability to reach out to their communities.
Ciencia Puerto Rico, the world's largest online network of Puerto Rican scientists, has implemented new capabilities in the CienciaPR.org site to help mitigate the island’s scientific brain drain by adding resources to help the community stay connected.
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